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  1. 8351Legal documentL-G Misc. 4

    Ketubba fragment (right lower corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Yefet ha-Zaqen b. [...] ba-Ḥavura. Witnesses: Peraḥya b. Araḥ; Yefet b. Ṣadaqa. …

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  2. 8352Unknown typeENA NS 85.1155

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  3. 8353LetterT-S 10J13.15

    Recto: Letter from an unknown writer, on his way to Alexandria, to an unknown addressee, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer apologizes for the delay …

    1. אלי מצר עלי //גמלה// אלעאפיה ואלסלאמה וסלמת עלי סידנא
    2. וסלמת לה אלכתא פעטם עליה מא גרי מן בו אלטאהר
    3. ואסתחסן מא גרי מן אלמולא פי אמרה מן אלכתאב
    4. ושכר ת…

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  4. 8354LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/17

    Letter from [Shelomo] Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Av 5568 AM, which is 15 August 1808 CE. …

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  5. 8355List or tableT-S NS 292.75

    Accounts in Arabic script. Lists various dates and items such as rose water and almond oil.

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  6. 8356LetterT-S 13J24.28

    Letter, c. 16th century, written on behalf of and signed by Yosef Karo, in the land of Israel, to Yaʿaqov Villarreal, in Egypt. Yosef requests …

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  7. 8357Paraliterary textT-S K2.65

    Predictions of events that will happen if the tequfot of Tishri and Nisan occur in particular hours of the day or night, in the form …

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  8. 8358LetterENA NS 29.26

    Verso: Note in Arabic-script which starts with a taqbīl clause and mentions the arrival of goods from Qūṣ and a donation of (oil?) for the …

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  9. 8359LetterT-S NS 113.45 + T-S NS 152.218

    Recto: Letter of recommendation in Arabic script. Abū Yūsuf Munajjā asks the addressee in Alexandria to help the bearer, Abū l-Faraj the scholar. (Join by …

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  10. 8360Legal documentT-S 18J2.12

    Court record written by Efrayim b. Shemarya. A woman named Muluk claims to be the only heir of Tiban, the grandson of her maternal uncle. …

    1. מעשה שהיה בפנינ[ו אנו בית דין הקבוע] במצרים מפי בית דין הגדול אחייה רחמנא
    2. וקימה איך אשה [שמה מלוך בת נ]חומה בר והב שהי(!) אשת מרב יוסף הסופר בר מנשה

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  11. 8361LetterCUL Or.1080 J112

    Petition in the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā, possibly in Alexandria, addressed to a judge, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Makhlūf was active ca. …

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    1. ]גב כלאצי
    2. מן אלנביל אלפאצל אלמשהור פי אל
    3. בלאד למא ראיתה תתעוק מן אבו אל
    4. מכארם בן בקא ומע יוסף בן איוב פי
    5. ורטאת הי אפעאלה וטראיקה כשית
    6. אן יפותנ…

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  12. 8362LetterT-S AS 155.2

    Letter to Abraham ‘the Great Rav’ (presumably Abraham Maimonides). (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 8363Legal query or responsumT-S F11.22

    Copy of a responsum of R. Semah Dayyana de-Baba (Judge of the Gate, active ca. 870 CE). The transcription below begins on line 14 of …

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    1. [רב] צמח דיאנא דבבא אדם שיש לו אשה מנערותיו וה//ז//ק[ינה עמו האם יפרוש ממנה או יתן לה]
    2. [עונת]ה וא לא יפרוש אלא יתן לה עונתה ולא מיבעיא יש אל[א א…

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  14. 8364Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 176.32

    Miniature receipt, unclear for what.

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  15. 8365LetterT-S NS 320.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in an unusual hand; Goitein calls it "papyri script," probably referring to the early documents edited by Blau and Hopkins in …

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  16. 8366Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.13

    Legal record (#24). Alimony owed. Dated: "Monday" (=14 Sivan 1467 Seleucid). Bū l-Faraj Ibn al-Shofeṭ declares that he has mortgaged his quarter-house (which is owned …

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  17. 8367Unknown typeCUL Or.1080 11.23 + CUL Or.1080 11.18 + CUL Or.1080 11.19 + CUL Or.1080 11.25 + CUL Or.1080 11.62

    From a ledger containing several different types of writing: (1) accounts and fragments of letters in Hebrew script, at least partially in Ladino; (2) underlying …

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  18. 8368State documentT-S Ar.34.224

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, a silk worker (qazzāz) and craftsman (ṣāniʿ). Same payer: T-S Ar.34.224, T-S Ar.34.282 (where …

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  19. 8369LetterT-S 16.59

    Appeal for charity for captives, with several signatures. Dated: 5382 AM = 1621/22 CE. Mentioning an appeal by several poor men who are imprisoned in …

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  20. 8370Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.178

    Recto: Order of payment. Asking ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Ṣayrafī to pay a sum to the bearer. Verso: Receipt stating that the scribe (al-faqīr ilā allāh taʿālā) …

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  21. 8371LetterJRL B 5592

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a chest of coral (3 lines from bottom). Very close to the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū, although does not …

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  22. 8372List or tableT-S AS 202.215

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, probably late.

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  23. 8373Legal documentT-S 20.118

    Legal document. Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Peraḥya, the widow of Yeshuʿa b. Ḥalfon the cantor, confirms to have received from Nadiv b. Meshullam ha-Levi payments of …

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  24. 8374LetterT-S NS 163.48

    Recto: Upper part of a personal letter in Arabic script. Crossed out. The sender's name looks like Bū l-Majd, and the addressee is [Abū] Isḥāq. …

    1. بو لمجد(؟) بن [. . . . . .]
    2. [قد علم الله سـ]ـبحانه شدة شوقي وارتياحي نحو المولا
    3. [الاجل ابـ]ـو اسحق ادام الله عزه وعلاه ومن التوفيق
    4. [لا اخلـ]ـاه جمع …

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  25. 8375LetterT-S AS 149.131

    Family letter from a certain Avraham to his brother Moshe. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. A. David identifies the sender as Avraham Sagish, writing from …

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  26. 8376List or tableT-S NS 321.88

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the "citadel" (qalʿa) several times and the Ottoman-era title שויש (çavuş). Also mentions Yiṣḥaq Arokh and Yosef Arokh (cf. T-S …

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  27. 8377Unknown typeT-S NS 226.17

    Minute fragment of a letter or legal document, few words are preserved.

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  28. 8378Legal documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.13 (Michaelides 13)

    Certificate of manumission of a slave, dated 591H. (?) [1194-5]. [Described on a separate small piece of paper as: "letter from a noble man asking …

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  29. 8379LetterT-S 10J12.34

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Jerusalem, to his in-law (גיס) Saʿīd Bardaʿ, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: Thursday 28th Maṭmonim (=the Omer), which is …

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  30. 8380Unknown typeENA NS 85.659

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  31. 8381LetterT-S K25.253

    Another copy of the same letter as in Bodl. MS heb. b 3/19 + Bodl. MS heb. b 3/20; see PGPID 5595 for details. (Information …

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  32. 8382LetterCUL Or.1080 J245

    Letter in Hebrew. Fragment: right side only. Dating: Likely 16th century. Involves trade in barrels of wine (ḥaviyot and "barilas").

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  33. 8383LetterT-S AS 165.216

    Draft of the beginning of a letter to a notable. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century.

    1. ב
    2. לישועתך וג
    3. אלממלוך יכדם אלמגלס אלאגלי אלפאצלי
    4. אלעאלמי אלעאמלי אלזאהדי אלעקברי(?)
    5. אטאל אללה בקאה וופק מסעאה

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    1. ב
    2. לישועתך וג
    3. אלממלוך יכדם אלמגל…

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  34. 8384State documentT-S AS 180.143

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam. Needs further examination. See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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  35. 8385Legal documentAIU VII.D.57

    Bifolio from a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Shevat/Av 5443 AM, which is 1683 CE. The …

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    :(Documents 1-3) Right side of bifolio

    1. מין תביעה וטענה ולא שום מין צד זכות כלל לא על שניהם יחד ולא על שום אח[ד] מהם לבדו לא
    2. מצד השותפות שהיה ב…

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  36. 8386LetterT-S NS 320.120

    Praises addressed to somebody in Hebrew. On verso, names someone titled השר היקר נגיד עם ייי צבאות: Yehuda b. David(?). Unclear who this is.

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  37. 8387Legal documentENA 1822a.84

    Engagement deed, badly damaged. Dated in the lower right corner as (5)570AM ה)תק׳׳ע). Lavishly decorated with yellow and green floral designs in the margin. Groom: …

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  38. 8388Literary textT-S AS 205.197

    Story in Judaeo-Arabic. A merchant arrived in a certain city together with a female slave (jāriya). He came to a "qaysariyya" (on which see Goitein, …

    1. כאן אנסא{ן} מן בעצ
    2. אלתיגאר קד גא אלא
    3. בעצ אלבילאד ומעה
    4. גאריה פגא קיסרייה
    5. קאל לוכילת אלקסרייה
    6. ענדכ חגרה פקאלת
    7. נעם פאורתה נזל
    8. פקאם פיהא מודה פתערפת
    9. בלו…

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  39. 8389Legal documentJRL B 7782

    Legal fragment in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Recto involves the parties Abū l-Thanāʾ b. ʿ[...] and Abū Saʿīd and commodities …

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  40. 8390State documentENA 402.2 + ENA 402.1

    Verso: Two fragments of a Fatimid internal memorandum dating to the period of al-Ḥāfiẓ (r. 1130-1149). The preserved text mentions "Sadd al-jusūr al-sulṭāniyya", the operation …

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  41. 8391State documentT-S AS 177.323

    Tax receipt for Nuṣayr b. Saʿīd. Dated: 5[..] AH (~12th century CE).

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  42. 8392LetterT-S AS 158.213

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Small fragment, with hardly any text left. It states that the husband of a woman related …

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  43. 8393List or tableMoss. IX,171

    no image available. According to Mosseri Catalogue a list of deceased persons. AA

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  44. 8394LetterT-S Misc.28.19

    Letter of appeal for charity from Isḥāq b. Avraham to the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (1112–26 CE). What remains is almost entirely in Hebrew, though …

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  45. 8395Literary textT-S AS 155.350

    Geographical text, referring to India.

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  46. 8396LetterT-S AS 163.110

    Fragment from the beginning of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  47. 8397LetterT-S 8J38.2

    Letter fragment to a brother conveying good wishes. The addressee is apparently an accomplished cantor and had studied with a notable and "his brother the …

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    1. . . . ] פי . . . . .ן [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. שבח מא נאלוה אחד קבלך ולא ינאלוה
    3. אחד בעדך מן שכרה לך וקולה אנך קראת
    4. עליה ועלי אכיה…

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  48. 8398Unknown typeENA 3320.1

    Late text in Hebrew beginning "I further heard from the perfect sage [...] ...." May not be documentary.

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  49. 8399List or tableT-S NS 305.20

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Layout resembles T-S NS 305.41. Two of the entries have very dense lists of numerals underneath them.

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  50. 8400LetterT-S 16.277

    Letter from Surūr, in Bilbays, to his widowed mother, in Cairo, who lives with her two other sons Faraj Allāh and Rashīd. The letter deals …

    1. עמי עשו שקר החן והבל היופי אשה יראת וגו
    2. אלי חצרה אלואלדה אלעזיזה אלמופקה אלסעידה ופקהא אללה תע
    3. ואטאל בקאהא ואדאם עזהא ולא אוחש מן כדמתהא וקריב
    4. ליס ב…

    (My) help comes) f(rom the) L(ord, who) m(ade) h(eaven) and earth) Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord (is to be pr…

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