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8451List or tableAIU XII.106
Document date
12 Muharram 1237 Hijrī (9 October 1821 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
4 pages. 3 of them are brief notes, along with accounts, signed and sealed by Anṭūn al-Wakīl aka Anṭūn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf to a certain muʿallim Yūsuf [Isḥāq? ʿAqqāq?].
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8452LetterBL OR 5542.30
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
The sender is an old, sick man in a foreign land who asks for (unspecified) help. Ends with the rhyming motto ישע יוחש לעם שאין בו נחש (an allusion to Numbers 23:23).
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8453Legal documentCUL Add.3430
Document date
26 Shevat 1339 Seleucid (26 January 1028 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Early: 5 dinars plus 50 silver coins. Late: 35. Detailed dowry list, totaling 61.5 dinars.
Recto
1. בשם אל חי ויבנו ויצליחו ביי יצדקו וית' וג' ושבי יהודיא בנין ומצליחין
2. ביום ששי בשבוע בששה ועשרים יום לחדש שבט בשנת אלף ושלוש מאות ושלושים ו…
Nathan b. Nisan ha-Levi ha-melammed, witness. Eli b. Ma'mar, maker of potions, witness.
Omar b. Joshua, witness.
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- 11th c
- dowry
- jerusalem
- ketubba
- marriage
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8454List or tableENA 2456.1–20
Primary languages
Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino
One of the letters copied out at least twice refers to several months in the latter part of the year '32 and Rosh Hashana of '33.
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8455List or tableENA 2763.20
Primary languages
Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Late, probably 13th or 14th century. Lists about 30 recipients of small sums, mostly fractions (type of money not indicated).
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8456Paraliterary textENA 4193.18
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Astrological text in Arabic script, with interspersed words transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic (late hand) in the spaces between the lines. This demonstrates that even some Jews who could write Judaeo-Arabic very well couldn’t read Arabic or the transcriber was beginning to create an edition in Judaeo-Arabic for non-Arabic readers.
Recto
1. من يوم الاحد وان اردت الهياجان
2. ففي ساعة المريخ من يوم الجمعة وهي
3. سادس ساعة منه وان اردت
4. تحرق قلبه ففي ساعة الزهرة من
5. يوم الثلاثا وهي …
Recto
1. On Sunday. If you intend to provoke/agitate (him/someone)
2. then in the hours of Mars on Friday which is
3. The sixth hour of the day and if you wish to
4. burn his heart (inflict severe pain), then in the hours of Venus
5. on Tuesday which is the third hour of the day
6. and if you wish to silence him and impede his speech
7. then in the hours of Jupiter on Thursday
8. Which is the seventh hour of the day.
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- astrology
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8457LetterENA NS 53.23
Document date
5539 Anno Mundi (22 September 1778–10 September 1779 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
The community has sent Eliyyahu Lahka(?) as their shaliaḥ, and if he does not receive enough money to bring back, they will perish.
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8458Legal documentHalper 362
Document date
Monday, 4 Av 5386 Anno Mundi (27 July 1626 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Amarillo, the widow of the late Ya'ir Abīdāriʿ (?), documenting that she is taking "the vow of widowhood" to collect her ketubba payment.
1. בע׳׳ה
2. בהיות שרצתה היקרה הצנועה מ׳ מלכה ת׳׳מ בת היקר כ׳׳ר מ[...] אמארילייו יצ׳׳ו אלמנת החכם המנוח כה׳׳ר יאיר אבידארע נ׳׳ע
3. להשבע שבועת אלמנה ולגבות כת…
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8459Literary textHalper 427
Primary language
Hebrew
Literary. Late. "Book of letters. The ends of the letters are in written in graphic form, using inverted triangles; The bottom of two folios from a book of letters, apparently composed for literary value.
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8460List or tableJRL C 39
Inferred date
1700–1900 CE
One of the columns beneath the heading is labeled "רשיד / Rashid" or "Rashidī," possibly a reference to the northern Egyptian port city.
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- rashid
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8461LetterLehnardt 7
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Ṭoviyyahu (muqaddam of Bilbays, late 12th and early 13th century). So Yehuda was probably the addressee of the note.
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8462LetterMIAC 197
Primary languages
Arabic, French
Announcement of the Jewish community in establishing a religious institution for the training of faith leaders, kosher slaughterers, and mohelim beginning with the sending forth of a delegation to Palestine on account of the circumstances of the war and the establishment of an optical clinic – during the Second World War – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 197) Arabic- and French-language. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed.
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8463LetterMoss. II,162.1 + T-S 10J13.8
Inferred date
1205–1237 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No later than 1237 CE (the year of Avraham Maimonides' death).
1. ואלעמל אעני בה מגלס סידנא ר אב(רהם)
2. י)חיד הדור ואלגמאעה אלמשתג'לין ואלמתהגד(ין)
3. אלצאימין אלקאימין ופקהם אללה תע ולאזמת
4. אהל אלדניא ותעוצת יא מסכין ען…
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- education
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1504
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8464LetterT-S 6J7.23
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
He exhorts the addressee to assist al-Shaykh al-Nafīs, evidently concerning a legal query which the latter had submitted. "The illustrious Judge" will inform the addressee all the details of the case.
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- account
- legal query
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8465Literary textT-S 8.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Literary treatise in Judaeo-Arabic on the laws of mourning in various special cases. when the deceased is the father of a bride; if he was executed by the court; if he committed suicide; if he rejected rabbinic authority (al-madhhab al-rabbānīyya, sunanuhum) (in this case there is no mourning, but rather celebration); if he has no one to mourn for him; and how there is no mourning on shabbat (verso).
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- mourning
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8466LetterT-S 8J19.19
Primary language
Hebrew
Verso: List of about forty bible verses, not all suitable for laudatory introduction; perhaps for wall decoration only.
1. שלום רב לאהבי תורתך
2. ואין למו מכשול:
3. שלומות אתויות וברכות קנויות ונחמות חנויות
4. וטובות שתולות עלי מים שרויות וכל הברכות הנתמכות
5. הנסמכות והנמתחות יהיו …
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- bible
- rhyme
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2037
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8467Legal documentT-S 10J4.5
Inferred date
1007–1055 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Shemarya (dated documents: 1007-1055 CE), head of the Palestinian congregation and court of law. Also signed by four others: Aharon b. David ha-Levi; Shemarya b.
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . מוחסן . . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] מא…
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8468LetterT-S 10J7.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
There he had agreed with Avraham אלמורקי, the bearer of the letter, that the latter would bring the sender's wife and 40 dirhams from Alexandria.
Recto
1. חצ'רת כ'ב' ג'ד' ק'ד' מרינו ורבינן רבי איליה הדיאן
2. ש'צ' מן ממלוכה ושאכר תפצ'לה יוסף אבן יעקב אלכהן
3. אלדי נעלמך בה סלמך אללה אן כרגנא מן ענדכם…
If they have
arrived i n Cairo, send me a letter with the bearer of this letter
(informing me) of their arrival. ......
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- 13th c
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8469Legal documentT-S 12.778
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Someone testifies that the document's contents are not what they seem from the outside (laysa bāṭinuhu ka-ẓāhiruhu). It seems that there is also testimony that that document is not a maʿase bet din.
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8470Legal documentT-S 13J7.20
Primary language
Hebrew
(Information mainly from Oded Zinger, Women, Gender, and Law, 83.) EMS
1. ]כתאב
2. ]חוצ..י עדותינו בסוף שטר זה
3. ]קש ללכת אל אמו וקרוביו כי נכסף
4. ]אשתו והביאתהו אל מושב בית דין
5. ]את זה יפת בן עלי שמי שרה בת
6. ]ם אלך ואבוא ולא האמנת…
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- marital strife
- travels
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8471Legal documentT-S 20.36
Inferred date
1066–1108 CE
Primary language
Aramaic
The woman agrees to live in the home of her mother-in-law. Witnessed by Peraḥya b. Yeḥezqel, Eliyya b.
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8472Paraliterary textT-S Ar.35.109
Inferred date
1000–1100 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Greek
Judaeo-Greek and Coptic language exercises. Dating: circa 11th century CE, though the Coptic script may be older or newer.
recto
1. [ ]אבא בי איבא ביחטאבי [ ]
2. [ ]ו[ ] מיהוהבו בי אובו רואלפרא רואי(?)
3. [ ]רו רויוטא דו דאורו דוהוהרו [ ]
4. סמה אלפצא סמה ⟦איצה⟧ איסה סמהחטאס…
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8473List or tableT-S Ar.38.137
Primary language
Arabic
Large list in two columns, covering both recto and verso.
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- dimme
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8474LetterT-S AS 148.17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In which one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit flatters Eliyyahu by saying that in all the cases that come before him, he works to resolve the dispute between them in an amicable way.
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8475LetterT-S AS 149.41
Inferred date
1168–1204 CE
Primary language
Hebrew
In this letter, he apologizes for an unspecified lapse and begging indulgence. On verso there is a writing exercise of poetry in Arabic script (including إِذا كُنتَ في نِعمَةٍ فَاِرعَها فَإِنَّ المَعاصي تُزيلُ النِعَم which is known from other sources and attributed to ʿAlī b.
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8476Legal documentT-S AS 150.99
Inferred date
1066–1108 CE
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Verso: tails and parts of bowls of large Arabic letters, probably from an official document.
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8477Legal documentT-S AS 176.274
Primary language
Arabic
Ibrāhīm b. [...] al-Muslim al-Mukandij (the closet maker), whose physical features are also described, for the purpose of collecting the amount of money owed to the latter from the 'ṣundūq al-nafaqāt' in Qalʿat al-Jabal.
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8478State documentT-S AS 180.205
Document date
1160–1171 CE
Primary language
Arabic
On verso there is the remnant of an elaborate ʿalāma, probably al-[ḥamdu lil-lāhi ra]bb al-ʿālamīn.
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8479Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 185.202
Document date
1189 Hijrī (4 March 1775–20 February 1776 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Location: Cairo (מצריים). Based on the layout of this document it seems likely that it was an individual receipt rather than a fragment from a broader array of accounts.
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- 18th c
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8480State documentT-S AS 185.232
Primary language
Arabic
Approximately 3 lines are preserved. Large fragment, huge spacing between the lines. Difficult to read more than a few words; may refer to an earlier report (khidma aslaftuhā/aslafathā).
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8481Legal documentT-S AS 200.289
Primary language
Hebrew
Bottom of some sort of declaration, in Hebrew. Late. The undersigned seem to be pledging allegiance to a certain authority and agreeing to whatever he sees fit to reform (ואם יש שום דבר שיראה לאדוננו באשר צריך תיקון יתקן כחכמתו....).
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8482Literary textT-S NS 224.123
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, JA3 in Bohak's edition, Judaeo–Arabic translation, "Pilate" recension), containing passages 2.3–3.8 (top of folio missing; lacuna at 3.6); written by the same scribe who wrote T-S NS 298.56 (PGPID 41694) and New York, JTS 2529.2 (Ar3) (PGPID 41695).
Folio 1r (first section)
1. [ ... ... ] ואתי בה <ב[י]ן֯ [י]דיהם>.
2. [ ... ... קאל]ו איש חזבך. קאל
3. [ ... ... ] וליכנני ולד זנא.
4. [קאלו איש אסם א]בוך קאל א…
“And what is the name of your mother?” He said:
“Her name is Miriam.” “And what is her profession?”
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8483LetterT-S NS 320.121
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Large letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Names of sender and addressee are lost, but it may be possible to identify the sender's hand.
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8484LetterT-S NS 321.27
Primary language
Arabic
Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script to Abū l-Wafāʾ Tamīm al-Kohen. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century, based on the dating of recto.
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8485LetterT-S NS 322.134 + T-S NS 322.143
Primary language
Hebrew
Natan Av Bet Din (and his brothers Aḥiyya and Berekhya?). In Hebrew. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Only the flowery opening is preserved, but this letter may be of intrinsic value based on the identities of sender and addressee.
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8486LetterT-S NS J211
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The writer expresses his regret at the addressee's departure, and his distress at what the addressee will soon learn from ʿAfīf al-Dīn. The language is somewhat confusing but may refer to a secretary (kātib) working against the interests of the addressee (al-ʿāmil ʿalayka).
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8487Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
NB: #41a has no connection to #41b; Goitein probably skipped over the latter and returned to it when he had already given the number #42 to the next record.
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8488Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 946
Document date
23 Tammuz 1837 Seleucid (4 July 1526 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Dated: Wednesday, 23 Tammuz 1837 Seleucid = 932 Hijri, which is July 1526 CE. It lays out the settlement of at least one marital dispute in great detail.
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- late heb
- marital dispute
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8489LetterAIU VII.E.49
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic, elegant hand. Dating: Probably late 18th or early 19th century. This is a thank you letter.
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8490State documentAIU XII.69
Document date
Jumādā I 594 Hijrī (11 March 1198–9 April 1198 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Could also be an IOU with a layout reminiscent of state documents. Concerns a debt (two qirats?)
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- ayyubid
- dimme
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8491Legal documentBL OR 5547.1
Document date
467-04 Hijrī (27 August 1074–15 August 1075 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Legal document, deed of acknowledgment, concerning an inheritance dispute between Jamīla bt. Lāḥiq the veterinarian and her brother. Contains three testimonies at the bottom.
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- dimme
- fatimid
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8492LetterBL OR 5554A.46
Document date
Ṭevet 1498 Seleucid (14 December 1186–11 January 1187 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Addressed to an important personage and narrating the writer's woes. There is a large, calligraphic "I speak so that I may find relief" (אדברה וירוח לי) dividing the two blocks of text.
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8493Literary textBL OR 6356.1–21
Primary languages
Hebrew, Yiddish
Of documentary interest for the lavishly illustrated frontispiece giving the name of the owner and/or scribe מאיר בן הקצין המפורסם, the statement that it has been copied from the pinqas of the ḥevra qadisha of the town of מנהיא, and the date: 5492 AM, which is 1731/32 CE.
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- yiddish literary
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8494Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 2/12
Inferred date
1128–1164 CE
In the portion preserved, Maḥbūb gives a house (or part of a house) on al-Sūq al-Kabīr (‘the large market’) to his daughter, the bride, while her mother renounces her rights (nazalat ʿan al-shiʿbud).
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8495Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. d 62/119
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
If someone objects to his teaching Torah because he is unmarried, what is the law? The responsum cites the Mishna and Gemara of Qiddushin 82a and explains that he may continue teaching children but that he may not go to their houses to teach them, because there are usually women around.
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8496LetterCUL Or.1080 5.5
Primary language
Arabic
Same cluster: CUL Or.1080 5.5, T-S NS 327.11, and T-S Ar.38.91 (the latter two were published by Aodeh, who did not know about CUL Or.1080 5.5.)
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- to examine
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8497State documentCUL Or.1080 J85
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew
Shemarya for a letter. Very large nearly square sheet (43 x 46 cm).
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- dimme
- fiscal
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8498LetterCUL Or.1081 J6
Inferred date
1175–1200 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
David) to a prominent Egyptian Jew. Aden, late twelfth century. The content consists mainly of very polite greetings to the recipient and a reference to letters sent in the Kārim.
II, 67a
1. בשם רחמן
2. אלממלוך שמריה בן דויד רית
3. יכץ אלחצרה אלעאליה אלסאמיה אלשיכיה
4. אלאגליה אלמאלכה אלמנעמה אלמתפצלה
5. אלמופקה אלסעידה אדאם אללה עזהא
6. וגדד ס…
1. In the name of the Merciful.
2. The servant Shemaryā b. David—may the spirit of the Lord give him rest!
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- ib2
- india book
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8499Legal query or responsumENA 3693.1
Inferred date
1168–1204 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Shimʿon did so and gave the money to Reuven. Later, Reuven repays the money and wants his needle back.
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- responsa
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8500Legal documentENA 4010.43
Inferred date
1007–1055 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Efrayim represents Sitt al-Dār in this lawsuit. (Information from E. Bareket, Yehudei misrayim, p. 185)
1. חצר בשר בן אפרים יערף בן אלעדל ואחצר
2. שהדין(!) שהדו פי בית דין אן סת אלדאר בנת חסין
3. זוגה כלף בן אסחק וכלתה עלי מטאלבה כלף זוגהא
4. ואקנא(!) כלף הדא ובשר…
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- efrayim b. shemarya
- register
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