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  1. 8501LetterT-S Misc.28.83

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe, probably addressed to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower part of recto). Mentions: the …

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    1. 1 ( )ד צ( )
    2. 2 ( )מחרם עמא( )
    3. 3 ( ) שרכה סתות זוגה כלף בן קשקוש ( )
    4. 4 ( )שאע גיר מקסום ורבע אלדאר אלתי ( )
    5. 5 ( ) בקצר אלשמע פי זקאק אלדכאן שרכה …

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  2. 8502Legal documentT-S 8J29.5

    Recto: Declaration made by the merchant Yosef b. Moshe b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Sunday, 8 days remaining in Iyyar 4807 AM, which is …

    1. יקול מן סיתבת שהאדתה פי אספל הדא אלכתאב חצר אלינא יוסף
    2. בן מוסי בן ברהון אלתיהרתי וקאל לנא כנת עאם אול פי שהר סיון סנה
    3. תתו ללכליקה חאצר פי גמלה [[בעצ…

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  3. 8503LetterENA 4020.64

    Letter from Sibāʿ b. Surūr to Avraham b. Shemaʿya. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. All that is preserved here is formulaic blessings and the standard complaint …

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  4. 8504Unknown typeENA NS 85.254

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 8505LetterT-S 13J21.4

    Poetic letter addressed to Abu Ishaq Ibrahim. (Information from Goitein index cards)

    1. . . . . . . . ]ן [ . . . . . . .
    2. וגם חמה אשר כל יום שקועים
    3. וממערב וממזרח נכנעים
    4. ברית עמו ויכחה חוב פשעים
    5. שניהם גם ובושו בנגעים
    6. [[בתוך]] //עלי// עמו …

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  6. 8506Legal query or responsumJRL A 1133

    Fragment of a responsum or responsa. The JRL catalogue lists the recto and verso with different authors: Asher ben Yehiʾel (ca. 1250-1327 CE) and Shelomo …

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  7. 8507Unknown typeT-S AS 211.71

    Document in Arabic, possibly. Extremely damaged and faded. The word صراف might appear in the first legible line. Requires further examination.

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  8. 8508List or tableT-S AS 146.14

    Memorial list for Nethanel ha-dayyan listing five generations. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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    1. משפחת החכמ
    2. יקרת צפירת תפארת מר ור נתנאל
    3. הדיין המופלא החכם המעולה זל
    4. וחמוד יקר צפ תפאר מר ור יוסף
    5. השר האדיר בישראל זל וחמודו כג קד
    6. מר ור מאיר ה…

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  9. 8509Unknown typeENA NS 77.425

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  10. 8510LetterJTS MS 8254.13

    Letter from Moshe Maimonides to Abū l-Munā. Autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. Abū …

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  11. 8511LetterMoss. Ia,19

    Letter in Hebrew from the exilarch [ʿAzarya] b. Shelomo b. Yoshiya to [...] b. Ḥusayn. Large space between the lines. Verso contains the address, inverted, …

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  12. 8512Paraliterary textT-S AS 184.140

    Recto: Biblical verses in Hebrew language written in Arabic script (ṭov lehodot...), headed by a basmala, presumably for liturgical use. A Karaite version of the …

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  13. 8513LetterT-S NS 226.176

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged and faded. Giving various instructions about what to buy. The sender reports receiving the addressee's letter with news of the …

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  14. 8514Legal documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.3 (Michaelides 3)

    Legal document (iqrār) concerning receiving payments for crops. [Described on the paper wrapper as : "contrat du prince Saragah Mache (mamelouk) avec les cultivateurs"]. Loss …

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  15. 8515LetterMoss. V,334.1

    Letter from Umm ʿAzīza to a certain Natan. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 14th–16th century. Discusses family news, neglect, and various other things. Nearly completely preserved. …

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  16. 8516Paraliterary textMoss. VI,14.2

    Magical text in Hebrew script.

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  17. 8517LetterJRL L 69

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic by Moshe [...]. Recipient listed in address Avraham Ṣabr[?] in Cairo (Miṣr).

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  18. 8518Legal documentMoss. VII,101

    Protocol of a case heard at the court of Natan b. Avraham, head of the yeshiva in Palestine ca. 1040 (during his rivalry with Shelomo …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . ] של אדוננו נתן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב נט רח כלף בן מוסי אלברקי
    2. סלמאן בן דאוד בן ש]מעון וטאלב כלף הדא לסלמאן הדא בעדל ניל…

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  19. 8519Literary textT-S J2.17

    Literary. In Hebrew. Late. Mystical vision of Shelomo Alqabeẓ ha-Levi, or perhaps a group somehow connected to him.

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  20. 8520LetterT-S AS 172.111

    Bottom of a letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). Conveys a message for Abū l-Riḍā b. Abū l-Faraj al-Sharābī.

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  21. 8521Legal documentENA 3950.9

    Upper part of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. The name and the city of the person making the acknowledgment are given. Needs …

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  22. 8522LetterT-S AS 146.143

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment from the right side of recto. The scribe has a distinctive notched ב. Mentions Muslims; many worries; and greetings …

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  23. 8523Legal documentENA 4020.7

    Recto: Text of an oath to be taken in court. There are several distinct text blocks. Merits examination. Verso: Halakhic discussion on inheritance and divorce, …

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  24. 8524Legal documentT-S NS 105.33

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to "instructions/wills which we have ignored" (waṣāyā mimmā …

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  25. 8525Legal documentT-S 12.167

    Ketubba fragment. Groom: Aharon b. Shemuel. Bride: Mulūk bt. Mukhtār. Dated: 1339 Seleucid, which is 1027/28 CE. Signed by Saʿīd b. Aharon, Yeshuʿa b. David, …

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  26. 8526LetterBL OR 10578R.121

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions al-Marjānī and al-Shelishi. Excerpts: ליס ימכן . . . אצחאבנא אן . …

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  27. 8527LetterENA NS 31.8

    Letter from Mūsā Mosseri. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  28. 8528Literary textAIU VIII.B.21

    12 pages from a Judaeo-Arabic medical treatise.

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  29. 8529Literary textENA 3924.20

    Arabic script, much of the original text is faded but the portions in red ink are still legible (VMR). Literary.

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  30. 8530Literary textT-S NS 69.41

    Work discussing business partnerships. Reminiscent of T-S AS 147.101 (PGPID 18260).

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  31. 8531Legal documentENA 2558.6

    Legal deed written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. On parchment. Almost nothing is left. The name of some of the other signatories may be …

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  32. 8532Literary textT-S K6.86

    Ownership or authorship note: Abū l-Bishr Sulaymān b. Moshe ha-Levi.

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  33. 8533Literary textENA 3956.18

    Literary text. In Arabic script. Leaf from an Arabic work on horoscopes/prognostications in a beautiful naskhī script. The horoscopes/prognostications are predicted for each day of …

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  34. 8534Legal documentT-S NS 99.11

    Legal fragment in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (ca. 1150–81 CE). In which Abū l-[...] appears before the court -- possibly in the Palestinian …

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  35. 8535Legal documentT-S Ar.39.18

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (upper half). Involves [...] b. Yehuda al-Rāb and Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm, both Jews. Needs examination for content.

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  36. 8536Legal documentT-S AS 46.160

    Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed. Written on the 11th of a month (...בשבה דהוא חדסר יומה...). Signed by someone whose signature …

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  37. 8537State documentENA 684.1

    Fragment of an official letter (upper left piece). In Arabic script. After the basmala one reads :ʾaṭāla llāh baqāhā wa-ʾadāma taʾyīdahā wa-ʿalāhā (l. 2), ʿārafahu …

    1. بسم اللـ]ـه الرحمن الرحيم
    2. الا]جل اطالن الله بقاها وادام تاييدها وعلاها
    3. ]ـها     عارفه بما الحضرة السامية الاجلية الريسية
    4. تـ]ـمجيدها(؟) من الايادي ال…

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  38. 8538LetterAIU VII.E.59

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 29 Sivan, without mention of the year (but probably 18th- or 19th-century based on the paleography). The letter was sent …

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  39. 8539LetterT-S NS 264.1

    IB VI, 52. Letter fragment from Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū l-ʿAlā b. Abū Naṣr ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. In Hebrew (for the …

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  40. 8540List or tableT-S Ar.39.251

    Accounts (including lists of names, numbers and other information)

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  41. 8541Paraliterary textMoss. I,74.1

    Two magical incantations against the evil eye. On the other three pages of the bifolium is a list of Torah and Prophets readings.

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  42. 8542Unknown typeENA NS 76.667

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 8543LetterT-S NS J21 + T-S 8.19

    IB III, 13 + 14. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, Aden, to Avraham b. Yiju, India, mainly about shipwrecked goods. Dating: almost certainly 1146. This …

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  44. 8544LetterT-S 13J28.2

    Business letter from Farah b. Yosef in Alexandria to Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat concerning the delivery of goods, namely items of silver, olive oil, …

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    1. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה עדה לא אחציהא
    2. פלם ארא לאחדאהא גואב ארגו אללה תעאלי אן ישגלה פי אל…

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    1. שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך, מכתבים אחדים שלא ספרתים,
    2. אב…

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  45. 8545Literary textT-S NS 303.14

    Translation of Song of Songs 8:11-14 with Hebrew incipits; Judaeo-Arabic final note and marginal notes. (Information from Shivtiel/Niessen.)

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  46. 8546Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/11

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Groom: Avraham b. Yefet. Dating: 11th century. Marriage payments: 6 + 10 = 16. Witnesses: Maṣliaḥ b. Shemuel; the ḥaver Eliʿezer b. …

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  47. 8547LetterENA NS 34.15

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic; either a fragment preserving only the greetings, or a letter that consists entirely of greetings. Addressed to Raḥamīm Qaznī (קזני), also …

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  48. 8548LetterAIU VII.E.60

    Late document in Judaeo-Arabic addressed Karo y Frances & Company (see tag). There does not appear to be an actual letter left, but Page 1 …

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  49. 8549Unknown typeENA NS 85.975

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  50. 8550List or tableT-S AS 154.373

    Accounts, with unusual spelling, mentioning different sums in dinars and dirhams, measures, such as raṭl and the name Ibn Surūr. (Information from CUDL)

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