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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Account entry or receipt in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. Mentions the Nile port of Būlāq, specifically the loading docks (bi-isqelīt Būlāq)– although this usage may refer to the port itself. The entry also describes the transport of pilgrims (ען חמל מחזום לחגאג): probably Muslims leaving to or returning from Mecca via Būlāq, but much of the document is missing.

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• pilgrimage
• pilgrims

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Document date

5414 Anno Mundi (22 September 1653–11 September 1654 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Jerusalem and a certain Peraḥiya Kohen are mentioned in the third row of entries on the right side of the recto. Names of other individuals mentioned include: Yosef Naḥmias, Yaʿaqov Ventura (וינטורה), and Yosef Fiao/פיאו (=Fião?) among others. The recto and verso entries are very detailed and require further examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The beadle Mahfuz, of the Synagogue of the Palestinians, receives the revenue from the orchard of the qodesh. This is a short entry, signed by two members of the court. In another entry, the revenue from rent collected from tenants of the qodesh by the parnas Abu'l-Ma'ali is also received by the same beadle.

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• 12th c
• account
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• waqf

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation

Document date

Muḥarram 481 Hijrī (27 March 1088–25 April 1088 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Unclear if private or state. One entry in the right column of T-S 12.109v refers to the ḥikr (ground rent) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. Dated: Muḥarram 481 AH = March/April 1088 CE. Other entries are for different months, and probably the document itself dates to some time later.

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• hikr

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The text on verso appears to be instructions for when to invoke certain Psalms for various needs: against an enemy (Psalm 2), for example, or for a headache.

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• 11th c
• bible

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The opening salutation may contain the recipient's entire name, but its meaning is not entirely clear: Konfrada Khumsa Reyna(?).

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• 19th c

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Document date

25 Rabīʿ II 630 Hijrī (8 February 1233 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The payment documented is for 22 wariq dirhams (much too low to be the price of the enslaved woman, so most likely the tax). Dated: 25 Rabīʿ II 630 AH = 9 February 1233 CE.

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• glyph
• receipt
• slaves
• tax

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Document date

4774 Anno Mundi (8 September 1013–27 August 1014 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Badly damaged piece entitled ‘The names of the fingers’. Mentions hands and nails - possibly in connection with BT Ketubbot 5:2. […] A date is given at the end: the year 4774 (of Creation) and 946 after the destruction of the Temple (= 1013/1014 CE).

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Document date

1693 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

(Document #28) Lower lines of a psaq din, probably connected to an entry on one of the preceding pages in this shelfmark. The signatures of three dayyanīm were copied into the court register at the conclusion of the entry: R. Yisraʾel Romano, R. Moshe Vital, R. Yom Ṭov Ṣahalon.

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Document date

25th Adar II 1410 Seleucid (21 March 1099 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. (1099 CE). […] Yiṣḥaq, Monday 25th of [missing, perhaps Adar II as in the previous entry] 1410 Sel. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, Hillel b.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Each section lists the expenses for a specified day, or maybe the allowances disbursed to the people mentioned. The top entries on both recto and verso are entitled "al-mustakhraj", while the bottom ones are "al-kharaj".

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• cipher

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Shelomo ha-Kohen concerning the ransom of captives, see: T-S 24.29 (PGPID 7567) T-S 10J15.16 (PGPID 2861) T-S 13J14.20 (PGPID 956) T-S 13J20.25 (PGPID 1021) T-S 13J24.11 (PGPID 1799) T-S NS 246.5 (PGPID 40027) ENA NS 17.7 (PGPID 11722) ENA 4020.45 + ENA 4020.44 (PGPID 783) ENA 2804.9 (PGPID 687) and ENA 2804.11 (PGPID 5264) are also from Alexandria and from the same period concerning the ransom of captives, but in the hand of different scribes.

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• byzantium
• captives
• damietta
• qaraites
• sahrajt
• (+ 2 more)

1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Natan he-Ḥaver, who also signed one of the entries. Probably belongs together with Bodl. MS heb. d 66/77 (and perhaps 66/78 as well). […] Among other matters, he accuses her of breaking a jar (zīr) that was worth 1 dinar by carrying it around from place to place. Recto is the end of a trousseau list [see PGPID 2552].

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• ledger

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Primary languages

Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino

The dating is post-1517, 16th- or 17th-century, based on the paleography and mention of Ottoman titles. Many of the account entries are terse, bearing solely names and numerical figures, but the second line of the recto states in Ladino: "el muchacho de Qāsim Beğ" (איל מוגאגו די קאסם ביג). Several other entries on the recto also name individuals with the Ottoman title çavuş, such as: Muḥammad Çavuş and Ferḥat Çavuş.

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• 16th or 17th c
• cmp

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Primary language

Hebrew

The sender expresses his desire to study with the addressee (כי בחרתי ללמוד בחברת אדוני, l. 8). The shelfmarks ENA 3077.8–13 all appear to be related, including pen trials, accounts, and poetry in Ladino. On ENA 3077.13, there is an ownership note by Eliyya Toko (?

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Primary language

Ladino

On the recto there are ingredients such as "pepenikos amargos / bitter cucumbers" and "azeite / oil" (l. 1, 3r). The second entry on the recto is crossed out, which may provide evidence that the author or scribe was drafting and correcting recipes among this broader chain of joins. The verso's first entry mentions a "white dove / poloma bilanca" (l. 5v) and "azeite" is called for again in the lower recipe, which is crossed out.

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• ladino literary
• medical

1 Transcription

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the day of movement (ʿalā l-nahr al-sālik) and an occurrence which enforced the preparation of something (biḥaithu kān l-ʾamr kadhālik li-tajhīz dhālik..). Emphasis is also laid upon majlis al-qaḍāʾ (wa-nahnu nuʾakkidu ʿalā l-Majlis fī qaḍāʾ), ending with in-shāʾ-llāh taʿālā. Dating perhaps to the early Ottoman or late Mamluk period.

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• dimme

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Document date

1474 Seleucid (11 September 1162–30 August 1163 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from Goitein’s index card.) NB: Goitein refers to ENA 4011.22 as ENA 4011.21.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

But the words surrounding "807" are not entirely clear. The document mentions [...] b. Yosef; an orphan girl; Avraham b. […] The substance of the case is unclear. See also ENA NS 85.273 (PGPID 14925).

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Primary language

Hebrew

.]; Avraham; Petaḥya; Hillel; Shelomo; Yeshuʿa; Avraham; Yiṣḥaq; Avraham; Berakhot; Ḥalfon; Aharon; Elʿazar; Zekharya; Yeshuʿa; Elʿazar. The first entry on verso ends with Maṣliaḥ and Yehuda. The next may be headed "Baghdādī": Avraham; Yiṣḥaq; Shelomo; Yakhin; Saʿadya; Yakhin; Saʿadya; Menashshe; Yefet; Yosef; Yakhin; Mevasser; ʿEli; Saʿadya; Yakhin ha-Rofeʾ; [...] ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad; Mevasser; [...] ha-Ḥazzan.

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• list

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Tells a long story on recto concerning a eunuch, the amir Murhaf al-Dawla, the king, and someone named al-Numayrī, and someone and "his slave who is his wife." At the end mentions a woman who fasts and prays for an absent young man (presumably her son). […] Probably an indirect join (identified by Alan Elbaum): ENA NS 48.28 (PGPID 12161) and T-S 12.405 (PGPID 3155).

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• amir
• army
• eunuch

1 Transcription

Document date

8 Elul 5588 Anno Mundi (18 August 1828 CE)

There are many detailed entries accompanying the numerical calculations and one in particular on the recto offers a sense of their purpose: "del libro de lo ke me deven la gente / from the book of what people owe me" (l. 6-7r). This phrase can be found throughout other entries on the recto and verso, thus pointing to the likelihood that many of these figures express debts owed.

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• 19th c
• debts

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Document date

1445 Seleucid (2 September 1133–19 September 1134 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

A group of Alexandrians then enters the story. The rest of the document is missing. […] VII,35 (PGPID 27111) + ENA NS 15.24 (PGPID 36023). ASE

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• abuse
• marital dispute

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Document date

Final third of Kislev 1438 Seleucid (7 December 1126–16 December 1126 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. ENA 2558.1 + ENA 4011.46 (PGPID 6621) and Moss.

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• halfon b. menashshe

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The letter mentions “the enemy,” the identity of which is not clear. The letter deals with import and export between Sicily and Egypt.

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• responsa
• trade

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE), assuring the wife that she would have an apartment to herself, not to be shared with an enslaved woman (jāriya), and that he will not take a second wife (aw tazawwaja ʿalayhā. . .).

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• betrothal
• polygyny

1 Transcription

Document date

1410 Seleucid (30 August 1098–18 September 1099 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The defendant paid part of the debt at the time of becoming engaged to a sister of the complainant. An oath was to be given by one party declaring to have meddled with wine adjudicated to the other party by a previous decision of the court. […] See also T-S NS 324.30 (PGPID 25683) in relation to the engagement. (Information from Goitein notes and index card linked below, Goitein, Med Soc, Vol. 2, p. 513, Ashur, Engagement and Betrothal Documents from the Cairo Geniza (PhD, Tel-Aviv, 2006). p. 14.)

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• court record
• debt
• engagement

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Primary languages

Chinese, Hebrew

Bohea is the traditional English term for tea produced in the Wuyi mountains (which are Bú-î-soaⁿ in Hokkien, hence the name). […] The word translated to as "brand" 記 means "mark" and is traditionally translated to as "chop" in English. The tael 兩 is a traditional Chinese unit of measurement; a package of 4 taels would be about 160 grams of tea. Note that this fragment is unlikely to be from the Cairo Geniza, as this entire folder appears to be from a Persian or Central Asian milieu, where Elkan Nathan Adler made many acquisitions.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Several names are preceded by ṣaḥḥa, 'paid.' Each name also ends with a line extended to the end of the column, possibly signifying that it has been paid. […] Same scribe and some of the same names as in ENA 2461.13 (PGPID 40360).

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• capitation tax
• chicken
• dimme
• jaliya
• jizya
• (+ 2 more)

2 Transcriptions

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The sender and addressee are not named in the letter, but Frenkel identified them on the basis of handwriting and content. Dating: toward the end of Mevorakh's tenure as nagid (1094–1111; Frenkel). […] (Another interpretation of the word niyāba in line 31 would be that "they [Araḥ's enemies] have destroyed the community in the name of representing you.") […] Note that this letter is written on an enormous sheet of paper that originally contained an Arabic state document, subsequently reused for a copy of Shemuel b.

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• communal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: du'f
• illness: marad
• (+ 2 more)

1 Transcription

End of a ketubba.

1 Discussion

Primary language

Arabic

VII, and Sijillāt Mustanṣiriyya). 4) Towards the end of the document, the writer mentions an affair that cannot be revealed in written correspondence, perhaps hinting at a matter of confidence. […] Other Arabic documents reused by the same Hebrew scribe: T-S Ar.38.140 (PGPID 16798), T-S NS 223.22 (PGPID 38255), ENA 3974.6 (PGPID 11251). The joins ENA 3700.1 + BL OR 5557K.10 and T-S NS 162.34 + T-S NS 70.10 are each direct joins. The join between {ENA 3700.1 + BL OR 5557K.10} + {T-S NS 162.34 + T-S NS 70.10} is indirect but seems almost certain.

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• dimme
• petition
• qadi al-qudah
• report
• vizier
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3 Transcriptions 2 Translations