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  1. 901Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 37

    Colophon for a copy of masekhet Berakhot. Dedicated to Yeshuʿa b. [...] ha-Melammed. This is crossed out. Underneath, there is a note of a sale: …

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  2. 902LetterL-G Misc. 39

    Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi b. Moshe (active 1171–95 CE) and his deputy Shelomo. In Hebrew. The sender is …

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  3. 903Legal documentL-G Misc. 42

    Engagement deed. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Ṭoviyya b. Tiqva. Bride: Sitt al-Kull bt. Peraḥya, a virgin. Her paternal uncle received on …

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  4. 904LetterL-G Misc. 43

    Letter sent by Yiṣḥaq the Jerusalemite to an old friend, judge Eliyyahu b. Zechariah, excusing himself for traveling from Bilbays directly to Alexandria, without making …

  5. ותוצל אליה כתאבה בתפצלך עלי כאדמך
  6. address, bottom of the page, straight lines, at 180’ to main text

    חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלרייס אלגליל כגק

    מר ורבינו אליה הדיין החכם והנבון שצ

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  7. 905Legal documentL-G Misc. 45

    Legal testimony. Dating: Late 11th or early 12th century. Pinḥas b. [...] claims from Tiqva b. ʿAmram a ruqʿa worth 5 dinars. Tiqva is prepared …

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  8. 906Legal documentL-G Misc. 46

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Husband: Ṣedaqa b. Ḥalfon. Wife: Sumr bt. Yosef. Location: Fustat. Signed by Mevorakh b. Natan he-Ḥaver and Levi ha-Levi b. Abraham. …

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  9. 907Legal documentL-G Misc. 47

    Ketubba or dowry list. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Dating: ca. 1100 CE. See Goitein's index card for further information.

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  10. 908Legal documentL-G Misc. 48

    Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka Yefet b. Shemarya) appoints …

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  11. 909Legal documentL-G Misc. 49

    Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 18 Adar 1409 Seleucid, which is February 1098 CE. Dealing with a lawsuit of Mevasser/Bishāra b. Ḥalfon against Shelomo …

  12. אל. . . . .טו דרהם
  13. right margin, at 45’ to lines 16-18, upside down

    אלמרגאן | דינאר ונצף

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  14. 910Legal documentL-G Misc. 50

    Court records, all corcerning the same persons. Recto: Sasson b. Natan sues Moshe b. Moshe ha-Levi known as Ibn Majān concerning the sale of goods, …

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  15. 911LetterL-G Misc. 51

    Avraham congratulates the Nagid Mevorakh on his return to power (in 1094 CE) and reports that the rent for the synagogue—a government building rented to the community—had been raised by two dinars by a Jewish tax farmer leasing the building for the government.

  16. מן מחבי סיידנא קד אמר פי כל מוצע בקול בחיי פלם אפעל וקלת להם אני פי מנזל אלסייד ואנא וציפה
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    1. והו לם יאמרני בשי פאן
    2. אמרני בקול בחיי סיידנא ראס אלמתיבה נט רח

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  18. 912LetterL-G Misc. 51

    Secondary use: list of books in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli, with a note stating "owed to me by Abū Saʿd." (Information from CUDL …

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  19. 913LetterL-G Misc. 53

    Letter of appeal for charity. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, in a crude hand. (Information from CUDL.)

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  20. 914Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 54

    Recto: calendar for the year 5008 of the Era of Creation (= 1247-1248 CE), year 11 of the 19-year cycle 264. The calendar is dated according to the Era of Creation, the Seleucid Era, the Era of the Destruction of the Second Temple, the Era of the Exodus and position of the year in the 19-year and the Sabbatical cycles.

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  21. 915LetterL-G Misc. 55

    Letter sent from Alexandria to Avraham ha-Rav ha-Sefaradi. (Perhaps the same Avraham ha-Sefaradi as in ENA 2558.13, who corresponded with the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides in …

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  22. 916List or tableL-G Misc. 58

    List of receivers of alms containing rare names, women and foreigners. The Hebrew alef evidently stands for ūqiyya, ounce. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. …

    1. אם כפא אלמחליה אם ...ז
    2. ג א ג א ג א
    3. א[ל]צוריה תופיק אלדמשקיה זוירה
    4. ג ג ג א ג א
    5. אם בי סעיד אלמכפא [[אלשיך מ]]
    6. ג א ג א
    7. שיכין מגארבה אבראהים אברהם
    8. ג א ג…

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  23. 917Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 60

    Recto: two alchemical recipes, the first on the use of a water derived from a preparation of tutty (an oxide of zinc), which is left …

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  24. 918Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 61

    Calendar for the years 4962–4964 of the Era of Creation (= 1201-1202 to 1203-1204 CE), dated according to the Era of Creation, the Seleucid Era, …

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  25. 919List or tableL-G Misc. 64

    Accounts in a crude hand (known from many other fragments) mentioning money and quantities of various commodities received from a druggist, such as tamarind, saffron, …

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  26. 920List or tableL-G Misc. 65

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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  27. 921LetterL-G Misc. 67

    Letter from a man, in Damascus, to his father, perhaps in Fustat. The sender expresses his longing and desperation in this foreign land, especially after …

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    1. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך וגו
    2. בלכתך לא יצר צעדיך וגו
    3. אשרי איש ירא ייי וגו

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  28. 922LetterL-G Misc. 68

    Family letter addressed to Bū l-Ṭāḥir. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender plans to leave for al-Maḥalla after the holiday to retrieve some money from a dyer. …

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    1. בר
    2. חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלשיך אלאג[ל אלמנעם
    3. אלמתפצל בו אלטאהר אדאם אללה עזה

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  29. 923Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 73

    Calendar for the years 4790–4791 of the Era of Creation (= 1029-1030 to 1030-1031 CE), dated according to the Era of the Destruction of the …

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  30. 924Legal documentL-G Misc. 77

    Legal document. Fragment of a ketubba, left upper corner. With ornate decorations. Dated: Adar 1817 Seleucid = January/February1506 CE. (Information from Goitein’s index card and …

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  31. 925Legal documentL-G Misc. 98

    Legal document. Ketubba. Dating: early 11th century. Bride: Dalāl. Early marriage payment: 30 dinars. (Information from Goitein’s index card and CUDL.)

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  32. 926Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 99

    Colophon written by the doctor Yedutun b. Levi ha-Levi (likely the same man who is better known as the cantor for the Palestinian synagogue in …

    1. כתבתי
    2. אני ידותון
    3. הלוי הרופא
    4. ביר לוי הלוי

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  33. 927LetterL-G Misc. 100

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, probably to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī in Būsīr, ca. 1053. Nahray sends details of various sales in Fustat …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא סידי אלשיך אלפאצ'ל ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וצרף אל

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  34. 928LetterL-G Misc. 102

    Letter from a certain Peraḥya to the Nasi Shelomo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting that he had intended to pay him a visit on the …

    ואצגר אלממאליך משה | ושמו יקבלון אלארץ | למקאם מולאנא | וימחול

    אכינא | על כבודו ושלום

    right margin to lines 1-3, straight lines, at same direction as main text

    צעיר | עבדי | עבדיו | פרחיה

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  35. 929LetterL-G Misc. 103

    Letter from Daniel b. ʿAzarya (in the handwriting of his scribe), probably in Jerusalem, to ʿEli b. ʿAmram, in Fustat. The sender mentions the praises …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. שלום נכבדנו וחשובנו והנסגל עדינו כב גק מר עלי החבר המעולה
    3. בחבורת האמת והצדק יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו לשמרו לנצרו ביר
    4. עמרם זכ לב ירבה לעד ישא נ…

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  36. 930Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 104

    Calendar for the years 4728–4731 of the Era of Creation (=967-968 to 970-971 CE), dated according to the Era of Creation. The calendar mentions intercalation, …

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  37. 931Legal documentL-G Misc. 107

    Ketubba. Groom: Yosef b. Neḥemya. Bride: Zuhra bt. Avraham. Signed by the cantor Yefet b. David (b. Shekhanya, active 1014–57 CE), Avraham ha-Levi b. Mulham …

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  38. 932LetterL-G Misc. 109

    Letter from Sulaymān to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. There is also a basmala in Arabic script …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم المملوك سليمان
    2. מודדה סלימאן כתאבי אלי אלשיך ואלדי אלעזיז

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  39. 933Legal documentL-G Misc. 113

    Two merchants setting out from Alexandria on a voyage to the Muslim West appoint their wives as executors and guardians of their children: (1) Yosef …

  40. כתבנא וחתמנא ויהבנא לסת אלכל דא [.]להוי בידו לזכו ולראיה . . . . .
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    ואן ואלעיאד באללה וחס ושלום

    לאן אבנתי אגלהא כ. אלגמיע

    . . .]אמתלכה לוא. . . .[.]א אדקד געלה .ל[. .] ושלום

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  42. 934LetterL-G Misc. 116

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …

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  43. 935Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 117

    Leaf from a collection of magical spells and recipes, in Hebrew, copied in a 16th-century hand. One recipe aims to cause a woman to fall …

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  44. 936Legal documentL-G Misc. 121

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Groom: Yiftaḥ. Ten dinars are mentioned, and this seems to be the entire obligation. Dated: 24 Adar II 1551 Seleucid, which is …

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  45. 937Legal documentL-G Misc. 123

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE), concerning a business partnership between Natan ha-Kohen and the doctor Mevorakh b. ʿOvadya …

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  46. 938Legal documentL-G Misc. 124

    Power of attorney. Location: Probably Qayrawān. Dating: ca. 1030s CE. Dealing with a debt of 74 dinars owed by Salmān b. Sahlūn to Yosef b. …

    1. ]שלטתיו ע[. . . . . . .
    2. ]ממון שיש לי ושימצא
    3. ] בידו עד הפרעו מהם
    4. ] כן ממני כן מן הבא מכוחי
    5. ] התרינו במר סלמאן בר סהלון
    6. ]קב זה בפני עדים פרע אותם
    7. ]ל ג…

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  47. 939Legal documentL-G Misc. 125

    Right fragment of a marriage contract, containing high-priced items in the trousseau (dowry). Groom: Avraham. Dated [13]35 Seleucid, which is 1023/24 CE. (Information from CUDL …

    1. בנחשא טבא[
    2. בחמשה בשבא דה[
    3. ו]תלתין וחמש שנים ל[
    4. מותבה איך אברהם [
    5. לאינתו כדת משה וישר[
    6. ג]וברין יהודאין דפלחין ומ[
    7. לי]ה לאינתו ויהב לה עשרין וח[
    8. מדאו]…

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  48. 940List or tableL-G Misc. 127

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. (Information from CUDL.)

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  49. 941List or tableL-G Misc. 128

    Accounts in a crude hand. (Information from CUDL.)

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  50. 942List or tableL-G Misc. 129

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: refers to "the end of year '4"; "1 Ramaḍān of the year '4" and "year '5," …

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  51. 943Legal documentL-G Misc. 130

    Bifolio from a collection of legal documents from Yemen. The first document on f. 1r is in a different, cruder, hand to the rest, and …

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  52. 944Paraliterary textT-S Misc. 1.112a

    Fragment of a Torah codex. In the space between columns at the binding, the name Hillel b. Yosef Ibn ʿAwkal Resh Kalla appears.

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  53. 945Legal documentT-S Misc. 27.3.4

    Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 12 Muḥarram 52[.] AH = 1126–34 CE.

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  54. 946Legal documentT-S Misc. 27.3.23

    Legal fragment. In Hebrew, with some uncommon formulae. Involves Moshe b. Yaʿaqov.

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  55. 947LetterT-S Misc. 35.38

    Copy of a letter supposedly from a Khazar Jew to Ḥasday b. Shapruṭ describing the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. Sometimes known as "the …

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    1. ארמיניא ויברחו מפניהם אבותי …… י …. ו

  56. ...But the wise men of Israel also offered themselves
  57. [to come to the aid of the men of] Khazaria.
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  59. 948LetterT-S Misc. 35.45

    Letter from the Jewish communities in France (“We, the congregations of France”) to Ḥisdai ibn Shapruṭ concerning the ill treatment of Jews in Cordoba during …

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  60. 949Legal documentBL OR 5524.8

    Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 26 Av 1484 Seleucid = 7 August 1173 CE. Husband: Abū Saʿd b.

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  61. 950LetterT-S 13J24.23

    (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 25, 26, 432)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ואזכאת חיאתה עלי
    2. . . .] ואלדי מן סלימאן אבן אכתך מסלם עליך
    3. כתיר אלסלאם וסאיל ען חאלך כתיר וגאני
    4. כתאבך וכאן ענדי מתל…

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