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  1. 9551Legal documentT-S Ar.42.140

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated: 529 AH = 1134/35 CE. The muqirr is Bū Saʿd b. Hibatallāh al-Isrāʾīlī. Mentions a loan of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. أقر بو سعد بن هبة الله الاسرائلي التاجـ[ـر (؟) واشهد على نفسه في صحة منه وجواز امر من] 
    3. غير قهر ولا جـ[ـبر ولا اكراه ول…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
    2. Bū Saʿd b. Hibatallāh the Jewish trad[er] acknowledged [and testified, in sound health an…

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  2. 9552LetterT-S 13J28.11

    Letter from Ismail b. Yitzhak ha-Andalusi, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1065. Blessings for the holiday. The writer asks to pass an attached …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי רוייסי ואדאם לה אלעז ואל
    3. סלאמה מן אלקדס אלמחרוס ען סלאמה ועאפיה ואלחמד ללה
    4. תע ואליה אדעו פי סלאמת[כם ואדגו] …

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  3. 9553Legal documentT-S Misc.11.36

    Fragment of an 11th-century legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya? It involves Manṣūr and ʿAmram. It seems that one of …

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  4. 9554State documentT-S NS 114.37

    Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary. Mentions a few sums in dinars.

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  5. 9555Legal documentT-S 12.702

    Legal document: power of attorney (authorization), written by Yefet b. David on behalf of Efrayim he-Ḥaver b. Shemarya to a certain [...] b. Aharon he-Ḥaver …

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  6. 9556Legal documentT-S 12.844

    Fragment from the bottom of a ketubba. Groom: Ṣemaḥ ha-Levi ha-Parnas. The bride's name is missing; this is not her first marriage. Part of the …

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  7. 9557Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3973.24

    Small receipt or order for 6 of something.

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  8. 9558List or tableT-S K11.14 + T-S K11.58

    Copious jottings in various hands in both Arabic script and Hebrew script. Most of the text on these fragments is scribal practice of biblical verses …

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  9. 9559Legal documentT-S AS 157.132

    Recto: Legal document (lammā kāna. . .) in Judaeo-Arabic in a rudimentary hand. Mentions various names. Difficult to understand any of the content.

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  10. 9560Unknown typeT-S H3.101

    Unidentified text in Hebrew. At one point after a small space reads ועכשיו אחינו ישראל suggesting it could be a communal letter or sermon. Dating: …

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  11. 9561Legal documentMoss. VII,121.3

    Small fragment from the opening of a legal document. On parchment. Mentions ‘[...] the dear elder’ and someone inheriting something from his wife. (Information in …

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  12. 9562LetterT-S K25.240.32

    Recto: Letter fragment in Arabic script. "... that it is correct. As for... that it is correct. And when..."

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  13. 9563List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 203

    Writing exercises in Arabic script, in which the main sentence copied is about al-Muʿallim Samʿūn b. al-Muʿallim Anṭūn.

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  14. 9564Legal documentT-S NS 225.25x + T-S NS 224.72

    Minute fragment from engagement deed written by Halfon b. Menashsh Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The groom's name is Shelomo. The bride is a widow, daughter …

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  15. 9565Legal documentT-S NS 224.54–55

    Small piece of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38). Involves Manṣūr/Elʿazar and Ṣedaqa. Apparently Manṣūr agreed to pay Ṣedaqa …

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  16. 9566LetterAIU VII.E.138

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Franses & Company, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5 Raḥamim (=Elul) 5567 AM, which is 8 …

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    1. ב׳׳ה היום ٥ רחמים שנת ٥٥٦٧
    2. אלסי׳ קארו ופ'רנסיס קונפאנייה ה׳׳י נר׳׳ו יצ׳׳ו
    3. אחדש׳׳ו בעד מזיד אלסלאם עליכום סבב דיל כ'טין נערפכום
    4. אין פ'י ٢٦ אב כ…

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  17. 9567Literary textT-S 16.77

    Verso: Large fragment filled with Arabic script. It appears to be a Jewish prayer: "yā Allāh" (l. 6), "I thirst for your mercy like the …

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  18. 9568Legal documentT-S 8J5.12

    Two judges inspect together with two government muhandisīn two houses in the Laban (?) lane (near the synagogues) and find that the house of Hibāt …

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    1. חצרנא אנן חתומי מטה יום אלתלתא שלהי ירח שבט אתמז
    2. מע אבו אלחסן בן חאתם ואלמהנדזין אלמוקופאן מן גהה אלסלטאן
    3. לנטר אלאמלאך ו[בירא אלד]אר אלמערופה ב…

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    We, the undersigned, together with Abu ʾl-Ḥasan b. Ḥātim and the two surveyors provided by the Government for the inspection of properties, wer…

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  19. 9569Unknown typeENA NS 76.481

    Multifragment shelfmark with at least one printed text visible on the verso. Possibly a piece of cardboard that once comprised the outer cover of a …

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  20. 9570State documentT-S NS 305.23

    Petition, or maybe its draft, to the Fatimid Caliph al-ʾĀmir bi Aḥkām Allah. Verso is also some form of state document in a chancery hand, …

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    1. بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]
    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا
    3. [الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وعلـ[…

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    1. In the name] of God the merciful [and compassionate]
    2. The blessings of God, his benedictions and increased benefactions [and best greetings be …

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  21. 9571LetterT-S AS 184.187

    Recto: recipe, introduced with the basmala and including Prunus mahaleb, Cistus ladaniferus, nard, and rose seeds. Verso: the last line of a letter or document …

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  22. 9572LetterT-S 8J19.7

    Letter from ʿAmram b. Natan to Abū Ibrāhīm Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Tūnī in Alexandria, ordering him to send two ḥuramdāns with paper, a kerchief, two …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. וצל כתאבך יאסידי אטאל אללה בקאך וקראתוה ווצל הארון וערפני
    3. מוסאעדתך לוה ושכרת תפוצלך עלי דאלך וכתאבי הדא יצל אליך
    4. אידך אללה מן יד אבי אלנג…

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  23. 9573List or tableAIU VII.F.95

    10 pages of invoices (faturas) in Spanish. Dates spanning the years 5443-5444 AM (1682-1684CE). Very detailed. Requires further examination.

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  24. 9574LetterT-S 8.86

    "A scribe informs his father that a piece of parchment which he acquired was sufficient for four quires less one leaf. But the ink with …

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    1. אעלם ואלדי כפאני אללה
    2. פיה למען שמו אני משית טול
    3. אלגמעה אלי אן חצל לי רק ואחד אנתהיתה
    4. מן נ(?) וקד גא ד כראריס אלא ורקה
    5. ואסלה אן יגתמע במנצור ו…

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  25. 9575Unknown typeENA NS 85.366

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  26. 9576Unknown typeT-S NS 224.173

    Mostly a liturgical text, but on verso remains of few words from an Arabic document - needs examination.

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  27. 9577Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#64) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 21v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 2 Iyyar [5324 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 21v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאחד כ׳׳ה פי שהר ניסן המכו׳
    2. שנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ד׳ ליצירה חצ'רו בין איאדי אלמולי אלאגל אד׳…

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  28. 9578Legal documentT-S Misc.28.267

    Ketubba. 16 lines preserved. Dating: Probably 13th century. (See Goitein's index card for further information.)

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  29. 9579List or tableENA 3925.7

    Pen trials. Late. Each line ends with the word خانگاه.

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  30. 9580Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3973.31

    Order for a quantity of raṭls of something.

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  31. 9581LetterT-S AS 146.443

    Small and damaged fragment, probably from an opening of a letter to a notable who is referred to as אלחבר.

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  32. 9582LetterT-S AS 145.355

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. There are many elaborate titles on recto (הנכבד החכם והנב[ון] . . . אלעזיזה . . . [אלתל]מיד אלחכם הירא …

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  33. 9583Legal documentT-S NS 321.9

    Very damaged betrothal deed, probably between Rabbinate bride and Karaite groom (See Ashur, Engagement and Betrothals, p, 69). It is the bride's second marriage and …

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  34. 9584List or tableT-S AS 148.217

    Memorial list, naming Avraham ha-Dayyan (ZL), 'the boy Moshe,' and Peraḥya ha-Dayyan (ZL), and his brother Shemuel ha-Melammed. Are the last three the sons of …

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  35. 9585LetterT-S AS 152.274

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the bearer of the letter; the wālī; and going out on Shabbat. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  36. 9586Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 3088

    An Abu Zikri Kohen cheque. Sibāʿ is to pay the bearer three [...].

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  37. 9587Paraliterary textT-S NS 329.1010

    Talmudic text with a colophon and a later note. The colophon indicates that the copy was completed in Jerusalem in 4832 AM, which is 1071/72 …

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  38. 9588Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#19) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 5r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 16-19) Folio 5r

    1. בעח׳׳מ שדך הבחור הנחמד מרדכי נסים יצ׳׳ו בכה׳׳ר נסים מרדכי נ׳׳ע את האשה שהיתה גרושה 
    2. מ׳ סלטאנה ת׳׳מ בת הר׳ משה ן׳ ח…

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  39. 9589LetterT-S 12.256

    Letter fragment from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to a community, approximately 1020.

    1. יאשיהו ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב בירבי
    2. אל [ ]ל[ ] טובה ראייתם ואמרי שפר הגייתם
    3. ומצות וחוקים עשייתם והצנע לכת נתיבתם ודרכי שלום
    4. הליכתם ובתי כניסיות ב[צ]דק …

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  40. 9590Legal documentT-S 13J6.31

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 12 Adar I 1350 Seleucid = 9 February 1039 CE. The contents are difficult to understand because of the …

    1. ]יומ . . . ה . ה . . . אקה פתטלעת
    2. ]ך יו . ל מן . . . . דה פי אלוקת פענד
    3. ]ק אברהים בן דוד אלמערוף באבן
    4. זג]מאר דרג . . . . . . . ותבתה חרף בחרף וקרוה …

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  41. 9591LetterT-S AS 160.130

    Recto: commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "That man... to you, you said to me several times... I don't know what he needs, and if he asks …

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  42. 9592LetterJRL B 7042

    Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham ben Yiju. This fragment contains the Judaeo-Arabic opening on recto (with an internal address) and an Arabic-script external …

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  43. 9593Legal documentJRL P 957

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). On parchment. The ends of about 15 lines are preserved. Probably a deed …

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  44. 9594LetterMoss. II,134.2

    Letter, fragment, in Arabic script or official correspondence. Needs examination.

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  45. 9595LetterCUL Or.1080 J23

    IB III, 56. Letter whose author might be Perahya b. Yosef Ibn Yiju, probably in Fustat, to the author's wife, in the home of the …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסתנא אל עזיזה עלינא תאג ראסנא
    2. ועזנא לא עדמנאך פלא תסאל (!) ען שוקנא אליך אלבארי
    3. תעאלי יסאהל מא עסר ויקרב מא בעד פהו תעאלי
    4. אלעאלם …

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    1. מכתבי אלייך, הוי, גברתנו היקרה עלינו, עטרת ראשנו
    2. וכבודנו, לעולם אל תחסרי לנו. ואל תשאלי על געגועינו עלייך. הבורא
    3. יתעלה יקל את מה שקשה ויקרב את…

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  46. 9596LetterT-S 8J16.30

    Letter requesting charity in which the petitioner describes that he is unemployed, starving, from a distant land (al-Raḥba), and has ‘uncovered his face’ to the …

    1. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימל{טהו} ייי
    2. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה ב{כל} ע{ת}
    3. אשרי איש ירא את ייי במצותיו חפץ מ{אד}
    4. כתבת הדה אלאחרף לחצרה מולאי אלשיך
    5. …

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  47. 9597Legal documentT-S AS 157.137

    Fragment from a legal document probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. No details preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  48. 9598Legal documentYevr. II A 1724

    Non-Geniza. Legal document. Agreement between the Qaraite and Rabbanite congregations in Lithuania (specifically Samogitia?) concerning taxation. Dated: 1654 CE.

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  49. 9599List or tableENA 3735.12-13

    Accounts, badly damaged with very little legible text. The accounts portray extensive usage of Greek-Coptic numerals. Based on the paleography the dating is perhaps 14th-16th-century.

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  50. 9600Legal documentT-S Ar.38.97

    Legal document in Arabic script. May be a deed of sale (hādhā mā ishtarā....). One of the parties is Jewish. Reused in the upper margins …

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