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9651Paraliterary textAIU VII.A.31
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bifolium, probably from a literary compendium. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Two of the pages are a story about a female slave and a king—needs further examination.
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9652LetterBL OR 5566C.15
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment (middle part). Dating: Late, likely 14th–16th century. There is some business accounting in the middle of the letter with mysterious words.
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9653LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/17
The writer traveled safely from Rashid to Alexandria, after he had to leave a large part of the goods in Rashid. Mentions several relatives.
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1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר הגדול גדול הישיבה ויקירה ואדאם
2. עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה ונעמאה מן אלאסכנדריה בעד וצולי סאלם בחמד אללה
3. ומנה לה אלשכ…
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1. אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר הגדול גדול הישיבה ויקירה, יתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את
2. גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך, מאלכסנדריה, …
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9654LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/26
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew
The writer prays that he will find favor in the eyes of the king, the deputy, the ladies of the court, the eunuchs, the ministers, the nobles, and all who see him.
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- panegyric
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9655Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/53-54
Document date
Sivan 1496 Seleucid (3 May 1185–1 June 1185 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Groom: Munajjā Abū Saʿd al-Labbān. 10 + 25. Total value: 90 dinars. Starts on the bottom third of folio 53 and continues sideways on folio 54.
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9656Legal documentCUL Add.3412
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Natan and Moshe b. Moshe. Dated late Nisan, year is missing, by probably 1410 Sel. (=1099), as in verso.
1. בתרי בשבה בשילהי ניסן חצר אלי בית דין אלשיך
2. אבו סרור בן נתן נע ואלשיך אבו עמראן ור משה
3. בן משה נע ודכר לנא וקאל כונת מן קבל הדא אל
4. מושב אדעית עלי ר מ…
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9657Literary textCUL Or.1081 1.11
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The one on verso: "Tell me what kind of bird I saw in the lands of Persians and Arabs. / It is eaten fried and its meat is cooked and it is eaten roasted if it is placed in the flame. / It has no bones nor blood nor leg nor tail. / It has no spirit nor is it dead, tell me, indeed this is a wonder."
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9658LetterENA 2050.1 + ENA 2050.2
Document date
3 Adar 5489 Anno Mundi (2 February 1729 CE)
Primary languages
Hebrew, Italian
Late letter in Hebrew from Yosef b. Emmanuel Ergas in Livorno to Abram Segre.
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9659List or tableENA 3735.5
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
At least two of the entries mention copper "jadīd" as the relevant coinage type, a form of payment that was in use during the late-Mamluk and Ottoman administrations. MCD.
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- ottoman shipping
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9660LetterENA 3787.9
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 12th or early 13th century. Written in haste.
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9661Legal documentENA 3826.8
On top of this witness signature section there is an Arabic text in a documentary scribal hand/layout. Further examination required. MCD.
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9662State documentENA 3954.2
Primary language
Arabic
There is also some Hebrew script, probably added later.
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9663LetterENA 3982.33
Primary language
Arabic
The portion preserved here consists mostly of greetings, naming people such as Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Ḥādī, Nūr al-Dīn, Quṭb al-Dīn, and the faqīh Saʿd al-Dīn.
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9664LetterENA NS 8.45
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
There is a man who says he is the nephew (sister's son) of Rabbenu Meir who arrived in the land of Egypt in the days of Rabbenu Moshe Gaon (ZL); this man knows the addressee and sends greetings to 'sayyidnā.'
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9665List or tableENA NS 10.4 + ENA NS 49.12 + ENA NS 10.3
Primary language
Hebrew
The dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The purpose of the table is unclear due to extensive damage.
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9666LetterENA NS 54.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely late 12th or early 13th century. The sender is sick and throws up everything he eats; he repeatedly requests that the addressee send him medicines.
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1. מ]א אנא פיה מן . . . [
2. ] . . . . . . ללצגירה תכלי גרצהא וק . [
3. אנא וגרי ביני ובינה כל קביח עליהא [. . . . . . עלי
4. יד אלרשיד בן אלדיאן דינאר א…
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9667List or tableENA NS 54.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a late hand from the 16th-19th centuries. The names of many Muslim economic actors are listed and accompanied with alphanumerical figures, namely: Ramaẓān ben ʿAbd Raḥman, Aḥmed ben Khalil, Muḥammad Azb'ani.
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9668LetterENA NS 83.228
Primary language
Arabic
All that is left is the closing greetings: to Bū l-Faḍl and his family; to Abū ʿImrān and his family; to Abū ʿAlī and his brother Sayyid al-Ahl; to the sender's brother-in-law Abū l-Faḍl.
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9669LetterHalper 408
Primary languages
Hebrew, Ladino
In Hebrew (first two lines) and Ladino (remainder). Dating: Probably prior to 1485 CE.
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9670LetterJRL B 3311
Primary language
Hebrew
Fragment of a letter in Hebrew apparently addressed to the brother-in-law of the writer. The addressee is asked to purchase a servant girl for the writer's sister, and reminded to safeguard a certain document, possibly connected with the writer's business partner, Shemuel.
1. ...].מ.
2. ויעצור הדב[
3. ומעל כלל עמו ב.[.....] ועתה אחי איש [א]חותי
4. תן עיניך על אחותי בת עיני ותקנה לה שפחה
5. לעזרה והנני למאד תאב לשמוע בשורה טוב//ה//
6. מכ…
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9671Legal documentJRL B 6675
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Contains legalistic language but is written in a crude hand - possibly a copy of an original document.
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9672LetterJRL L 50
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Yehoshuaʿ Azulay. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 17th–19th century. Currency: grossos (גרושש), a generic term for non-Ottoman silver coins.
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9673Legal documentMIAC 8
Document date
1942 (1942 CE)
Complaint of the Cairo Jewish community to the "Jabila" council regarding the given neglect for slaughter and a lack of commitment to the Jewish legal precepts – March 23 1942CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 8).
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9674Legal documentMIAC 17
Document date
1947 (1947 CE)
Primary languages
French, Hebrew
Plenary meeting of the Jewish community in the Ismaʿilī Synagogue in Cairo on the opportunity for founding a company and kosher restaurant – April 25 1947CE – Hebrew- and French-language – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 17). (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 36).
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9675LetterMIAC 81
Document date
1947 (10 December 1947 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Letter requesting that a friend of the sender's brother-in-law pick up his first marital document for him – 10 December 1947CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 81) – in Arabic.
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- c
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9676LetterMIAC 122
Document date
1956 (1956 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Announcement calling for enrollment in the Cicurel Industrial School in which the studies have begun since 7 September 1956 – 14 September 1956 – Museum of Islamic Art – (numer 122) – Arabic-language. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed.
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9677List or tableMoss. III,127.1 + Moss. III,125.1 + Moss. III,132 + Moss. III,129
Primary language
Hebrew
Calendar in tabular format. Dating: late, ca. 17th–19th century. At the bottom of Moss.
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9678Unknown typeMoss. III,168.2
Primary language
Ladino
Unidentified text or document in Ladino. Might be a letter. Refers to Shelomo Avimelekh, a son (fijo), and intriguing phrases such as "that which we suffered of hunger and cold and fear of lions" (לו קי פאשאמוש די פאמרי אי די פריאו אי די מיידו די ליואניש) and "ashes for making soap" (סיניזה פארה פאזיר שאבון).
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9679LetterMoss. VII,167
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Most of the content of the letter is torn off and missing, but at least one other name (Aharon רשורה?)
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9680State documentNLI 577.1/21
Primary language
Arabic
Apart from the first two lines the entire document has faded and is difficult to read. Dating: late. Needs examination.
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9681State documentNLI 577.6/37
Document date
452 Hijrī (6 February 1060–25 January 1061 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Probably a report. Mentions land tax "kharāj zarʿ". Part of the document reads as "فان سالتني ادام الله عزه للانعام بالـ..عن خراج زرع و....لسنة خمسين واثنتين وا[ربعماية)".
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9682LetterT-S 8.220
Inferred date
1025–1051 CE
Primary language
Hebrew
Yehuda Gaon (r. 1025–1051 CE) on a Friday, late in the afternoon, 4 Sivan, probably 1048. Verso: His son Avraham and (Sahlan) Segan ha-Yeshiva b.
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1. וצל סתרו ובשיבה טובה [י]עט[רו
2. ישא החבר רוב שלום מאדון [השלום
3. משגבינו אנו שלום ומודים אנו [
4. שצ להודיע כי התהלך אל צוען כ[
5. מתוך קוצר יד וכובד עול…
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9683Legal documentT-S 8J4.23
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Court record concerning the claims of Avraham ha-Levi b. Toviah, later referred to as Abu Ishaq b. Tiban, who has received 34 out of the past-due 68 dinars owed to him by Abu al-Faraj b.
1. כאן קד אחצר אלינא אנן בי ד[ינ]א [ ] א
2. מ ור אברהם הלוי בר טוביה הלוי נע שהודא
3. כשרים פי אחד שהור סנה אתכ למנ[ין] שטרות
4. שהדו קדמנא אן לה עלי אבו אלפרג …
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9684Legal documentT-S 8J4.23
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Betrothal between two possible cousins (both named Levi), a groom whose father had died and a bride called Baghdad with a wedding gift of 25 dinars and the promise of the groom to be responsible for the payment of the expenses of the wedding which was to take place seven months later. Written by Avraham b. Natan, the judge. Cairo, October 1110.
T-S 8J4.23 verso
1. אירס מ ור יוסף <הלוי> הבחור בר שלמה נע
2. לבגדאד בת עולה סט הלוי על שום קידושים
3. גמורים במעלי שבתא דהוא חמשה יומין
4. בירח מרחשון שנת אתכב…
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9685Legal documentT-S 8J6.9
Document date
1 Av 1542 Seleucid (1231 CE)
Avraham the dyer, to be repaid in one lump sum after the lapse of twelve months. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 1:385)
Verso
1. למא כאן פי יום אלגמעה אלתאלת מן אב יהפך לששון דשנת אתקמב לשטר[ות]
2. חצרנא נחן אלשהוד אלואצעין כטוטנא פא אכר הדא אלמסטור במא אש[הדנא]
3. פיה אלשי…
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9686LetterT-S 8J38.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The addressee is apparently an accomplished cantor and had studied with a notable and "his brother the late Nagid." He is asked to provide coaching for an aspiring cantor Zākī, who must go to the synagogue every Saturday and on feast days.
Recto
1. . . . ] פי . . . . .ן [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. שבח מא נאלוה אחד קבלך ולא ינאלוה
3. אחד בעדך מן שכרה לך וקולה אנך קראת
4. עליה ועלי אכיה…
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9687Legal query or responsumT-S 12.204
Inferred date
1205–1237 CE
Avraham Maimonides (in office as head of the Jews 1205-1237) is asked about the procedure in which a party appears in court together with an attorney, and answers that the defendant is obliged to respond to claims and arguments made by the attorney, but questions addressed by the defendant to the claimant have to be answered by the latter in person. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 335, 600)
1. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרי ורבי אברהם השר הגדול
2. בישראל ישמריהו האל פי רגל קטיע קציר אלחגה אוהב לשכץ
3. מן מלכה גז מתנה גמורה ואגבה וכלה עלי גמיע…
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9688Legal documentT-S 20.99
Will of a notable, dividing his landed property, his flocks of sheep and all the orchards possessed or leased by him between his brother and his children.
1. [...........] מ[....................]
2. [............]קא..[....................]
3. [...........]בד כאן אנפדתה מעה ב..מה [..........]
4. [...........]ן [מ]…
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- will
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9689LetterT-S Ar.7.4
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps late 12th or early 13th century, based on the handwriting.
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- honor
- to edit
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9690LetterT-S Ar.18(1).49
Mentions selling goods that the money for them was late. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #774) VMR
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1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמאה
2. פי הדא אליום אלדי הו יום אלא לד כלון מן שבט ווקפת עליה וסרני על…
recto
1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך,
2. ממש היום, שהוא יום א' ו' בש…
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9691List or tableT-S Ar.34.232
Primary language
Arabic
Dating: Likely Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era, based on hand and layout. Very difficult to read, and the substance is unclear.
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9692Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.35.325
Document date
27 Muḥarram 498 Hijrī (19 October 1104 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
The commodity is mentioned is lac and the quantity is 300 arṭāl. The document is registered at the court of the chief justice Abū Yaḥyā al-Fāriqī.
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- commercial receipt
- dimme
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9693List or tableT-S Ar.39.202
Primary language
Arabic
The entries on recto have a different layout (more reminiscent of state accounting) and are partially crossed out with a sort of registration mark.
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9694Legal documentT-S Ar.39.276
Primary language
Arabic
Likely torn from the corner of a larger document. Dating: Ottoman-era. Contains the signature "I am the poor one Niʿmatallāh b.
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9695Legal query or responsumT-S Ar.39.417
Primary language
Arabic
Legal query in Arabic script. Dating: Late? A completely-preserved query with regard to a jointly owned house including a qāʿa and riwāq (شركة في دار تشتمل على قاعة ورواق).
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- dimme
- legal query
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9696LetterT-S Ar.48.293
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Dating: Probably Ayyubid or Mamluk-era, based on the hands and the layout. The letter on recto mentions a deep regret for leaving [...].
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9697Legal documentT-S Ar.53.31
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Shemuʾel ha-Meshorer relinquishes any claim against Ghāliya, the widow of his late brother Sulaymān, and her daughter X (the name is left blank) arising from business between himself and Sulaymān.
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9698LetterT-S AS 69.108
Primary languages
Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: fragments of letters in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. The latter mentions Fuḍayl al-Naṣrānī, Ibn al-Jamal, sums of dinars, and ṣāḥib al-dār.
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- christian
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9699List or tableT-S AS 146.136
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
The scribe often mixes up emphatic and non-emphatic consonants and omits the lamed of the definite article before sun letters.
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- account
- genoese
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9700List or tableT-S AS 148.51
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
M[...]. Dating: probably late 12th or early 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)
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- account
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