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  1. 9901LetterT-S NS J207

    Letter from an unknown writer, in an unknown location, to Abū Isḥāq Ibrahīm b. Isḥāq al-Talmid, in Fustat. The letter is in Judaeo-Arabic and the …

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  2. 9902Legal documentT-S NS J423

    Legal fragment. Involves Faraḥ; [...] b. Surūr Ibn al-Ḥaṣīra; preparing something for (trading in?) the Maghrib. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli.

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  3. 9903State documentT-S 12.1 + T-S B12.39

    Fatimid fiscal report or account for the fiscal (kharājī) year 417, from the period of the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir. Dated: 417 kharājī/419 AH. Document is …

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    1. عبد مولانا وسيدنا الامام الظاهر لاعزاز دين الله امير المومنين 

    2. صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنائه الاكرمين

    3. ومملوكه حسين…

    1. The servant of our master and lord, the imām al-Zāḥir li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh, commander of the faithful,

    2. the blessings of God be upon him and upon hi…

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  4. 9904LetterENA NS 45.15

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 12th century. Concerning business in saffron and ambergris. Mentions Baqāʾ.

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  5. 9905Unknown typeENA NS 83.401.1

    Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Letter? Legal document?

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  6. 9906Paraliterary textT-S AS 128.176

    Jottings in Judaeo-Arabic, at least partially in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, as he signs his name twice. The portion at the top is a …

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  7. 9907Legal documentT-S 13J8.9

    IB V, 31. Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuʾel. Location: Fustat. Dated: last third of Av, year missing, under the authority of …

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  8. 9908LetterT-S AS 184.324

    Fragment of a family letter in Arabic script. The address is preserved but difficult to read ("to my children"). One of the addressees is Abū …

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  9. 9909Legal documentT-S 8.156

    Part of a ketubba for Sitt al-Yumn. Known handwriting. (Information from CUDL)

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  10. 9910LetterT-S NS J142

    Letter addressed to a dignitary (Rosh ha-Qahal) in rhymed Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Very elegantly written; wide space between the lines; many vowels and diacritics. Most …

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  11. 9911Legal query or responsumT-S 10K8.9

    The recto and verso of this document are both copies of the same responsum written to Avraham Maimonides. The debtor requests Avraham's intervention to secure …

    1. פי ראובן לה דינא מקצטא בשטר ענד שמע[ון] פאסתחק
    2. בעצה ואן ראובן טלב מן שמעון אלמסתחק פאדעא
    3. אלעדם וחלף בשבועה בתורה אנה לא ימתלך שי
    4. ולא לה קדרה עלי ופא…

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    What does his excellency, the esteemed and splendid diadem, (his) h(onour), g(reatness) and h(oliness), our master and rabbi, our lord, the uni…

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  12. 9912Unknown typeENA 2700.11 + ENA 2700.12

    Jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew on reused pages of piyyutim. Many of the phrases are from the beginning of a letter. The word גאמכיה (jāmikiyya, …

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  13. 9913LetterMoss. IV,24.2

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer seem to explain why he had not paid anything to the addressee. He has also sent him some money to …

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  14. 9914LetterT-S 8J14.28

    Letter in Ladino, sent by Isaac Baronito to his father Abraham Baronito, Mitzrayim. (Information from CUDL.) Isaac addresses his father as "the crown of my …

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  15. 9915Unknown typeT-S AS 183.299

    Document in Arabic script, unclear if it's a piece of an account or an order or receipt. Mentions al-Shaykh Bū Manṣūr b. Bū [...].

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  16. 9916Legal documentT-S NS 225.25i

    Damaged fragment from a betrothal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE), and signed by [Is'haq b. Shemuel] the Spaniard, so can …

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  17. 9917State documentT-S AS 143.30

    Verso: Fiscal document. Very faded. Dated: 440 AH? A sum of money is specified in the middle section. Needs examination. Reused for a magical spell …

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  18. 9918State documentT-S Ar.34.328

    Decree of investiture(?); two lines widely spaced. Contains rhymed prose in praise of someone: "the stars in the sky.......in their rotation like the order of …

    1. ]الى النجابة وعلى ىىد[
    2. ]الجواهر في الافلاك [     ] في مواكبه ترتيب النجوم في الافلاك

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    1. ]الى النجابة وعلى ىىد[
    2. ]الجواهر في الافلاك [     ] في م…

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  19. 9919LetterMoss. Ia,8

    Letter from Yisrael ha-Kohen Gaon b. Shemuel b. Ḥofni to one of Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Se’adya’s sons in Fustat. January 1021, in the handwriting of …

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    1. [                                            ] כי ביופי מדעו [                  ] יקר ובנועם מהללו היסוד 
    2. [                       ] בן מרי ורב…

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  20. 9920LetterT-S AS 145.280

    Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge to David ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Only the top is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

    1. חבר אני לכל אשר יראוך
    2. אל הדרת כבוד גדולת ק מר ור דוד הכהן
    3. החבר ה . ו . . שמ צו ויהיה תמיד בעזרו
    4. אהבו כנפשו אליהו
    5. יערפה כתרה שוקה [אליה ו]אלי גמיע מן…

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  21. 9921Legal documentENA 3792.1

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower right corner). Bride: Mubāraka. Groom: David. Witnesses: Yefet b. Ṭoviyya; Seʿadya b. Ḥalfon.

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  22. 9922LetterBL OR 10652.1

    Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic addressed to an important person [...] b. Saʿadya, who may be identifiable on the basis of the titles (Mevorakh?). …

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  23. 9923Legal documentT-S NS J208

    Part of a trousseau list, no prices listed. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  24. 9924LetterMIAC 23973.94

    Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 34.

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    3. (This is) my letter to my honourable m…

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  25. 9925Literary textJRL B 2272

    A list/guide to the Talmudic tractates, in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  26. 9926LetterNLI 577.1/58

    There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark. (fol.1) - b - Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script.

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  27. 9927Legal documentT-S H10.173

    Legal document: deed of sale in Arabic for the purchase of part of a house. Abū l-Faraj Ṣemaḥ b. Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ the money-changer buys …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفی

    2. هذا ما اشترى صيمح ويكنى أبا الفرج بن صدقة بن صيمح الاسرائيلي الـ[ـ…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God and peace be upon his servants, whom he has chosen.  
    2. This i…

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  28. 9928LetterT-S 10J12.24

    Letter in which a physician, probably named Abū l-Baqā', writes from somewhere outside of the capital to his son-in-law (?) Abū ʿImrān, probably in Fustat, …

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    1. בש רח
    2. כי ייי יהיה בכסלך ו[שמר רגלך מלכד
    3. והסיר ייי ממך כל חלי וג [
    4. ואתה שלום וביתך שלום וג [
    5. תרדדת כתבי אלי חצרה אלולד אלעזי[ז . . . . . . . . …

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  29. 9929LetterT-S K6.114

    Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge (c/o the shop of the sons of al-ʿŪdī). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Mentions the month of Ramaḍān …

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  30. 9930LetterENA 2559.5

    Letter from the Mosul Nasi whom Gil refers to as Jalāl al-Dawla. Dated: Ḥannuka 1548 Seleucid = 1237 CE. Concerns in part a negotiation between …

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    1. יגי גאנדאר יקול אלצאחב יסלם עליך[
    2. חואיגכם וגאבו לנא פואכה וגירהא וכנת אגתמע בהם
    3. וגרי חדית פי מעני מנעהם אליהוד מן אלדכול אלקדס וגרי
    4. כלאם טויל …

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  31. 9931Unknown typeCUL Or.1080 14.13 + CUL Or.1080 14.25

    Eight lines of mysterious strings of Arabic letters and numbers. Likely but not definitively a join with CUL Or.1080 14.25.

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  32. 9932Legal documentENA 3955.8

    Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. The date seems to be preserved but is difficult to read. Needs examination.

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  33. 9933Paraliterary textT-S K6.174

    Ownership note: Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ purchased this quire.

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  34. 9934LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/26

    Recto: "The remainder of an epistle to an important dignitary. The first four lines preserved are in verse but the metre is very faulty. . …

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  35. 9935LetterMoss. V,342.1

    Late family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic in rudimentary handwriting addressed to 'my father.' Mentions Sulaymān Abū Asʿad in the opening line.

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  36. 9936List or tableCUL Or.1081 J67

    List of distribution of twenty wax candles. See Goitein, Mediterranean Society, II, App. B, #89. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  37. 9937Unknown typeENA NS 85.615

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  38. 9938LetterENA NS 8.40 + ENA NS 72.8

    Letter fragments. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably no earlier than 15th century, based on hand and orthography. Dealing with business matters. Mentions 25 qinṭārs of something …

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  39. 9939LetterJTS MS 8254.14

    Letter by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur …

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  40. 9940State documentBL OR 12369.28

    Verso: Official correspondence in Arabic script. Fragment from the lower right corner, with the beginnings of 7 lines preserved. Mentions a sugar refinery (maṭbakh), a …

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  41. 9941LetterT-S Misc.27.4.8

    Letter/petition from Umm Bū l-Munā to a notable. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. She asks/reminds him to send a letter on her behalf with the bearer …

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  42. 9942LetterYevr. II A 1691

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Shemuel, in Halych, to his son Yosef b. Shemuel in יפה יער(?). In Hebrew. Information from NLI.

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  43. 9943Legal documentT-S 8.126

    Part of a ketubba, mostly illegible. (Information from CUDL)

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  44. 9944Legal documentT-S AS 209.368

    Bottom of a legal document. Signed by: [...]q b. Netanel; Shelomo b. Yehuda; Sulaymān b. ʿO[...]. Validated by [Moshe b.] Ṣadoq and [...] b. Netanel.

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  45. 9945Unknown typeENA NS 79.181

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  46. 9946Literary textENA 3252.19–20

    Poetry copied in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, including a previously unknown poem by Yehuda ha-Levi. Discovered by Amir Ashur and Shulamit Elizur; …

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  47. 9947LetterT-S AS 147.47

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is complaining about legal rivals and losing money. Mentions "sayyidnā," "the elders," and Yosef b. Bū l-[...].

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    1. ] אמר ומא צעב מנה ידפעה אלי סיידנא פליס יגיבו
    2. כצומי אלי דלך אלא באמר אלולאיה ובעד אן כצר אלממלוך
    3. גמלה פלמא אגתמעו אלשיוך ואל[
    4. חק והבו לשיך יוס…

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  48. 9948List or tableT-S NS J474

    Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions rose oil and pepper and sandarac resin (ṣandarūṣ). Mentions "that …

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  49. 9949Literary textENA 3772.2

    List of haftaras.

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  50. 9950LetterT-S 12.56

    Letter from Avraham b. Shabbetay, the judge of Minyat Zifta, to the goldsmith Abū Isḥāq b. Shemuʾel ha-Kohen discussing a guest who disgraced him by …

    1. בשמ רח
    2. ברכה וישועה ומנוחה להרגיעה לחמודינו וחביבינו
    3. אבו אסחק //הכהן// הפרח הטוב יברכהו אלהינו ויפרהו וירבהו
    4. בר מור שמואל הזקן הכהן סט אעלמך ואלדי אנ…

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