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  1. 51List or tableENA NS 50.13

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Cairo. May even give a year, but needs further examination.

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  2. 52List or tableT-S 10J7.9

    Private accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer and Abū Zikrī owe the son of Rabbenu Merayot 7 dinars for silk. Goes on to list various transactions …

    1. אלדי לאבן רבנו מריות
    2. ענדי ושריכה אבו זכרי
    3. תמן חריר ז עינא קבצו מן
    4. אבני ורק יג ואיצא יא . . 
    5. ומני נז . . ועין דינאר וחבה
    6. וביד מעמר דהב(?) דינארין
    7. ונק…

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  3. 53Legal documentT-S 16.4

    Recto: part of a ketubba for ʿAmāʾim bt. [...] and Shelomo b. [...]. The document stipulates that Shelomo agrees not to take a second wife. …

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  4. 54Legal documentT-S 10J5.23

    Verso: Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning a purse of 77 dinars bearing the name of Yaʿaqov b. …

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    1. משה הפרנס בר [ ]אס[ ]
    2. והאולאי גמיעהם ישהדו ויקטעו אלשהאדה אל אלדי אכד אלצרה הו יעקב בן
    3. יחיי צאחבהא באמר אלדיין זל דון בניה. אמא משה הפרנס בר מ…

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  5. 55List or tableJRL C 134

    Immense list of communal contributions for Pesaḥ 5553 AM (March-April 1793 CE). The list contains 397 entries that comprise at least 449 individuals. MCD.

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  6. 56Literary textT-S Ar.30.119

    Pharmacological text including various recipes for drugs mostly based on vegetable ingredients and aimed at curing the digestive system. A page from an Arabic literary …

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  7. 57Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 13/16

    Marriage contract. Location: Tiberias (here called Tiberias Colonia / טיבריא קלוניא). Dated: Thursday, 12 Sivan [4]795 AM = 22 May 1035 CE. Groom: Yiṣḥaq b. …

    1. על שמיה [דבריין] בנין ומצלחין
    2. [ביו]ם חמשתא בתרין עשר יומין לירח סיון בשתה דשבועא מה דהי[א ארבעת]
    3. [אלפין] ושבע מאוון \\ותשעין\\ וחמש שנין לביריתה דעל…

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  8. 58Literary textT-S Ar.37.74

    Popular literature. In Judaeo-Arabic. The portion of the story on this fragment opens with the appearance of a healer before a king: "...and princes and …

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  9. 59LetterT-S AS 174.81

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. A beit din is mentioned in line 2 and a sum of dirhams in line 3. Requires further examination.

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  10. 60Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 521

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Could be a receipt.

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  11. 61List or tableT-S AS 160.333

    Trousseau list. (Information from CUDL)

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  12. 62Legal documentENA 2804.14

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: Heshvan [4]7[..], which means no later than Heshvan 4799 AM, which is 1038 CE. Appointment of someone's brother R. Yehuda …

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  13. 63Legal documentCUL Add.3349

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Not completed (perhaps because of an error in lines 4 and 5). Location: Fustat. Dated: Elul 1552 Seleucid, which is 1241 CE. …

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  14. 64LetterJTS MS 8308.31

    Letter in Ladino from Shemuel Sidi to his brother-in-law Gabriel Conforte relating to business transactions (17th century). Lines 8-9, 15 mention a variety of individuals …

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  15. 65LetterT-S AS 146.273

    Mercantile letter, probably 11th century. Very damaged. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  16. 66Unknown typeENA NS 79.239

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  17. 67Legal documentAIU VII.D.38 + AIU VII.D.65 + AIU VII.D.66

    Recto: Legal declaration from Cairo, 1737 CE (18 Shevat 5491), in which the witnesses testify that Shelomo b. David Valensi divorcd his wife Sarah bt. …

    1. באחד בשבת בשמנה עשר יום ליר׳׳ח שבט שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות ותשעים ושבע
    2. ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה בב׳׳ד י׳׳ב …

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  18. 68List or tableMoss. X,108.2

    Folio from a ledger of communal accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Headed "Shabbat Maṭot: the collector (jābī) of the mezonot—Bū Naṣr...." Names include …

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  19. 69Unknown typeENA NS 83.124

    Small fragment of unidentified text in Arabic, probably documentary.

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  20. 70State documentT-S AS 129.160

    Two words from a decree: ولما كتب.... Reused for Hebrew literary text.

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  21. 71Paraliterary textENA NS 83.53

    Magical document with a humanoid figure and Greek alphabets.

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  22. 72Legal documentT-S Misc.28.55

    Declaration of a ban of excommunication against anyone who owes money in any form to Abū l-Khayr al-Ṣayrafī known as Ibn Khalfa and does not …

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    1. יחרם באסם כל בר ישראל ענדה לאבו אלכיר אלצירפי
    2. אלמערוף באבן כלפה ודאעה או דין או רהן או גייר
    3. דלך מן סאיר אלאשיא ממא יקע עליה אסם והגא
    4. ולא יוצלה…

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  23. 73LetterT-S AS 205.47

    Letter fragment. One of the addressees is Yosef on the verso. In Judaeo-Arabic, with part of the address or a postscript in Arabic script.(it looks …

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  24. 74Paraliterary textT-S AS 152.345

    Fragment probably from a medical book or notebook. Mentions temperaments, dryness, humidity, adding of water, and four fingers. CUDL

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  25. 75LetterT-S 16.213

    Letter in Hebrew by the muqaddam (head) of the community of Minyat Zifta, announcing that he had excommunicated a debtor according to an instruction by …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . הנגיד הן הן ולאו רפיא בידיה מה היה
    2. העם . . . . . . . . תלתה .ל. הדעה אמר כן עמוד לעמוד .ייה
    3. ועתה כשלא עמד בדבריו והפר נד…

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  26. 76Legal documentT-S 16.162

    Mostly torn and effaced release in which Khalaf and Musafir, sons of Shemuel b. Khalaf, acknowledge to have received through Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen 250 gold pieces …

    1. עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו העדים החתומים למטה באחד בשבת בחמשה ימים לחדש אלול שנת
    2. אלף [וש]לש מאות וששים שנים למינין שאנו רגילין למנות בו בפסטאט מ[צרים] שע…

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  27. 77LetterMIAC 245

    Letter from Herzl to Doctor M.I. Bodenheimer about their negotiations with von Richthofen – 1899CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 245) – in …

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  28. 78Legal documentDK 223.1

    Legal fragment. Damaged and in need of conservation. There is probably additional text (including the year) hidden in the middle where the paper has accordioned. …

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  29. 79LetterT-S 13J22.15

    Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat, to his son Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early 13th century. To be delivered to …

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    1. מי שעשה נסים ל[אבותינו] בימים ההם
    2. ובזמן הזה הוא יעשה עמך ועמנו
    3. ועם כל יש יקיים \\בנו\\ ק כת ואף גם זאת
    4. בהיותם בארץ וגו הו אלעאלם מא
    5. עלי קלובנא…

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  30. 80LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/25

    Letter from Eli Ha-Mumhe b. Avraham, Jerusalem, to Efrayim He-Ḥaver b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: approximately 1045 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE based on …

    1. [תקדם עדה כתב כנת] צדרת אלי אלחבר אלמעולה
    2. [אטאל אללה בקאה] ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3. [ואלי אלאן מא ו]צל מנה גואב לואחד
    4. [מנהא ואשגל] דאלך קלבי וארגו אן יכון

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  31. 81Unknown typeT-S AS 185.154

    Jottings related to the laws of Neziqin. Notable for jottings possibly copied from a legal document (והכל שריר ובריר וקים) including the names of witnesses: …

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  32. 82Legal documentT-S Misc.25.14

    End of a ketubba.

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  33. 83LetterT-S 10J13.2

    Letter from David b. Moshe Bonfat (בונפט) ha-Sefaradi to Avraham ha-Sefaradi. In Hebrew. Dating: probably no earlier than 15th century. The sender reports that he …

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  34. 84LetterT-S AS 152.309

    Letter fragment. The ends of ~7 lines are preserved. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century.

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  35. 85Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.43

    Recto: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Majd is to give to the messenger of the ḥaver …

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    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
    3. יוצל לרסול אלחבר ר' יחזקאל שצ`
    4. תלתה עשרה דרהמא מצאפא למא
    5. אכרגהא עלי אלכתב ושלום

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  36. 86Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/1

    Legal testimony. Location: Fustat. Dated: 16 Sivan 1394 Seleucid, which is 1082 CE. Shaʿyā b. David b. [...] makes a declaration concerning the parnas Mevorakh …

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  37. 87List or tableT-S AS 201.34

    Minute fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs. Very faded/fragmentary.

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  38. 88State documentT-S 13J12.5

    State document, in Arabic script. Extremely fragmentary decree, barely one word readable per line. In perpendicular is another Arabic script in thin pen containing a …

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  39. 89List or tableENA 3020.4

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals, mostly crossed out. Some accounts are also visible on the recto where the paper has been reused for …

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  40. 90Unknown typeENA 3973.10

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  41. 91List or tableT-S NS 31.20

    Accounts in Ladino. On a bifolium, arranged in columns. Needs further examination.

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  42. 92List or tableT-S Ar.30.275

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew dealing with funds from a wide variety of Ottoman tax farm districts (iltizām) and their respective tax farmers (multazim). Dated …

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  43. 93Unknown typeT-S AS 185.275 + T-S AS 185.317

    Brief Arabic document or bottom of a larger document. Two lines and a shorter third line at bottom left are preserved. Difficult to read except …

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  44. 94List or tableT-S K15.91

    Detailed inventory of the estate of a very wealthy person, including a debt of 125 dinars to tax-farmers. Dating: ca. 1145 CE. Mentions names such …

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  45. 95Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 68/101

    Certificate of the Qodesh. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 20 Shevaṭ 1564 Seleucid = 21 January 1253 CE, under the authority (reshut) of the Nagid David I …

    1. נקול נחן זקני קהל נא אמון אלמקימין בהא אנא נעלם ונתחקק אסת[ח]קאק אלשיך
    2. אבו מנצור והו כגק מר ור אלעזר הזקן היקר הנכבד סט בר כגק מרור שלמה
    3. השר הנכבד ה…

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    1. We, the Elders of the Community of Alexandria, who reside in it, declare that we admit and recognize the request of al-Shaykh
    2. Abū Manṣūr, who …

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  46. 96Legal documentT-S AS 181.194

    Legal document. It seems a bill of sale for a male slave (ghulām) possibly named Jarīr. A (low) sum of 6 dinars is named. The …

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  47. 97Unknown typeT-S AS 202.485

    Unidentified text in Arabic script. Damaged and faded. Likely something religious or literary, but might be a letter. On verso mentions the punishment of the …

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  48. 98LetterT-S 16.62

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Nissim of Qayrawan to the Tunisian port of Qabis, c. 1000. The letter concerns legal questions asked by the addressee from …

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    1. לכבוד התלמידים היקרים במדינת קאבס אוהבי תורה מסלסלי
    2. . . . . הדרה] מפלפלי תושיה מתלתלי קווצות משלשלי שבצות בוחרי נבחר
    3. . . . . .ח]ר א[. . . . . …

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  49. 99Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 44

    Medical recipes in Arabic script.

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  50. 100Legal documentT-S AS 214.254

    Minute fragment from a legal deed mentioning [Mo/Mena]she Halevi the elder. Might connect with T-S AS 214.263. AA

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