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  1. 51LetterT-S NS 297.243

    Recto: Possibly the top of an official letter in Arabic script. Reused for jottings all over the margins in Arabic and Hebrew script. Verso: Bottom …

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  2. 52List or tableT-S Misc.26.51

    Probably a communal account for wheat distribution. Mainly in Arabic script, with some interspersed Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Several women are named. …

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  3. 53LetterT-S AS 151.7

    Recto: Document in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. May mention "al-mamālīk" in the Arabic section. Then mentions parshiyot (al-fawārīsh) twice, including אלה הדברים. …

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  4. 54Literary textT-S NS 306.3

    Poem in Judaeo-Persian, edited and translated by Shaked, "פרקים במורשתם הקדומה של יהודי פרס," Peʿamim 1985, 35–37. There are various other text blocks in both …

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  5. 55LetterT-S 8J39.1

    Letter from Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen, in Ashqelon, to the parnas ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh. Written in both Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Contains a request to …

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    1. بسم الله] الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ] الفرناس الجليل

    Recto, upper margin:

    1. ומר מבשר סגלת הקהל ומ הלל הלוי זקן הקהל
    2. ישמרם צורם יכצא מולאי וולדה נטרינון
    3. ר…

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  6. 56LetterT-S Ar.20.22

    Letter in both Hebrew and Arabic (in Arabic script). Dating: Likely 11th century. Approximately 6 lines are preserved. (There are also additional jottings in both …

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  7. 57LetterT-S AS 172.326

    Small fragment of a business letter, in a mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic (in Arabic script). Probably addressed to [ʿArūs b. Yosef] al-Urjuwānī, in …

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  8. 58Legal documentT-S AS 159.169

    Recto (secondary use): Narrow vertical fragment containing notes for drawing up a legal deed. In a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. At the very …

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  9. 59List or tableT-S NS 297.79

    Commercial accounts in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script (also Greek/Coptic numerals).

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  10. 60LetterENA NS 83.395

    Address of a letter to the judge Eliyahhu b. Zekharya. In Arabic script with רבי אליה in Hebrew script. None of the letter is preserved.

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  11. 61List or tableT-S AS 179.145

    List of valuable items, mainly garments, in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Possibly related to a trousseau list.

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  12. 62Paraliterary textT-S NS 312.1

    Recto: Narrative in a mixture of Arabic script and Hebrew script. Unclear how literary it is. FGP says that it is a Karaite work that …

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  13. 63LetterENA NS 83.253

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Opens with greetings to the mother. Mentions Naṣr al-Dīn. The address on verso is written in a different hand: to …

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  14. 64LetterENA 3918.10

    Letter(s) in Arabic script. Recto and verso are probably distinct letters. Dating: Likely 13th century or later. The letter on recto appears to be from …

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  15. 65Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 563

    Unidentified text written in alternating Hebrew and Arabic (in Arabic script). Probably literary.

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  16. 66LetterT-S 13J28.24

    Letter addressed to 'the boy' Abū l-Futūḥ al-Muhadhdhab the physician in the Dār al-[...] in al-Bāṭiliyya (evidently an area of New Cairo which was originally …

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    1. ב שלום רב וגו יתן לך כלבביך וגו
    2. الولد العزيز الشيخ الاجل المهذب الموفق اسعد الله جده
    3. وقرن بالتوفيق حله وعقده مخدوم بافضل سلام واعلمه دامت
    4. معا…

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  17. 67LetterT-S AS 147.89

    Letter fragment from Avraham, son of the Gaon. In a mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic in Arabic script.

    1. ....
      1. ]רי ידי[ ] שאינן מוכיחות [
      2. ]ודן [ ]מ[ ]וה מילתא [
      3. ]הדה סבר עדים שאינן [
      4. ]לה ודן דמוכחה מיו[
      5. ]ה ודן אמרי ב[
      6. ] בעלמה הוא هذا جملة [
      7. ] ما عرفونا…

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  18. 68LetterT-S 16.6

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Dating: possibly late 11th century, based on Frenkel's identification of the addressee. An unidentified sender wrote this letter to a …

    1. باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم كتابي يا اخي اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك وجعلني فداك عن سلامة والحمد لله ولم يزل قلبي معلق بك الى אן ורד פציל וערפני
    2. انه لقيك ف…

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  19. 69LetterT-S Ar.39.126

    Letter from Musāfir b. Wahb b. Pinḥas (aka Araḥ b. Natan) to Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh Rosh ha-Qehilot (a.k.a. Yakhin b. Netanʾel). In Arabic …

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    1. حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل ابو الفضل ثابت(؟) بن هبة اللة
    2. ראש הקהילות זכר צדיק לברכה
    3. اطال اللة بقاها وادام تاييدها وعلاها
    4. مملوكها يقبل يدها
    5. مسافر …

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  20. 70LetterENA 1822a.16

    Letter, calligraphic, written in alternating Hebrew and Arabic. Dealing with political machinations and silencing enemies. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

    1. الان واليه انقيادنا من קצינינו ויועציו لقد كان الامر يفضي الى
    2. ما ينعم وان كان في מקצת משרתיו מ[י] שמעו מפיו דברים שמחו
    3. עד למאד ولولا انا تداركنا الا…

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  21. 71Legal documentT-S 8J34.4

    Recto: Legal deed (part) for the sale of a house with an orchard on the Jazīra, "between the two rivers and the two bridges." Sold …

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    1. חדוד דאר אלגזירה
    2. והי בגזירה פסטאט מצר פי מא בין אלבחרין ואלגסרין והי פי אלגאנב אלשרקי
    3. מן אלגזירה שא/ר/עה עלי אלטריק אלשארע אלאעטם אלדי יחצרה …

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  22. 72Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 564

    Legal document, probably, in Arabic and Hebrew script. Mentions "fī manʿ shahāda". Needs examination.

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  23. 73LetterBL OR 5566D.34

    Recto: The lower part of a letter mostly in Arabic (concluding blessings in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic) from a parent to a son. The addressee is …

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  24. 74LetterMoss. IXa,2.22

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender congratulates the addressee on the holidays, alludes to the …

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  25. 75LetterT-S Ar.40.65

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. There is one name in Hebrew script (אלמהראני); the addressee is called "my son" (yā waladī); and the writer mentions …

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  26. 76LetterT-S Ar.41.88

    Business letter to a certain Abū l-Munā. In Arabic script with one word in Judaeo-Arabic.

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. وصل كتاب حضرة مولاي الشيخ الجليل والولد العزيز اطال الله بقاها وادام تاييدها 
    3. وعلاها ورفعتها وسناها وسموها وارتقاها وتم…

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  27. 77Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.227

    Medical prescriptions/recipes in a striking mix of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic, sometimes alternating in the same sentence. Two of the recipes are taken from al-Malikī (of …

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  28. 78LetterCUL Or.1080 J155

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. In Arabic script, with isolated words and part of the address in Hebrew. Very …

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  29. 79LetterT-S NS 321.83

    Recto: Draft of the beginning of a letter to Daniel b. ʿAzarya the exilarch. Verso: Praises for God in Arabic, with biblical verses in Hebrew …

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  30. 80LetterBL OR 5566D.10

    Fragment of a trade letter in mixed Hebrew and Arabic script (Arabic for sliding blessings only) requesting a suftaja. Gil attributes tentatively to Daniel b. …

    1. אלגליל אבו אלעלא אלמבארך בן אסחק מעהם ינגזה גמלה ادام الله حراسته
    2. וישתריה מן מצר ומבלג תמנה מ]אתי[ דינארא וכתאבי [ ]קאם
    3. להדא אלסייד אלגלילבמאיה דינא…

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  31. 81Literary textENA 3509.3

    Leaf from a geographic treatise written in a combination of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script.

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  32. 82Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.320

    Order of payment. In Arabic script. Bū l-Najm al-Firnās (the parnas) is to pay the bearer a sum of money (10 nuqra dirhams?). Ends with …

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  33. 83Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 83.338

    Order or receipt in Arabic script with Judaeo-Arabic annotations for 2 dinars for [...] Makkī(?) al-Khabbāz from Yehuda b. Yosef (presumably this is Abū Zikrī …

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  34. 84LetterHUC 1018

    Letter fragment in the hand of Daniel b. ʿAzarya or his clerk. Conveying communal news and mentioning Abu ʿAlī and enemies. Should be checked against …

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  35. 85LetterT-S 12.32

    Highly fulsome letter of praise, consisting of 12 lines of praise in Hebrew, followed by 5 lines of Arabic script containing the actual content of …

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  36. 86Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.56

    Recto: Order of payment. Written mainly in Arabic script with Hebrew characters for the "emet" at the top, שצ after the name, and "ve-shalom" and …

    1. . . .      𐋥     אמת
    2. الشيخ ابي النجم الفرناس שצ
    3. يوصل لموصلها //خمسة// دراهم سوه
    4. برسم عن دار البرج من كل بد
    5. ושלום

    Margin:

    1. בתאריך ח
    2. סיון
    3. ישע יקרב

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  37. 87Legal documentT-S AS 149.135

    Legal testimony in Arabic script, in which someone declares that he longer owes any money to someone. One of the parties is named Abū l-Munā. …

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  38. 88Literary textENA 2985.1–2

    Mysterious text with alternating lines of Hebrew script (mostly Aramaic, it seems) and Arabic script, many or all of which are glosses on the former. …

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  39. 89Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 13

    Letter from a scholar and muqaddam (Aodeh identifies him as Avraham b. Ṣedaqa but does not explain why) to Abū Saʿīd Netanʾel b. Ṣedaqa the …

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  40. 90LetterT-S AS 181.72

    Letter in Arabic script, with several phrases in Hebrew mixed in. The writer may be named Abū l-Faraj (upper right of recto, although this is …

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  41. 91LetterCUL Or.1080 15.73

    Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan al-Mubārak b. [ʿIyad?]. On the death of a woman in his family (אלאשה …

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  42. 92LetterHalper 484

    Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to [...] al-Ḥakīm, the physician of the amīr Jamāl al-Dīn Aḥmad. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century. The writer seems to …

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  43. 93Legal documentENA 3936.6

    Jottings of accounts and calendrical notations in a mixture of Arabic script, Greek/Coptic numerals, and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century, based on handwriting. …

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  44. 94LetterT-S NS 320.9

    Letter from Rawḥ Ha-Kohen he-ḥazzan (the cantor) al-Baghdādī b. Pinḥas, Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, end of 1029. Bialphabetic.

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    1. שלום עד אין קץ ברכות עד אין מספר ומרובות עד אין סוף והצלחות עד אין שיעור
    2. והבטחות עד אין תכלה ונעימות עד אין קצה לך אדוני וישישי ונזר ראשי ואהב…

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  45. 95Literary textT-S NS 306.8

    Poetry in which the lines alternate between Hebrew and Arabic. See also T-S NS 274.17 (PGPID 34763).

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  46. 96Literary textT-S NS 274.17

    Poem/piyyut, the last 10 lines alternating between Hebrew and Arabic. (Information from FGP.) See also T-S NS 306.8 (PGPID 38275).

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  47. 97Literary textT-S AS 124.224

    Poetry in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic. (Information from CUDL.)

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  48. 98LetterENA 1822a.64

    Letter addressed to Menaḥem the physician, in the horseshoers' market (fī al-musammirīn) in Fustat or New Cairo. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with the first five lines …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابي الى الولد العزيز
    3. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه
    4. ونعماه ومن حسن التوفيق
    5. لا اخلاه وجمعنا واياه
    6. עלי אסר חאל במנה
    7. וכרמה וא…

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  49. 99Legal documentT-S 10J10.2

    Legal document: Bill of indemnity or deathbed declaration; fragment. Begins in Hebrew and continues in Arabic script. The subject declares that he has no assets, …

    1. נפשי מדבר שהיה לי קדם ואפלו פרוטה לא נותרה בידי אלא
    2. אני מטריח עליו כל ימי חיי ומממנותיו אני חי ולולי רחמי שמים
    3. ובן אחי יוסף דנן הוצרכתי לישראל עתה א…

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  50. 100LetterT-S AS 178.39

    Complete letter in Arabic script, with a single phrase in Hebrew (وحق אנא השם). Dating: Likely Ayyubid-era based on the layout and handwriting. Addressed to …

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