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  1. 51Legal documentENA 2728.2

    Legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Dating: 1100-1138. Left side of inquiry with regard to an inheritance of a quarter of a house. …

    1. ] אחצר זוג אלבנת אלצגירה אלכתובה אלד[י . .].[פי]ה אלשרט אלמדכור
    2. ]. .ל. מא אלואגב פי אלסתה דנא[ניר . . . .] עליה אלכדאם מנהא ד
    3. ]אדין אלכפן אא.ח אן מא…

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  2. 52LetterENA 4101.11a + ENA 4101.11b

    Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, sent to a notable in Fustat, containing an account of a messianic harbinger in Yemen, …

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  3. 53LetterENA NS 7.46

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: right side only. Dating: Possibly first half of the 12th century, based on the reference to the merchant Yiṣḥaq al-Nafūsī (see …

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  4. 54LetterENA NS 77.138

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā. Refers to suing people; witnesses; a power of attorney; Ḥasān; someone who is intelligent …

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  5. 55LetterENA NS 77.152

    Letter mentioning 4,000 of something, 8 of something else, Abū ʿImrān, and two people with intriguing names: Abū l-Ḥasan Ṣadaqa Ibn al-Qārūs (“Son of the …

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  6. 56Literary textHalper 329

    Two folios of poetry in an unusual mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic. 2.5 of the 4 pages are filled with a Judaeo-Arabic & Arabic …

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    1. תרא אי אקלים סאפר תרא אי בלדא
    2. תרא הל נעוד נשתגמע תרא הל לו עודא
    3. יא דויד פר/א/קך כלא כל קלב מקרוח
    4. יא דויד פר/א/קך כלא כל גפן מגרוח
    5. יא דויד פ…

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  7. 57Legal documentIOM D 55.6

    Contract of debt. In the best hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Location: Fustat. Dated: Kislev 1452 Seleucid, which is 1140 CE. Sayyid al-Ahl b. …

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  8. 58Legal documentJRL B 2413

    Draft of a responsum, in the hand of Avraham ben Yiju. Concerning marriage to a female slave. See also T-S G2.59 (PGPID 5543). This may …

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    1. תם נתכלם פי אלרד עלי מן יקול פי אלשפחה אדא לם

    2. תעתק ואדא לם תגייר אן אלקידושין לא תאתר פיהא שיא

    3. ונסתדל עלי דלך בקולהם ז'ל האומר לאשה ה…

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  9. 59LetterJRL B 5592

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a chest of coral (3 lines from bottom). Very close to the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū, although does not …

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  10. 60LetterJRL 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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  11. 61Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/14

    Upper fragment: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1437 Seleucid, which is 1125/26 CE. Involves Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. [...], Aharon …

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  12. 62LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 2111/4

    Business letter. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions pepper and lac.

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  13. 63List or tableL-G Ar. I.58

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic script. Two entries concerning money owed to Abū Kathīr and a date (of repayment?) in Rabīʿ II. On verso there is …

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  14. 64Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Ar. I.63

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out two ūqiyyas of rose (preserve) and two ūqiyyas of apples. …

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  15. 65LetterL-G Ar. I.63

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Mentions sending something with someone. Needs examination.

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  16. 66LetterMoss. IV,84.2

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Mentions several luxury textile goods and a trader [probably Yiṣḥaq] b. Makh[lū]f al-Nafūsī. Dating: ca. 1130s CE. …

    1. בן מכ[לו]ף אלנפוסי . [
    2. דאלך תוב דביקי [ר]פיע מקצור חרי[רי
    3. בג קטע ומנדיל סבאעי מקצור מדהב
    4. ולפאפה מקצור בד אעלאם [אצפר . . . .
    5. מזנר כאם רפיע תוני ואן …

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  17. 67LetterMoss. V,333.2

    Letter from Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-ʿIrāqī (written on his behalf by Zikrī b. Khiyār) to the well-known druggist Abū Saʿīd Ibn al-ʿAfṣī. The sender has …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. [כתאבי א]טאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3.  וסעאדתה וסלאמתה וסעאדתה(!) ונעמתה ושוק אליה שדיד אסאל
    4. אלכא[לק . . . . . . . . .]ת…

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  18. 68Legal documentMoss. VII,40.2 + T-S Ar.50.73

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Join: Amir Ashur. Recto: Document referring to a woman whose husband traveled to …

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  19. 69Legal documentNLI 577.3/5

    Confirmation of a compromise agreement made before Masliah Gaʾon. Dated: Wednesday, 3 Shevaṭ 1444 Seleucid, which is January 1133 CE. Location: Not specified, either Fustat …

    1. חצר...] בשער הישיבה יכון לעד מרו"ר נתן הזקן בר מרו"ר אלעזר הזקן נ"ע ומרו"ר שריה
    2. הכהן [?] ...בר מרו]"ר טוביה הזקן (נ"ע ?) ושהדא בין ידינא שהאדה צחיחה…

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  20. 70LetterT-S 6J5.3

    Recto: Lower part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender heard that his brother Yosef died in India, and he asks the addressee to enquire …

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  21. 71LetterT-S 8.22 + NLI 577.10/1

    Description from NLI 577.10/1: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century; this range can probably be narrowed based on the …

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    1. לאנה כאן פי אלאתנין ובאע(?) נקץ(?) פטן(?) אל[שי]ך אבו אלכיר א . . .  פי אלא . . ואלאשראף(?)
    2. פיתפק ראיך וראי רבינו פי ביעהם אמא גמלה ואנא מפרק…

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  22. 72List or tableT-S 8J16.23

    Verso: Account in Arabic script. Every line is crossed out. Mentions arsenic (zirnīkh) in the first line. Deserves close study because it could shed light …

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  23. 73Legal documentT-S 12.53

    Power of attorney (שטר אורכתא). Mentions: Makhlūf Ibn ʿAyn Sārra; Yiṣḥaq [ha-Le]vi b. [...] al-ʿAjamī; Alexandria; 6 dinars; Moshe Neʾeman ha-Yeshiva (he may be the …

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  24. 74LetterT-S Ar.18(1).106 + Moss. IV,75.3

    Draft of letter(s) in Hebrew (recto) and Judaeo-Arabic (verso), addressing a noble (‘throne of the Negidut’). It refers to the community of Alexandria (‘No Amon’). …

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  25. 75List or tableT-S Ar.42.40

    Accounts in Arabic script, including merchandise from India and trips to India. Mentions people such as Bundār (several times) and Khalaf. (Information in part from …

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  26. 76List or tableT-S Ar.54.20.1–2

    Two bifolios from a ledger of accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Multiple entries begin אסתכרת אללה …

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  27. 77Legal documentT-S AS 5.117

    Legal document (draft) in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Describing the terms of the business partnership between Abū Yaʿqūb Yequtiʾel (b. …

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  28. 78Legal query or responsumT-S AS 88.31

    Fragment of a gaʾonic responsa in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. Probably joins with T-S AS 172.68 (PGPID 9139) (India Book ח96). Identified …

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  29. 79LetterT-S AS 105.10

    Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Maʿālī al-Dimashqī. Almost nothing is preserved apart from the opening and the address. (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 80Legal documentT-S AS 121.31 + T-S AS 121.32

    Two fragments from the top of a court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentions Abū ʿAlī, Aharon, Meshullam a.k.a. …

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  31. 81LetterT-S AS 130.76 + T-S AS 130.77 + T-S AS 130.78

    Letter referring to finances. (Information from CUDL.) Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  32. 82Paraliterary textT-S AS 142.174

    Love charm written in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū on cloth. Apparently to inflame the heart of טרשכין (?) b. Amat Allāh for Gharb …

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  33. 83Legal documentT-S AS 146.219

    Probably a partnership agreement, less likely a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Mentions the names Shaʾul Ibn al-Najera and his son Yosef b. Shaʾul, …

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  34. 84LetterT-S AS 146.234

    Letter from Salāma b. Ibrāhīm (aka Shelomo b. Avraham) to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: end of 11th century. Only the opening and greetings …

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    1. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך ונעמאך

    2. ומן חסן תופיקה לא אכלאך מן אלמסתקר ען חאל סלאמה ושוק אליך שדיד

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    2. ואל ימנע ממך את מיטב ההצלחה, מן הבית. שלומי טוב, אבל אנ…

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  35. 85LetterT-S AS 146.386

    Letter fragment (part of a few lines of recto and verso). Legible phrases include "May God 'write' his health. . . . Forgive me. I …

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  36. 86List or tableT-S AS 146.393

    Accounts in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Recto lists a sum of 32 dīnārs owed to Abū l-Makārim (well known from the corpus of …

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  37. 87List or tableT-S AS 147.205

    List of names, including Abū l-Munā, Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Ḥajar, Abū ʿAlī b. Saʿāda, Abū ʿAlī b. Makḥūl, Ibn al-Marjānī and Abū Zikrī al-Kohen, probably …

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  38. 88LetterT-S AS 149.119

    Letter from Ibn al-Naj[era] to [Ḥalfon b.] Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1138 CE, as it seems to belong with documents 32ח to 34ח …

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  39. 89LetterT-S AS 149.147

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning the late Ḥārith; 'our master'; going into the synagogue; 'in the place of his father'; sadness about something; …

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    1. . . . [
    2. חארת ימצא ר[חמים
    3. אדונינו בטלוע [
    4. אלי דאכל אלהיכל [
    5. מן אסתחסן הד[א
    6. מוצע אבוה . . [
    7. אבנך [
    8. להם נש[
    9. כניסיה [
    10. גזל ומא תת[
    11. חזין עלי [
    12. נזל …

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  40. 90List or tableT-S AS 151.228

    Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Mentions names including Abū l-Faraj, Ibn Ḥamīd, Abu ʿUthmān and Yosef, and government officials (al-amīr, al-sulṭān, al-dāʿī). …

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  41. 91Legal documentT-S AS 152.232

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentions Nagid ha-Gola, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf, and Yemen. (Information in part from …

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  42. 92Legal documentT-S AS 154.515

    Legal fragment. On parchment. Looks like the handwriting of Natan b. Shemuel. Acknowledgment made by Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen (perhaps the same trader as in ENA 1822A.75 …

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  43. 93List or tableT-S AS 155.259

    Recto (secondary use): Business accounts in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū mentioning Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq. Refers to a Barbarī slave (i.e., from Berbera, Somalia) …

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  44. 94LetterT-S AS 155.259

    Verso (original use): Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥāsan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yijū, in India. Mentioning Bama and Abū l-Khayr (probably Ibn Yijū's maternal …

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  45. 95LetterT-S AS 158.83

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is very cursive and very hard to read (and seems familiar from other 11th- or 12th-century mercantile documents). Refers …

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  46. 96LetterT-S AS 164.89

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with pepper, clove, and lac. Instructing the addressee to sell goods in Fustat. Possibly in the handwriting of Avraham …

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  47. 97Legal documentT-S AS 167.178

    Top of a legal deed. In which Abū l-Fakhr [Saʿadya] b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī acknowledges receipt of a sum from a certain Abū l-Ḥasan.

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  48. 98LetterT-S AS 179.63

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Pertaining to the India trade of the first half of the 12th century. The sender mentions Isḥāq al-Nafūsī and al-Shaykh …

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  49. 99Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 209.101

    Debt acknowledgment signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen for three awāqi of soap (צאבון) owed to Sibāʿ. The document lacks the common invocation attested in other …

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  50. 100LetterT-S H2.133

    Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written in a chancery-esque hand with diacritical marks and dots. Dating: Fatimid period based on paleography and the ending formula. …

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    1. واله الطاهرين
    2. وسلم تسليما
    3. وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل

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    1. سيما الروم الذي لا يقبلوا العذر ولا[
    2. وقد سمعنا من جماعة من التجار ال…

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