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  1. 51LetterENA NS 7.71

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (identification based on handwriting). In Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to the remainder of the price of a female donkey; a request …

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  2. 52LetterENA NS 47.20

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP). The handwriting is rudimentary and the orthography so idiosyncratic that it is difficult to understand. Probably a family letter; discussing all …

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  3. 53LetterENA NS 61.3

    Fragment of a bussines Letter. Unusual hand, probably Italian. Venice is mentioned.

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  4. 54Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1764/9–10

    Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Set in the time of Muḥammad. Involving ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, Zayd, and a female slave. Needs further examination.

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  5. 55LetterMoss. VII,151

    Business letter in which the sender writes that he is concerned after meeting in Qus a business relation to whom he was able to sell …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . אלת]ופיק לאכלאה גמע אללה ביננא עלי
    2. . . . . . . . . ]מה וכרמה אן שא אללה ואלדי תריד עלמה
    3. אני עלי גמלה אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה לם אעדם מן…

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  6. 56LetterMS 9160.8

    Letter from Moshe (?)..סיפר to Avraham ha-Kohen. In Ladino. Dated 3 Kislev 5[..]3 AM. Candia is mentioned in line 6, as is the case with …

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  7. 57LetterT-S 10J20.15

    Letter written in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic script. Various blessings and Bible citations are rendered in Hebrew script, whereas the main part is …

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  8. 58LetterT-S 13J28.21

    Letter in Arabic script. May be addressed to a jurisconsult regarding a legal opinion, ending "wa-huwa wa-raʾyuhū abṣar." The sender and addressee are Jewish, based …

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  9. 59State documentT-S Ar.30.35

    Accounts written by a government official indicating sums owed by someone, probably for Abū l-[...] al-ʿAfṣī, on various dates, arranged in two columns. Needs further …

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  10. 60List or tableT-S Ar.30.152

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. For each day of the week, lists the boats (qārib) belonging to different people (Muḥammad, Shihāb al-Dīn, Naṣr al-Dīn. . .) …

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  11. 61List or tableT-S Ar.30.218

    Two bifolia containing several items of interest. First: A glossary of Spanish/Ladino words from Judaeo-Arabic, including a great number of foods, but also numbers, days …

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  12. 62List or tableT-S Ar.34.329

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Consists of rubricated tables filled with names and numbers. The table on recto appears to be headed by …

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  13. 63Legal documentT-S AS 146.7

    Court record of a case in which an orphan girl wishing to dispose of a piece of property that was held in trust by the …

    1. בתלתה בשבה דהוא תמניה יומין בירח תמוז דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ות[סעי]ן
    2. ותלת שנין למנין דרגיליננא ביה בעיר המלוכה הסמוכה לפסטאט
    3. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה…

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  14. 64LetterT-S AS 158.1

    Letter referring to the synagogue and quoting extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Dating: probably ca. 13th–15th century based on hand, layout, and typical abbreviations. May …

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  15. 65LetterT-S AS 166.134

    Letter from an unidentified sender, in Safed, to Mordekhay Ibn ʿAjla, in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Greets numerous …

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  16. 66Paraliterary textT-S AS 176.155

    Gnomic sayings made by a physician to a king. Begins with reference to a list of attributes of animals (e.g., the legs of a lion, …

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  17. 67State documentT-S H10.261 + T-S AS 112.152

    Arabic state document, reused for Hebrew literary text. Needs examination. Join: Joseph Yahalom.

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  18. 68State documentT-S K16.43

    Possibly official correspondence. In Arabic script. Long and well preserved. Reused on recto for piyyut.

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  19. 69Legal documentT-S NS 138.91

    Probably a leaf from a court ledger, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). There are multiple records here. both on recto …

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  20. 70List or tableENA 2456.1–20

    Ledger of accounts and letter drafts/copies. Perhaps some writing exercises, too. In Judaeo-Arabic with at least one Spanish word thrown in (אלסלאם עלה גמיע אלפאמילייה). …

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  21. 71Legal query or responsumENA 2808.12

    Legal query regarding an inheritance, draft. The brother of the deceased had apparently not paid anything to the widow. The bulk of the query is …

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  22. 72LetterENA 3033.6

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Skopje (אישקופייה), to Shaʾul b. David, in Salonika. In Ladino. Needs examination for content.

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  23. 73LetterENA 4100.7b

    Recto: Letter from a son, in Qūṣ, to his mother, presumably in Fustat. Written in Judaeo-Arabic and a cipher (lines 7-12; noticed by OZ; probably …

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  24. 74LetterENA NS 12.12

    Letter, draft, very cursve and hard to decipher. Mentions an illness, a ghulām. Telling a narrative. Recto contains few words in large Arabic script. Also …

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  25. 75List or tableENA NS 39.2 + ENA 1822a.82 + ENA 1822a.83 + ENA 1822a.83a + ENA NS 27.7

    ENA NS 39.2: Accounts in Ladino in western Arabic numerals dated on the verso most likely as 28 Nisan [54]92 or 23 April 1732. The …

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  26. 76Literary textMoss. III,200.1

    Poem, of documentary interest. In Judaeo-Arabic. Exhorts everyone who wants their sins forgiven to make a pilgrimage to the shrine at Dammūh. Goes on to …

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  27. 77List or tableT-S Ar.30.288

    Account register. In Ladino. 3 bifolia. Dated 5450s AM, which is 1690s CE. On the left side of folio 3r there is reference to the …

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  28. 78Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.217

    Medical prescriptions for "the little one" (al-ṣaghīra) Sitt al-Bayt(?) and for her son. In Arabic script. There is a section at the top for what …

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  29. 79LetterT-S Ar.42.45

    Fol. 2: Private letter in Arabic script, chancery-esque script. Dating: Probably late Ayyubid or Mamlūk based on paleographical grounds. Contains the glyph "لى" in place …

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  30. 80Legal documentT-S Ar.51.109

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. There are four distinct text blocks. The document on recto is extremely long and begins with announcing someone's death "baʿd …

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  31. 81Legal documentT-S AS 146.4

    Court order forcing a husband, by threat of excommunication, to write a bill of divorce for his wife and not run away, leaving her 'a …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . ] חתומי מטה מה שהיה בפנינו ביום ארב[עה
    2. ע]שר לירח תמוז יהפך לששון אתקנא לשטרות למנינא
    3. אשר הורגלנו למנות בו פה בפסטאט מצרים אשר …

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  32. 82LetterT-S K25.106

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is reminiscent of some of the 12th-century India traders, but it awaits proper identification. This is a large section from …

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  33. 83LetterENA 3392.3 + T-S 20.61 + ENA 3392.4

    Letterbook of Alpalas y Costa, preserving mainly (or entirely?) letters addressed to Daniel Bonfil in Livorno. Dated in one entry as 1 Sivan 5481 AM, …

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  34. 84List or tableENA NS 27.7 + ENA 1822a.83 + ENA 1822a.82 + ENA NS 39.2 + ENA 1822a.83a

    ENA 1822a.83a: Accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals dated in one recto entry as 8 Tevet [54]92 or 6 January 1732CE. On the recto …

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  35. 85LetterJRL B 7510

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only a thin vertical sliver is preserved. Mentions Fustat (or Egypt) four lines from the end and Almeria three lines from …

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  36. 86Literary textT-S Ar.30.27

    Right column: Judaeo-Arabic love poetry. A blazon of the beloved, mentioning, among many other things, his "gaze of Babylonian enchantment." Left column: Written in larger …

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  37. 87List or tableENA 1822a.82 + ENA NS 39.2 + ENA 1822a.83 + ENA 1822a.83a + ENA NS 27.7

    Accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals that can be dated as c.1732 CE through the joins ENA NS 39.2 and ENA NS 27.7. Some …

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  38. 88List or tableENA 1822a.83 + ENA NS 39.2 + ENA 1822a.82 + ENA 1822a.83a + ENA NS 27.7

    Accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals dated as 21 Shvat [54]92 or 17 February 1732CE. The same name Moshe Ḥason "חסון" listed here (l. …

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  39. 89LetterT-S 8J16.14

    Recto: Letter fragment to a distinguished person named Abū l-Barakāt b. [...], titled Sar Menuḥa and Sar Shalom. Contains profuse well-wishes for the addressee's recovery …

    1. ] וכלא
    2. ]ע א[ ] צהרגת ולא
    3. ] את ממנה וקבעוני להם חזן זקנים ובחורים
    4. ] ואדוני הזקן הטוב אשר שמו אבי אלברכאת בן
    5. ] בשר מנוחה ושר שלום שמ צו ואני תמיד שואל

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  40. 90LetterT-S Ar.34.142

    Letter in Arabic script from Abū ʿAlī(?) Yefet(?) b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Mentions going to Abū ʿAlī b. al-Dimyāṭī (=Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi) and borrowing …

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  41. 91LetterENA 3962.5

    Letter from a physician in Arabic script giving detailed instructions for the care of a sick man, especially about diet, baths, and regimen. It concludes …

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  42. 92LetterT-S AS 149.17

    Letter of Abū l-Maḥāsin b. ʿAlī the trader, introduced by citations from Proverbs 3:4, Psalms 37:11 and 119:165. Mentions consingments of medical commodities such as …

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