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  1. 951List or tableT-S 13K1

    Book list. Books lent by the writer to Natan b. Yeshuʿa. Dating: first half of the 11th century. (Information mainly from Allony, the Jewish Library, …

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  2. 952Legal documentT-S AS 167.211

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Two of the parties are Ḥalfon and Shelomo. Mentions …

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  3. 953List or tableT-S NS 69.59

    Minute fragment of a commercial letter or notes. Verso (but not recto) looks like the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  4. 954Unknown typeENA NS 85.1407

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 955Legal documentT-S 12.136

    Fragment of a legal document (bottom only) signed by Ṣedaqa b. Avraham ha-Kohen.

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  6. 956Legal documentT-S 20.86

    Beginning of a ketubba.Location: Fusṭāṭ. Bride: Sitt al-Milāḥ bt. Moshe, a widow. Groom: Sason. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE), and …

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  7. 957Unknown typeT-S H14.14

    Placeholder [ASE]

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  8. 958List or tableT-S AS 146.55

    Small list, probably an inventory of books, containing the name Saʿadya and Mishna Zeraʿim. (Information from CUDL)

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  9. 959State documentT-S Ar.51.107

    State document, Fatimid period. Petition to a vizier of Al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh from a baker in Fusṭāṭ concerning a debt that he had incurred with …

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    1. المملوك 
    2. أبو عبد الله بن يحيى الفران بمصر
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    4. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأفضل تحياته وسلامه على مولانا وسيدنا 
    5. الإم…

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    1. The slave

    2. Abū ʿAbdallāh, the baker from Fusṭāṭ.

    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

    4. The benedictions of God and his ble…

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  10. 960State documentT-S AS 151.162

    Original use: official account (makhzūma) in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  11. 961List or tableBL OR 10656.17

    Memorial or genealogy list. Naming the members of various families: the house of al-iskāf (the tailor)... the house of Umm ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz... the house of …

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  12. 962LetterT-S 8J18.14

    Letter from Yosef b. Yeshu'a, Alexandria, to Yosef b. Awkal (1028 or 1029).

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    1. כתאבי יאמולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם אלנעמה עליך
    2. ברחמתה ליומין בקין מן אלול אכתמה אללה עליך באברך כאתמה וצל כתאבך אלגלי…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. מכתבי, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים את חסדו לך
    2. ברחמיו (נכתב) בכ׳׳ח באלול, יחתום אותו אלוהים …

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  13. 963Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.35.201

    Receipt in Arabic script. Location: Cairo or Fustat. Dated: before Muḥarram 561 AH, which is late 1165 CE. For Bū Najm Hilāl b. Mūsā al-Ḥarīrī. …

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  14. 964LetterT-S 20.138

    Verso: Another letter in a different hand, from a husband to his wife. He encourages her to send their two sons to school in the …

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    1. אלתורה יתו[
    2. לכיר מתל [
    3. הדא אלדי כ[
    4. ורד אללה עאקבתהם [. . . . . .] נחן
    5. מא נחן מכדומין ענד אלנאס אלא בסבב
    6. אלעלם ובמא תבת פי אדהאננא פי חאל
    7. צגרנא…

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  15. 965LetterT-S 13J9.12

    Letter from a certain Binyamin to a certain Ḥayyim, perhaps the son of Ḥananel b. Shemuel. Dating: Middle of the 13th century, during the time …

    בש רח

    עבדו בנימין

    1. ינהי אלי חצרה אלמולא אלסיד אלאגל כגק מר ורב חיים
    2. מגמל אלנעות ואלאוצאף אסתיחאשה מן מלאחצה
    3. גלאלה ותאספה עלי פראקה ופראק אלמולי אלסיי…

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  16. 966Literary textBL OR 5554A.50

    Recto: A gripping tale of King Solomon battling the demons. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic poetry, probably related to the same story (lots of precious gems are mentioned …

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  17. 967Legal documentT-S Ar.35.73

    Recto: Acknowledgement of the payment of rent. Dated: 3 Rabīʿ I 607 AH, which is 25 August 1210 CE. Aḥmad b. al-Shaykh ʿAlī Ibn al-Akhḍar …

    1. بسم الله الرحـ[ـمن الر[حيم ]
    2. اقر احـ[ـمد      ] بن الشيخ على بن الاخضـ[ـر]
    3. اقرارا شرعيا انه قبض من المزبد
    4. ابي الخير المتطبب جميع ما كان عليه من الاج…
    1. [In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.]  

    2. Aḥmad [ … ] ibn al-Shaykh ʿAlī ibn al-Akhḍar acknowledged  

    3. with a legal acknowledgemen…

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  18. 968LetterENA NS 2.12

    Letter addressed to Abu Zikri Yehuda b. Musa. Verso contains a draft of greetings regarding the grandsons and great-grandsons of the recipient, written in a …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאיידה ונעמתה וכבת אעדאה
    2. מן אלאסכנדריה לי בקין מן סיון ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה בבקא מולאי אלשיך אדאם
    3. אללה עזה ואלחמ…

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  19. 969LetterT-S 10J17.7

    Letter from a merchant, who had been out of work for a year and a half and suffered heavy losses, to an unnamed individual into …

    1. בשמך רחמנה
    2. אלדי אעלם חצרה מולאי אלשיך אבו אלחסן
    3. חפצה אללה ותולאה וגעלני מן גמיע אלאסוא
    4. פדאה אן מא כפי ענך אמר הדה אלניל
    5. אלדי וקענא פיה ואנה אעלם כאט…

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  20. 970Legal documentT-S 12.476

    Recto: Legal document involving a dispute involving Shemuel ha-Levi. Possibly 10th century, per FGP. Verso: Perhaps a writing exercise of Genesis 1, but this seems …

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  21. 971LetterT-S 16.264

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya by Yosef b. Musa Tāhartī to his brother Barhun in Susa. The letter deals with marketing goods, especially pepper, and contains …

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    1. וצל כתאבך יאכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך ווקפת

    2. מנה עלי מא סררת בה מן סלאמתך ועאפיתך אדאמהא אללה לך ב…

    recto

    1. הגיע מכתבך, אחי ואדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים לך את חסדו, וקראתי
    2. בו דברים משמחים על שלומך ועל בריאו…

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  22. 972List or tableCUL Or.1080 J138

    Recto: Account of Abū l-Faraj the physician upon his arrival from Damietta. Dating: ca. 1130 CE (based on the dating of verso). In Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic …

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    1. בש רחמנא
    2. אלדי ענד אלשיך אבו אלפרג אלטביב
    3. ענד וצולה מן דמיאט ה דנאנ[יר
    4. ענדה תמן דאבה וסרג ד דנאניר
    5. ענדה ען עמל זרב קס דרהם
    6. ענדה ען …

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  23. 973Legal documentT-S NS J481

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Someone named Natan/Hiba makes a declaration of some kind.

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  24. 974LetterT-S 8J25.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half of recto). This portion opens with greetings for "the father and the mother." The next portion has been translated …

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  25. 975LetterJRL L 192

    Letter from Avraham ha-Levi, in Damietta (קפוטקיא), to Karo y Frances & Company, in Cairo/Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 AM, which …

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  26. 976Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 60/41

    Hebrew poetry.

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  27. 977Legal documentENA 2556.12

    Quittance. On parchment. Mainly in Hebrew. Dating: ca. late 10th century. The releaser is named Yiṣḥaq b. ʿAmram. It looks like his name was later …

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  28. 978Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/1

    Bill of sale for a female slave. Written and signed by Moshe b. Elʿazar. Also signed by Avraham b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av. Location: Cairo. …

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  29. 979Literary textAIU VI.B.101

    Magical instructions.

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  30. 980LetterT-S 8J17.10

    Letter fragment addressed to a communal leader, a ḥaver. In Hebrew. Regarding a matter of inheritance (‘they are orphans and a widow’) and the writing …

    1. ליום מות שהוא א [
    2. וחס ושלום שיהיה [
    3. וימצאו חו . . . . .[
    4. ואם נעשה בקי ימצא שם [
    5. הלוי מכל מעש מבואר פי . . . [
    6. . מהל . . עתה עיני הכל עליך ת . . . [
    7. …

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  31. 981State documentENA NS 50.5

    Report or petition fragment, addressed to a higher state official regarding the matters in southern Upper Egypt, contains the taqbīl clause towards the end. The …

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    1. للحضور صحبة النايب مقتفي؟ الرجال…. ريب؟ 

    2. وعبد الغني وان رفعت الرخصة لهم وكثر طمعهم وقل بذاك عدالتهم؟

    3. والمملوك يشكر الانعام عليه بخروج الا…

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  32. 982LetterT-S NS 320.66

    Marriage-related document, possibly a ketubba,, based on the reference to החתן הנחמד in the last line. But only a thin vertical strip from the right …

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  33. 983LetterENA 2149.45

    Letter from a poor man to a patron, probably a request for charity. In Arabic script. The bottom few lines are faded and damaged. Needs …

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  34. 984State documentT-S AS 177.108

    Tax receipt, probably. Cramped and difficult to read. Mentions [...] b. Ṣāliḥ, the ḍāmin of the dīwān.... Needs examination. On verso the beginning of a …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. مملوك الحضرة السامية الاجلية[

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  35. 985Unknown typeENA NS 85.1084

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  36. 986Unknown typeT-S NS 246.23a + CUL Or.1080 15.15 + T-S K24.22

    Ledger with many distinct entries in Italian, perhaps copies of letters. Needs examination.

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  37. 987LetterCUL Or.1080 J1

    Letter from a woman named Archondou, in Alexandria, to her son Fuḍayl, in Fustat. Her main purpose in writing emerges at the end: she wants …

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    1. [ ]ומו'ת'[       ]ת' [        ] ובות'   משוכן

    2. ער'בות  אל'[          ]י יחידי' ידידי מ'

    3. פודאיל' מ[ ] א'מ'ך' ארכודו ומבעלי'

    4. מ' אליה קבל ר…

    Recto

    1. [Blessings etc. ?] from Him who dwells

    2. in the heavenly expanse.  To [my son?] my beloved only son Mar

    3. Fudhail, from me, your mother Arc…

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  38. 988LetterENA NS 7.62

    Letter fragment addressed to Abū l-Ḥajjāj. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is to send something the moment he reads this letter: אלשיך אבו אלחגאג חפצה אללה …

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  39. 989Unknown typeENA NS 85.455

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  40. 990Paraliterary textJRL A 697

    Recto: Geomancy castings. May be related to AIU VII.F.32. Includes two questions about the illness of David b. Esther: Is it earthly or from God? …

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  41. 991State documentT-S 8H22.18

    Fiscal register, in Arabic script.

    Folio 2 (verso)

    1. الاطلاق في مخزومته
    2. ليومي السبت والاحد لاحدى عشرة
    3. بقين من المحرم خمسة عشر دينارا

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  42. 992LetterT-S NS J61 + T-S AS 152.77 + T-S AS 145.44 + T-S AS 151.231

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe probably to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. (We know the addressee has to be Peraḥya, because …

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  43. 993LetterT-S 10J17.22

    Letter from a man of high standing to the Nagid Shemuel (in office 1140-1159), dealing with a case of clothing, and a man who had …

    1. אשרי תמימי דרך ההולכים בתורת ייי [[אשרי]]
    2. אשרי איש ירא את ייי במצותיו חפץ מאד
    3. הדרת אדונינו ואור עינינו ונחמד לבינו אדונינו
    4. שמואל הנגיד הגדול שר השרי…

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  44. 994Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 748

    Death notice. Abu l-Bayān [...] died on Wednesday night (laylat al-khamīs) on 3 Rajab 507 AH and was buried on Thursday (wa-dafannāhu yawm al-khamīs). Alan …

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  45. 995Legal query or responsumMoss. VIII,422.1

    Fragment of a legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides.

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  46. 996Legal documentT-S NS 229.8

    Recto, left side: Legal document. Probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are three different text blocks, all belonging to the same document, oriented at 90 …

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  47. 997LetterT-S 13J16.23

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Yiṣḥaq al-Khawlānī(?), probably from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1015. The writer informs Ibn ʿAwkal about …

    Recto

    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי יאשיכי וסיידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ועלוך [                ]
    3. וסמוך יום אלד' והו כרוג אלעיד אלמבארך כתמה אללה [עליך]
    4. באחסן כאתמ…

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  48. 998Legal documentT-S 20.22

    Bill of release. Dated: First decade of Ḥeshvan 1459 Seleucid = September/October1148 CE. in which Yeshuʿa ha-Levi releases Netanʾel and Menashshe b. Ḥalfon. Signed by …

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  49. 999LetterT-S 8J20.13

    Note in a rudimentary hand. describing that money for cheese had not arrived, and may be lost "on both sides." (Information from Goitein's index cards) …

    1. שלום רב לאהבי תרתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. אעלם אל[[צ]]חצרה אדאם אללה עזה אן
    3. רגאל לחקהם אלגבן פ[[ג]]גו עלי גאה
    4. אלחצרה ושכו מתל דלך כונה פי אלטריק
    5. פאלאגנ . א…

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  50. 1000List or tableT-S NS 226.58

    An interesting list of Muslim legal documents. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The names of the parties are Muslim, and the dates …

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