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  1. 951Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1864/3

    Marriage document. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1437 Seleucid, which is 1125/1126 CE. The groom may be Peraḥya ha-Levi [b. …

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  2. 952Legal documentJRL A 127

    Late legal document in Hebrew regarding a partnership (one of the partners is named Faraj). It refers to the quppah of the synagogue of the …

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  3. 953LetterT-S AS 217.140

    Draft of a letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman era. Contains formulaic opening phrases followed by a list of commodities and prices ("raisins, the price …

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  4. 954Legal documentENA 4096.d2 + ENA 4096.a + ENA 4096.d1 + ENA 2445.45

    Qiyyum shetarot, formulary from Siddur R. Natan of Sijilmasa

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  5. 955Paraliterary textT-S 12.41

    Magical formulary containing unusual curses on anyone pilfering a Torah scroll donated by a person on his death-bed. It contains the names of ten angels …

    1. הקדיש זה המצחף מ ור פל בר פל חלקו עם שבע כתות של צדיקים
    2. בגן עדן וערסו תחת עץ החיים והספר התורה(!) הזה הוא קודש לה
    3. אלהי ישראל לא ימכר ולא יגאל והמוכר…

    1. This codex was dedicated by Our Master Rabbi N son of N, may his share be with the seven classes of the righteous

    2. on Paradise, and may his place…

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  6. 956State documentJRL B 7705

    Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, probably state. The word "al-maʿālim" is clearly legible but the rest is damaged. Reused on recto for …

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  7. 957Literary textT-S Misc.35.88

    Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, Ar2 in Bohak's edition), containing passages 7.1–8.6. (Information from Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu), 9–10)

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    1. ... טענונון בפרזלא ואובלנון לטיבריה ונסבו
    2. ליוח[נ]ן֯ מצבענא וצלבוניה חמש שעי
    3. מן יומ֯א֯ ובתר כן קברוניה. ובתריה
    4. איתואו לישו רשיע…

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    1. ...they burdened them with iron (chains) and led them to Tiberias. They took

    2. Yoḥanan the Dyer and crucified him (on the) fi…

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  8. 958LetterT-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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  9. 959LetterENA 3926.3

    First five lines of a letter in Arabic script from a parent to his son, including basmala and words of prayers. Separate text on verso, …

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  10. 960Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.30.184.15

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay Rīḥān 2 dinars in cash. Dated Av …

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  11. 961Unknown typeCUL Or.1081 2.75.7

    Document in Ottoman Turkish in divani script. Four complete lines are preserved, with wide space between the lines. In line three there is mention of …

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  12. 962Legal documentENA 2741.7

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dating: Probably 1082 CE. The approximate time period is established by the mention of Yaʾir ha-Nadiv Peʾer ha-Qahal, who also appears …

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  13. 963LetterJRL B 7658

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  14. 964Legal documentENA 4010.31

    Legal document from the high court of the nasi (David b. Daniel) recording testimony of Yefet b. Levi (?) b. Menashshe, acting as power of …

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    1. חצר מושב בית דין הגדול סידנא [ה]נשיא הגדול
    2. נשיא גליות כל ישראל ירום הודו מרב יפת בן ליו ביר
    3. מנשה החבר נע ומעה וכאלה מן זוג[תה] בנאת
    4. ברת יפת אל…

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  15. 965List or tableT-S Ar.39.111

    Accounts, probably, in Arabic script. There is at least one word in Hebrew script as well (شهر ניסאן). Needs examination.

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  16. 966LetterT-S 13J22.12

    Letter from Barhun Levi b. Ishaq concerning a deceased man, a debt, and power of attorney. He informs the addressee, whose name is lost, that …

    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם עז[ה
    3. נת ללערב ען סלאמה ואלחמד ללה ו[
    4. ומן אללה אסל אלאגתמאע במנה ואן כאן [
    5. ען אכבאר מולאי פיצלני מא יסרני וי[

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  17. 967Literary textT-S Ar.30.172

    Theological or exegetical text. In Judaeo-Arabic. The extant passage on commands and prohibitions and the Noahide commandments. Information from FGP.

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  18. 968LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/97

    Letter from Yosef b. Maḥfūẓ to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Reporting on Abū Saʿīd Ibn Fistiqa. The sender had obtained a rescript (tawqīʿ) exempting …

    1. עבדהא יוסף בן מחפוץ
    2. בשמ רחמ
    3. אברך אל אשר לו הגדולה ואודה //לו// בהלל גם בשירה אשר גבר ועולה וגדל ורב טובו ואשר
    4. אשר אן לו חקירה ורואה כל ולו נראה לכל …

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  19. 969State documentJRL A 646

    State document, in Arabic script. Two isolated lines. The first one reads as "والنظر في امرهم بما يقتضي به العناية", "looking into their affairs according …

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  20. 970LetterT-S AS 142.55 + T-S AS 203.161

    A damaged letter from a merchant. 16th century. A sale of wheat and cheese is mentioned, and few names such as PYMH פיימה, David Shamno, …

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  21. 971LetterT-S NS J5 + T-S 13J7.13 + T-S K25.252

    India Book II, 17, II, 18, and II, 19: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is …

    T-S NS J5 verso, Hebrew address (IB II, 17)

    1. אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אברהם          עבדה מצמון
    2. בן ישו חרס אללה נעמתה              בן אלחסן בן בנדאר

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    1. The letter of my lord, the most illustrious elder, has arrived—may God make permanent 
    2. your well-being, may He guard your life and…

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  22. 972LetterT-S 6J3.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Appeal for help with a personal problem. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. The letter is addressed to two people. The sender …

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    1. בעץ מא יגב אן יעמל [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] אן אמ [ . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ואלקבול מן משורתהם אלסעידה אלא אלזמאן אלדי כרגת מעה ללודא
    3. ועלי אל…

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  23. 973List or tableT-S K15.32

    Fragmentary list of contributions, it seems in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, details of about twenty-five preserved: five giving 1, eight giving 1/2, two …

    1. אלמולי אלתפא[ר]ת נצף
    2. אבי אלפצל אצרפי אלהן אבו אלפרג
    3. ר נצף
    4. אבי אלעלא צירפי אלשׁיך אבי אלמגד בן אלעף..
    5. רבע נצף
    6. ולדה אלאסעד מנגא אלכהן אלשׁיך אבי אלבקא

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  24. 974LetterMoss. IV,47.1

    Note from Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211), in Fustat, to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212), in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. (Identification based on …

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    1. בש רח
    2. יענך ייי ביום וימלא משאלות
    3. ליבך ויזכיך שנים רבות
    4. שנים נעמים ואננא מן
    5. פצל אללה פי עאפיה
    6. ואן עמך עמראן מא
    7. בקא ידכל לנא
    8. מכאן מן דאר
    9. אליום

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  25. 975LetterT-S AS 153.124

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a dignitary named Avraham. Beginning with taqbīl and inhāʾ formulae.

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  26. 976Paraliterary textT-S AS 200.282

    Jottings of names in Hebrew. Late. Of documentary interest only because the scribe signs his name "I am Moshe b. Salāma."

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  27. 977LetterT-S NS 232.81

    Brief letter in Arabic script. 7 lines; seems complete. Requesting to meet with the addressee for advice: اسل حضوره بمشاهدته والمشورة بما نستعمله . . …

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  28. 978Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 150.38

    Verso (secondary use): Order of payment in Arabic script (يدفع الشيخ لموصلها...). Dated: 17 Muḥarram 507 AH = 4 July 1113 CE.

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  29. 979State documentENA 3408.4 + ENA 3408.5

    Decree fragment in Arabic script. There are no full words to work with because of damage that was sustained after the paper was reused for …

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  30. 980List or tableT-S AS 217.166 + T-S AS 217.165

    Minute fragments from a list of items and prices

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  31. 981LetterT-S NS 99.14

    Verso: Letter in the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli referring to how the qāḍī ʿĪsā [..]l al-Mulk Ṣāḥib al-Tartīb known as Ibn Hārūn kisses the …

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  32. 982LetterT-S AS 148.17

    Informal note addressed to the judge Eliyyahu b. Zekharya (dates: 1204–36). In which one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit flatters Eliyyahu by saying that …

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  33. 983Legal documentMoss. Ia,9

    Legal document written in the court of Ḥananya Av Bet Din b. Yosef Gaʾon. Dated: Sunday, end of Elul 1318 Seleucid = 14 September 1007 …

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  34. 984LetterT-S 13J26.24

    Letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Shelomo b. Yehuda, draft. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo b. Yehuda served as Gaʾon. …

    1. שלומות כפולות בברכות מעולות ומילוי כל שאלות
    2. בחוסן מפעלות במהלכות מהוללות וישור מסלולות
    3. וחן וכבוד מפני יושב תהילות תמודים ימים ולילות
    4. לכבוד גקמור { }…

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  35. 985Literary textAIU VIII.B.7

    20 pages from a Hebrew treatise on materia medica.

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  36. 986Legal documentT-S AS 151.188

    One or more entries in a court register from Fusṭāṭ, dated Thursday, 28 Adar [1]409 of the Seleucid Era (= 4 March 1098 CE), mentioning …

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  37. 987List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 737

    Accounts.

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  38. 988Literary textENA 3916.14

    Literary treatise in Arabic, quoting biblical verses in Hebrew script.

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  39. 989Legal documentT-S 24.9

    Part of a pre-nuptial agreement. Written by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiʾel. Dated 13th Elul 1[...], in Fusṭāṭ. Issued under the authority of David I Maimonides (1237–1300). …

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  40. 990LetterT-S NS 31.2

    Letter addressed to Moshe Levi b. Zakkār. (Same addressee as in T-S NS 31.16.) In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–17th century. Mentions Messina in recto, …

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  41. 991LetterT-S AS 40.265

    Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 992Legal documentT-S AS 173.266

    Fragment from the top of a deed of engagement (shiddukhin). Fiancee: Sitt al-Ḥusn. Mentions wine and pressing.

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  43. 993State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 477

    Fiscal account.

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  44. 994List or tableT-S AS 153.404

    List of names. On a thin strip of parchment. Mentions [...] ha-Levi; Abū Manṣūr b. Abū Sahl; his paternal aunt Sitt al-Kull bt. [...] known …

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  45. 995Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 96

    Verso: Unidentified text in Arabic script in two different hands, late. The first one seems a literary text mentioning death 'al-mawt'. The second mentions the …

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  46. 996State documentT-S AS 158.332

    Recto: (1) Letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic from Abū ʿAlī to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Complains about al-Shaykh al-Mufaḍḍal. Nearly complete, but difficult to read because of the overlapping …

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  47. 997Legal documentT-S AS 144.7

    Copy of an engagement (shiddukhin) contract in Hebrew written in a different hand (though same hand as the pen trials underneath). Location: Cairo. Dated: 5 …

    1. בע׳׳ה בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר והרוחה כי׳׳ר קונטאנטי סך י׳׳ב אלפ מ׳׳ך
    2.                     מתרכתא
    3. שידך היקר ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר יוסף פינטו יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר המ׳ יצ…

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  48. 998LetterT-S Ar.12.17

    Recto: Letter fragment from Khalaf b. Mubārak al-Ḥazzān or al-Jazzār. In Arabic script. Only the basmala, tarjama, and part of the first line are preserved. …

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    1. عبده خلف بن مبارك
    2. الجزار[
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. عبد مولاي] الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام تمكـ[ـينه
    1. His slave, Khalaf b. Mubārak
    2. the butcher [
    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate
    4. The slave of our master] the elder, the illustrious, m…

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  49. 999LetterT-S 13J23.11

    Fragment of a letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1025 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the …

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    1. אני ברחמי צור נודעתי כי לבי אל אחי [
    2. את מהלכי והנה [ ] לבני עקב הדברים ואתה אהוב השבעתיך [במי]
    3. ששכן את שמי בבית [ה]מקד[ש] הקדוש שלא תשהה את בני…

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  50. 1000Legal documentT-S 8J6.18

    Page from a court notebook concerning the verdict of the court in Fustat, written by Avraham, son of the Gaon, December 1026. See also T-S …

    1. חצר פי בית דין יום אלכמיס סתה ועשרין בכסליו
    2. שנת אשלח בפסטאט מצרים עלי בן יוסף
    3. הכהן הידוע אבן אלמזוק וזוגתה כולה בת מנצור
    4. בת דודו ואעתרפא גמיעא ואשהד…

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