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  1. 10101Legal documentENA 3306.1

    Marriage document. A beautiful ornamented ketubah, probably on vellum, from Rashid, Egypt. Dated 5544 AM which is 1783/1784 CE. The groom’s name is Avraham, the …

    1. ב.ה׳׳[..]
    2. בשישי בשבת  ב[עש]רה ימים א.[. ....] חמש[ה] אל[פי]ם וחמ[ש]
    3. [מא]ות [ארבע]ה וארב[עים שנים] לב[ריא]ת עולם [למני]ן שאנו מנין הכא -
    4. במתא רשיד יע…

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  2. 10102State documentT-S AS 201.99

    Capitation tax receipt in Arabic script. Does not have the usual endorsements at the top (unless they were much higher up and torn away). For …

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  3. 10103Literary textJRL A 18

    From a literary rabbinic work. A haggada?

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  4. 10104LetterENA 2808.8

    Verso: Opening of a letter from Sherira Gaon sent to Qayrawān. Dating: ca. 970 CE. This is a continuation from the first part of the …

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    1. [  ] ל[  ]ות לב שלם ומעמ[   ] כלוחות אבן שאין נמוכה אמ[                   ]
    2. ומיודעים ומודעים קראו [       ] לבינה יאמצם משגבנו ויחזי[ק]ם ויהיה…

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  5. 10105Legal documentT-S 8J32.8

    F.1: calendrical reckoning for the years 1018–19 and 1019–20 CE. F.2: legal documents. Recto: document, mentioning Abū Abraham Ismaʿīl b. Ṭalyon, Maḵlūf b. Mūsā and …

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  6. 10106LetterENA 2742.2

    Letter from Wafāʾ b. Abū l-Faraj to a dignitary. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Consists entirely of poetic expressions of longing and honor. On verso: "The …

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  7. 10107Literary textT-S NS 163.50

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry in a crude hand.

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  8. 10108Legal documentT-S 8.91

    Part of a ketubba, with no names or date preserved. Between the lines, a different hand has practiced writing the Hebrew alphabet. Verso: part of …

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  9. 10109Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 663

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Probably literary.

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  10. 10110LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/69

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham to Perahya b. Muʾammal, in Fustat, spring 1039.

    1. נתן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב
    2. בירבי אברהם זכרו לברכה
    3. למשוש לבנו חדות נפשנו גן טיולנו [ ] שושנת
    4. עמקנו אור עפעפנו רוח אפנו ח[ומ]ת מבצרנו חרב גאותנו
    5. מרנא ורב…

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  11. 10111LetterENA 2739.16

    Letter from Khalfa to his 'brother' (brother-in-law?) Mūsā b. Sāmiḥ, in Cairo. Concerning various family matters. (1) No answer to letters. (2) Abū l-Faḍl came …

    In [Your name!]

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalms 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 57:1)

    Comfort, comfort my people, etc…

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  12. 10112State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 76/61

    Original use: Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Mentions sums in dirhams and mithqāl. Reused for a literary text in Judeo-Arabic on recto and verso.

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  13. 10113Legal documentT-S AS 25.43 + T-S AS 25.44

    Legal document dated 14[.]5 (Sel.), written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). This scribal association makes it possible to infer the …

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  14. 10114Literary textT-S AS 166.132

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry.

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  15. 10115State documentT-S Misc.28.164

    Verso (original use): Remnants of three words of a state decree in enormous calligraphic Arabic script ("...ī maṣāliḥ al-musli[mīn]" (ى مصالح المسل[امين...). Dating: pre–1108 CE, …

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  16. 10116LetterCUL Add.3340

    IB IV, 18 (ח3). Letter from Yosef Ibn al-Lukhṭūsh, in Granada, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, in Fustat. Dated: middle of May, 1130 CE. The …

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    1. אדאם אללה למולאי וסידי אלרייס אלאג'ל אלעזה ואלכראמה ואלגבטה ואלסלאמה ופסח פי מדתה וואלא
    2. באלמזיד רפעתה ואבקא עלי ג'מלה אכואנה ואוליאה מהג'תה וח…

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    1. יתמיד ה' כבוד ותפארת ואושר ושלום לאדוני ומרי, הראש המפואר ביותר, ויאריך את ימיו וימשיך
    2. את מעלתו עד בלי די ויאריך את חייו בעד כלל אחיו ובני חסו…

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  17. 10117Unknown typeENA NS 77.46

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  18. 10118Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.24 + CUL Or.1080 14.15

    From a diwan of Arabic poetry dating from 1847/48 CE.

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  19. 10119List or tableT-S AS 150.187

    Minute fragment, probably accounts, mentioning names such as Manṣūr and Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 10120Legal documentT-S 8J6.14

    Verso: Deed of sale in which Sitt al-Ikhwa bt. Futūḥ known as Ibn Zabqala sells to her brother 1/8 of a house belonging to her …

    1. ⟦מה שהיה בפ⟧ מעידים אנחנו חתומי מטה מה שהיה בפנינו אן למא כאן פי
    2. אלעשר אלתאני מן חדש סיון שנת אלפא וחמש מאה וחמשין ותרתין שנין
    3. למנין שטרות אשר הורגל…

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    1. ⟦What took place befo⟧ We, the undersigned, testify to what took place before us: On 
    2. the second ten days of the month of Sivan 1552 (21-31 M…

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  21. 10121List or tableT-S 12.737

    This document lists the differences between the Palestinian and Babylonian calendars in the years 921/2–923/4CE. The purpose of this text is unclear, but it confirms …

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  22. 10122Legal documentT-S NS 38a.108

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Approximately 6 lines are preserved from the middle section. Involves a house, a partnership, Abū l-Surur, and Yūsuf. On verso there …

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  23. 10123Literary textT-S AS 162.37 + T-S AS 169.100

    The text appears to be an historical account referring to biblical times, mentioning Zechariah and Jezebel. (Information from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum. See also T-S …

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  24. 10124LetterT-S Misc.20.202

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, torn vertically down the middle. It is difficult to extract any information from what remains. Ends אن شا الله …

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  25. 10125List or tableT-S 8J11.8

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Hebrew pen trials on the side. Mentions people such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū l-Faraj al-Ṣayyād, Sulaymān the …

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  26. 10126Legal documentT-S Ar.42.170

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Rental agreement for a small house (duwayra; diminutive of dār). The renter is Badr. b. ʿAlī al-Tinnisī(?) and the rentee …

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  27. 10127List or tableT-S 8J38.5

    Verso: Jotted accounts in Arabic script. Mentions names such as Abū Naṣr and Abū l-Faḍāʾil and items such as ʿajwa (dried dates) and two vessels …

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  28. 10128Unknown typeENA NS 79.108

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  29. 10129Paraliterary textBL OR 5525.1

    A very large magical fragment with copious Coptic text and scattered phrases in (poor) Greek. Thanks to Professor Maria Mavroudi for identifying the languages, and …

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  30. 10130LetterT-S AS 216.203

    Minute fragment, only two complete wirds

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  31. 10131LetterMoss. II,134.2

    Recto: part of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, complaining about the lack of letters from the addressee and explaining that a letter had been sent to the …

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  32. 10132List or tableT-S AS 186.2

    Accounts in a mixture of Arabic, Coptic numerals, and Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. A variety of quantities are listed with the unit of weight raṭl. The Hebrew …

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  33. 10133Legal documentT-S 8J11.9

    Folio from a court notebook. Recto: Statement about the debt of a parnas. Dating: ca. 1151 CE, mentioning a timespan in 1462 Seleucid rather than …

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    1. אלדי עלי אלשיך אבי סעד אלפרנאס בן חאתם לרבע
    2. אלמקאדסה מן מסתהל רביע אלאכר סנה סתה
    3. וארבעין וכמסה מאיה ללתאריך אלערבי אלמואפק
    4. [מסת]ה[ל] אב משתא ד…

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    1.  Owed by the elder Abū Saʿd the parnās, b. Ḥātim to the Estate

    2.  of the Jerusalemites: from the beginning of Rabīʿ al-ākhir of the year 

    3.  …

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  34. 10134LetterBL OR 5566B.17

    Letter in elegant Arabic script and style. The continuation seems to be praising the eloquence of the addressee, and it cites two lines of poetry …

    1. مازت(؟) عومل(؟)
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. وصل كتابه استودعا من جواهر الفاظه وشريف خطاب
    4. ما انعم في مسـ[      ]ـى وهاج لاعج اشتياقي
    5. ولوعتي وا[]ـصل معه ار…

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  35. 10135Legal documentT-S 16.57

    Court record written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1432 Seleucid, which is December 1120 CE. Detailing …

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    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו שני הדיינים הקבועים בפסטאט מצרים הממונים מפי הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    2. כבוד גדלת קדשת מרנו ורבנו שהיה מנהיג דורינו ועטרת ראשי…
    1. Report of what happened in our presence — we, the two permanent judges of Fustat, Egypt, who were officially appointed by his Eminence, dignity, cro…

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  36. 10136LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/19a

    Letter or petition in Arabic script. Damaged. Legible words include 'al-mamlūk' and غلمانه. Needs examination.

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  37. 10137Literary textENA 3918.16

    Literary text in Arabic script. Has a diagram.

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  38. 10138List or tableT-S AS 188.75-76

    Two folios from a medieval-era notebook of student alphabetical exercises. Some of the exercises are interspersed with striking patterns and illustrations.

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  39. 10139Legal documentJRL B 5284

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involving 120-some dinars; mentions Barakāt(?) al-Ṣayrafī al-Levi and Sitt al-Jamāl

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  40. 10140LetterMIAC 63

    Paper numbered as (2) and it seems that it is from a letter for a question regarding family and children, and a discussion on fasting, …

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  41. 10141LetterENA 624.22

    Letter or commercial document in Arabic script that was cut up and recycled for usage in a communal register c. 1798 CE. Mentions the port …

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  42. 10142Unknown typeENA NS 85.772

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 10143LetterBL OR 5557K.9

    Letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Almost complete with the top honorifics missing. The writer confirms receiving 4 dīnars (of tax?) and he set …

    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
    2. […………………………….اطال الله] بقاه وادام تأييده وعلاه وتمكينه وسلامته
    3. شاكرا لله تعالى ولها ولما حصل الخرج (الجرح؟) بالاربعة دناني…
    1. [In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate]
    2. [May God prolong] his existence, preserve his support, glory, strength, and safety,
    3. expressing…

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  44. 10144Legal documentMoss. Xa,3.70

    Recto: Deed of sale, probably, for real estate. Some of the details of the property are preserved, including mention of a latrine (mirḥāḍ, l. 4). …

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  45. 10145List or tableJRL B 3584

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic. Verso: Probably a bookseller's account, who is selling off the Hebrew books that belonged to R. Yosef ZL, including Halakhot Pesuqot …

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  46. 10146List or tableT-S Ar.35.203

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions people such as Ibrāhīm al-Ṣayrafī and the brother-in-law of Abū l-Manṣūr. Mentions the jāliya, blanket/cloak (malḥafa), natron, …

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  47. 10147Literary textHUC 1008

    Siddur with colophon by Obadiah the Proselyte. "Obadiah the Norman Proselyte who entered the covenant of the God of Israel in the month of Elul, …

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  48. 10148Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#23) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 9v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 4 Shevat [5321] …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 9v

    1. למא] כאן בתא׳ יום אלאתנין ד׳ שבט סנה תאר׳ חצ'ר //מושב// [[.]]בית דין פי דאר שמחה
    2. ת׳ ות׳ תם [[אן]] //ובעד דלך חצר// ע׳ אל…

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  49. 10149LetterT-S AS 149.257

    Letter from Mūsā b. [...] to Abū Isḥāq. Small fragment. Reporting on business matters ("what I received of gold"). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  50. 10150State documentENA NS 39.28

    Multifragment. Bottom fragment: Account, possibly fiscal, in Arabic. Mentions names followed by numbers. E.g. ʿAlī b. Bū Jumʿa(?), 13 dinars(?); Maḥfūẓ b. M[...]; Barakāt b. …

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