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  1. 10551Legal documentCUL Or.1080 1.88 + T-S NS 99.55

    Legal document. Quittance or bill of release (barāʾa) from Almeria, in al-Andalus, confirmed in Egypt. Individuals mentioned include […] b. al-Naḡara, Ḥalfon ha-Levi, Yiṣḥaq b. …

    Testimony to what transpired in our presence, we the witnesses [whose signatures are below: Our master and lord Joseph b. Saul/Yūsuf b. Šu‘ayb] Ibn a…

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  2. 10552LetterAIU VII.E.124

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim, Fustat/Cairo, to his brother David ben Naʿim, Alexandria, dated 1820 CE (20 Rahamim [= Elul] 5580). Mentions …

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  3. 10553Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1561

    Court record issued by a Qaraite beit din at the Dar Simḥa Synagogue in Cairo. Dated: Monday, 4 Shevaṭ 5321 AM = 21 January 1561 …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. ל]מא כאן בתא׳ יום אלאתנין ראבע שבט סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳א׳ ליצירה חצר
    3. מושב בית דין פי דאר שמחה תב׳ ות׳ בעד דלך חצ'ר ע׳ אלגואד אלכהן 
    4. א׳ אלמר׳ פרג א׳ אלכהן…

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  4. 10554LetterENA 1822a.49

    Letter from an unknown sender, in Fustat, to his sororal nephew (ibn ukht) Mūsā, in Qalyūb. Dating: Unknown, but perhaps dateable on the basis of …

    1. אלי חצרה אלולד אלעזיז אלשיך מוסי ופקה אללה תע
    2. ועווצה כיר ורדה לאפצל מא עוודה מן עואידה
    3. אלגמילה וינהי כתרה שוקה אליה ואלי גמיע מן ענדה
    4. גמע אללה אלשמל…

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  5. 10555LetterT-S Ar.18(1).165

    Letter from Abūn b. Ṣedaqa (Goitein says perhaps from Israel b. Natan), in Jerusalem, probably to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fusṭāṭ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. …

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  6. 10556List or tableT-S Ar.54.21

    Recto: List, eleven names preserved, each donating the same amount (1 dinar), including a perfumer/druggist, a banker, a kātib, and two purveyors (mūrid) to the …

    1. הבה אלמורד [
    2. בו נצר אלמורד א
    3. אלחלבי אלצבאג א
    4. ברכאת בן אלדקלאץ א
    5. מסלם אלעטאר א
    6. אלשיך בו אלפכר בן אלרב א
    7. בו אלפרג אלכהן אלצירפי א
    8. אבו סעד בן אלדמשקי א

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  7. 10557Legal documentT-S AS 153.72

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Very faded/rubbed. Seems to be describing a house.

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  8. 10558LetterT-S K25.246

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (piece from the right side). Mentions a jahbadh (tax official); al-shaliṭ (another government term, corresponding to Arabic sulṭān?); "this year"; the …

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  9. 10559LetterT-S NS 321.99 + CUL Or.1080 J192

    Letter addressed to ʿEli the Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender petitions on behalf of a divorcee who came to him "complaining and crying" that her …

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    1. אלס[גל?]ת ר עלי הפרנס הנאמן ירבה ויסגא לעד
    2. אן כאנת מכאתבתי מנקטעה ען מולאי אלפרנס . [
    3. ואדאם עלוה ותמכינה ופסח פי מדתה פאלק[
    4. טאמחה ויתצל בי אכב…

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  10. 10560Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 13/25 + Bodl. MS heb. c 13/26 + T-S K10.4

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Groom: Natan b. David. Bride: Sitt al-Sāda bt. ʿOvadya. One of the oldest and largest illuminated medieval ketubbot from the …

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  11. 10561Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#12) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 6r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Undated, but likely c. …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 6r

    1. למא כאן נהאר תאר׳ סנה תאר׳ חצרת אלגמא׳ בר׳ יה׳ פי דאר שמ׳
    2. וחצ'ר בחצ'ורהם אד׳ הנ׳ הג׳ שמואל הדיין יצ׳׳ו וכ׳׳ר יהודה הרופא…

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  12. 10562LetterT-S 6J5.17

    Recto: Letter to Shelomo he-Ḥasid. The content is mostly lost. The recto also has a small patch of text in one corner in a different …

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  13. 10563Unknown typeJRL B 7961

    Small fragment with Hebrew script. Needs examination.

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  14. 10564Paraliterary textT-S 12.240

    Letter (or rather prayer) of complaint in Hebrew. At least one side is rhymed. Might be a formulary. Might be related to T-S 12.330 (per …

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  15. 10565List or tableJRL C 137

    List of names and monetary contributions, likely communal. Dating is probably 19th-century based on the paleography, no earlier than 18th-century based on mention of Ottoman …

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  16. 10566Unknown typeENA NS 76.302.6

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  17. 10567List or tableT-S NS 292.75

    Accounts in Arabic script. Lists various dates and items such as rose water and almond oil.

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  18. 10568LetterT-S AS 145.61

    Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda (r. 1025–1051 CE), in the hand of Yosef Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon.

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    1. ]נו וכרא[
    2. לה]גיד כי שב לביתו [
    3. להסתפיח בצל עושי מל[אכת
    4. ואתה אהובינו וחב[רינו
    5. אחרית במסבר תשכילהו [
    6. המעשה אשר יעשה ואם [
    7. בהגלות אזניהו בפקוח עינ…

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  19. 10569Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 28

    Business letter from Mūsā b. Dāwūd / Moshe b. David al-Levi al-Miṣrī to Mubārak/Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabrā. In Arabic script, with the address in …

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  20. 10570List or tableT-S NS 306.115

    Large account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Bifolio, items arranged in two columns per folio. Mentions numerous foods.

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  21. 10571Legal documentT-S 8J32.7

    Record of statement of release issued by the court of the Nagid Avraham Maimonides (1205–37). Dated: Monday, 15 Iyyar 1538 = 3 May 1227 CE. …

    1. למא כאן פי יום אלאתנין אלטו
    2. מן אייר שנת קלח לשט
    3. אמר אדוננו נגידנו אברהם
    4. הרב המבהק הנגיד הגדול
    5. ירום הודו אן . . . . אלי דאר
    6. אלשיך אלמהדב אלטביב אלמער…

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  22. 10572LetterT-S 12.775

    Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to the trustee of a Yeshiva in an unidentified place, approximately 1055.

    1. בכיר
    2. שלום ופתח תקוה וחן וכבוד וחמלת יי ושלום ושקט
    3. וארך ימים ושנות חיים ויקר לאדר היקר הנחקר ונסקר
    4. הוא כגק מרב הנאמן לבית דין הגדול ישמרו צו[רו]
    5. [י]ו…

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  23. 10573List or tableAIU VII.F.25

    List of donations collected on various Shabbats of 1795/6 CE (5556 AM).

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  24. 10574List or tableT-S AS 177.191

    Business accounts. Recto includes a long note explaining something. Verso has one line in Hebrew script (possibly unrelated).

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  25. 10575Legal documentT-S AS 159.169

    Recto (secondary use): Narrow vertical fragment containing notes for drawing up a legal deed. In a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. At the very …

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  26. 10576List or tableT-S AS 152.208

    From a notebook. In the margin is a list of books. Mentions the head of the Yeshiva in the margin on verso. (Information from CUDL.) …

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  27. 10577LetterT-S NS 339.32

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Sayyidnā. Mentions a copy; confirming something; Rosh ha-Dor(?); a request; an orphan boy (al-ṣabiyy al-yatom); and Sar ha-[Sarim?], i.e., …

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  28. 10578Legal documentT-S AS 153.385

    Fragment of a ketubba, mentioning different quantities of dinars and mandīl ‘cloth’. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  29. 10579Legal documentENA NS 2.41

    Legal document. Apprenticeship agreement. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tishri 1339 (September 1027). Location: Fustat. Written in the hand of Yefet b. David. Bishr b. Efrayim apprentices …

    1. חצר פי בית דין פי יום אלכמיס לה וכ יום מצא מן
    2. תשרי שנת אשלט לשטרות בכניסת הירושלמים
    3. בשר בן אפרים וברהון בן יחיה ואעתרף בשר הדא אנה
    4. קד אגר ולדה יוסף …

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    On Thursday, the 25th of Tishri of the year 1339 according to the Era of the Documents there appeared before the court in the Synagogue of the …

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  30. 10580List or tableJRL B 4109

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.

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  31. 10581Legal documentT-S AS 177.104

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr is ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Rashīd b. [...]. Dated: end of Ramaḍān 777 AH = February 1376 …

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  32. 10582Legal documentENA 4010.1

    Court record or draft of a legal document. Dated: Thursday, 17 Sivan 1386 Seleucid = 4 June 1075 CE. ʿEli ha-Parnas ha-Neʾeman produces before the …

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  33. 10583Paraliterary textT-S 12.459 + T-S G1.55 + T-S G2.150 + Halper 164

    Inscription in huge letters with a border of broad black and red lines (obviously a decoration of a wall). (Information from Goitein's index card.) Joins: …

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  34. 10584LetterYevr. II A 2672

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo (1755–1826) to Yosef Shelomo b. Moshe Lutzki, in Yevpatoria. Dated: 1820 CE. Information from NLI.

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  35. 10585Legal documentT-S NS 226.27

    Fragment of a legal deed. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Probably a deed of a gift, involving Abū l-Jūd, Ṣedaqa, and …

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  36. 10586Legal documentENA 2538.1

    Legal document, draft. Left side only. No witnesses. Location: Fustat. Dated: Nisan 1542 Seleucid, which is 1231 CE. Features a freed muwallad slave (al-ghulām al-maʿtūq... …

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  37. 10587Legal documentT-S AS 146.42

    Recto: legal document, mentioning Surūr, Abū l-Ghayth and [...] b. Yiṣḥaq; dated Nissan 15[..] of the Seleucid Era (12th–13th century, probably second half of that …

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  38. 10588Legal documentT-S NS J413

    Legal document. Incomplete draft concerning a house, in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Abū l-Manṣūr b. al-Rayyis Abū l-Faḍl gives to his wife Sitt …

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  39. 10589List or tableT-S K15.72

    Record of an monetary transaction involving Abū Al-Faraj al-Dimyati (who might be Nethanel Halevi, Halfon's father) , and mentioning bread (recto); Arabic letter (? needs …

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  40. 10590Legal documentT-S NS 288.185 + T-S AS 152.160

    Court register fragment. Join: Matthew Dudley. Dated: Kislev 5480 (1719 CE) Verso: sale of a one-year tax-farming partnership within the Ottoman customs house of Old …

    M. Dudley Dissertation, Appendix 6 /// T-S AS 152.160r + T-S NS 288.185v

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהנבון וחכם והנעלה הגביר השר המרומם כה׳׳ר יאודה פרובינצאל נר׳׳ו…

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  41. 10591List or tableMoss. Xa,3.33

    Seems to be an inventory for a kitchen. In Arabic script. Several entries are crossed out. Entries include: pieces of cloth (manādīl); vinegar (khall); flour …

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  42. 10592LetterMIAC 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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  43. 10593LetterT-S 8J19.10

    Letter of recommendation from Daniel b. Azarya to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yitzhak b. Furat. (Information from Gil, Palestine, vol. 2 p. 672, #360). VMR

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. מוצל הדה אלרקעה אטאל אללה בקא מולאיי אלשיך אלגליל שר העדה פאר הכהונה

    השר

    1. האדיר יברכהו אלהינו וישמרהו רגל מן אכיאר אלנאס וממן יגב אלנט[ר] …

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  44. 10594LetterT-S AS 169.98

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In a beautiful hand, different from recto. The sender seems to be in Akhmīm in Upper Egypt and to be upset …

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    1. אללה תע באן [
    2. אלסלאמה תצמן ע[
    3. מן אכמים ויחסן כלאצי מנ[הא
    4. ואראד ודלך בלטף אללה וענאיה אלמולא פא[סל
    5. אללה תע אן יחסן תופיק אלמולא ויגעל פי עמרה

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  45. 10595Unknown typeT-S 12.344

    Pious and ethical dicta in Judaeo-Arabic, often rhyming, strung together. The hand is late. Needs further examination. ASE.

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  46. 10596List or tableENA 2856.8

    List of names with western Arabic numerals. Dating is likely 19th-century based on the paleoography. Some of the surnames mentioned are: Bialobos, Aripol, Fes, ʿAkūbas, …

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  47. 10597Legal documentT-S NS 190.106

    Damaged legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Regarding manufacture of wine between [...] b. Yeshuʿa al-ʿAkkāwı known as Ibn Bunān (appears also …

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  48. 10598LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/22

    Commercial letter from Mūsā b. Shahriyār to the three Tustarī brothers, Abū al-Faḍl Sahl, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf and Abū Sahl Saʿīd, in Fusṭāt. The letter …

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  49. 10599Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 60/39

    Hebrew poetry.

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  50. 10600Legal documentL-G Misc. 98

    Legal document. Ketubba. Dating: early 11th century. Bride: Dalāl. Early marriage payment: 30 dinars. (Information from Goitein’s index card and CUDL.)

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