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  1. 1051LetterMoss. VII,180

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to someone titled al-Amīniyya. Probably from a cantor, although theoretically al-Ḥazzān could be part of the addressee's name. In …

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  2. 1052List or tableENA 3970.2

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    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Account. List of names such as Saʿīd al-Dīn al-Qāḍī: Ibn ʿAlam al-Dawla; Bū ʿAbdallāh b. Ḥadīd(?), ʿAbdallāh al-Ṭaḥḥāl, and Bū l-Faḍl al-Maghribī, each accompanied by …

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  3. 1053Legal documentENA NS 31.7

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    Arabic, Hebrew

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. In Hebrew. Dated: 1 Tamuz 5569 AM = 15 June 1809 CE. Groom: Yaʿaqov ha-Levi Istanbuli b. Shemuel. Bride: Sara bt. Moshe …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר והרוחה כיר
    3. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר יעקב הלוי ידיע
    4. אסטנבולי יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר היקר ונשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר  שמואל יצ׳׳ו …

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  4. 1054Unknown typeENA NS 85.1245.3

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 1055LetterT-S 18J3.19

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, detailed, sent from Tripolitania, Libya, by a man to his brother who had settled many years before in Alexandria. Dated August 1089. (Information from …

    1. אלי אכי וסיידי ורייסי וגלילי ואתירי אטאל אללה פי
    2. ב]אלכיר בקאה ואדאם איאם סלאמתה וכאן לה
    3. . . . . . ו]לי ונאצר פי גמיע אמורה תקדם
    4. כתאבך א]לי אעז אלכתב…
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  6. 1056List or tableT-S AS 215.267

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mercantile account. Dating: probably 11th century. Faded. Needs further examination.

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  7. 1057LetterAIU VII.E.101

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 25 Tammuz 5567 AM (1807 CE) from Karo y Frances & Company to Avraham ha-Levi.

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  8. 1058Paraliterary textT-S 12.740

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    Magical prayer for protection (from every evil, evil eye and impious persons) written (by an unskilled, possibly Hebrew rather than Coptic) hand in the Bohairic …

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  9. 1059LetterT-S AS 154.376

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter probably from Yosef b. Yehuda b. Yosef b. Yaʿaqov, probably in Constantine, to a community or group of people, likely in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic …

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    1. פעלהא לאנכם מעדן אלעלם ואלעמל [
    2. קצד אלי אללה ואליכם אן תפעלו מעה [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ושלום
    3. אדונינו יגדל ולא יחדל אמן סלה     [ופ]…
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  10. 1060List or tableT-S NS 340.33

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    Arabic

    Prices of commodities(?) in Arabic. Might be a fiscal account. Needs examination.

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  11. 1061LetterCUL Add.3344

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Calligraphic letter sent by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemarya to Rabbi Benjamin, containing greetings to his two sons and describing how he fell from his wealth, lost …

    1. מגני על אלים
    2. ונדיב נדיבות יעץ והוא על נדיבות יקום
    3. שלום אצור ומגדל עז בצור וחבל לא מצור ואויב עצור
    4. ואוהב נצור ושונא פצור בצינוק לצור ושורשו קצור וחמד…
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  12. 1062Unknown typeENA NS 85.1384

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  13. 1063Legal documentMoss. VII,42.1

    Document date
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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. Hand of Natan b. Shemuel? Location: Fustat. Involves [Abū l-]Karam(?) known as Ibn al-Shavuy and [...] b. ʿAdiyya ha-Zaqen and a debt of …

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  14. 1064Unknown typeENA NS 77.141

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  15. 1065LetterT-S AS 145.107

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    Hebrew

    Letter from Shemaʿya ha-Ḥaver, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The writer informs that he is in Jerusalem and is praying for Nahray …

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    1. ...نهراي بن نسيم المغربي

    Recto (4 lines illegible)

    1. [ ] ביראה [ ]
    2. אהבתו בלבות [ ]
    3. וקניה [ ] הראוי ל[ ]
    4. [ ] לסלד
    5. [ ] תקנה [ …
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  16. 1066LetterENA NS 15.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment addressed to 'our brothers' Ibrāhīm and Isḥāq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. This fragment contains only the formulaic opening. The …

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  17. 1067Unknown typeENA NS 85.953

    Minute fragment, mostly blank but with potential writing/ink along the verso edge.

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  18. 1068LetterT-S 13J17.17

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably to Avraham b. Sahlan (died ca. 1032). Dating: approximately 1026 (per Gil) but it is worth noting that Shelomo …

    1. את אהובנו וגדולנו ונשיא[נו] כב[וד
    2. הנשיא לצאת לארץ ישראל והודעתי כי לבי טוב עד למאוד
    3. להשלים אליו היות לפניו מוציא ומביא את עם יי כי אין לפנינו
    4. בארץ י…
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  19. 1069Legal documentT-S AS 156.184

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document certifying that certain houses near the Palestinian synagogue pertain to the waqf/Qodesh. Mentions the apartment of the son of the teacher, a certain …

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  20. 1070List or tableJRL C 115

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    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals. The currencies mentioned include the Ottoman kurush and the maḥbū[b]. The latter numismatic reference makes it possible to …

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  21. 1071List or tableENA NS 77.333

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Minute fragment of accounts, possibly dated in the ninth century Hijrī on the recto (סנת לטץ) but there may be a fourth letter after לטץ. …

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  22. 1072Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 277

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    Arabic

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  23. 1073LetterT-S AS 147.121

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions having sent an ʿIrāqī good and a …

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  24. 1074Legal documentT-S AS 145.259

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    Hebrew

    Minute fragment form the top of a legal deed dated [1]598 = 1286/87 CE. AA

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  25. 1075Literary textENA 2935.17 + ENA 2935.16

    Dirges in Hebrew for the deaths of women, including at least one that the poet composed for his own daughter. It would be interesting to …

    1. When I remember your wisdom, your Torah knowledge,
    2. your loving kindness, and the gracefulness of your diction, I say

    Would that I could listen to y…

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  26. 1076LetterT-S Misc.20.45

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of the cantor Abū Sahl Levi b. al-Ahuv, to one of his sons, probably Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi in Qalyūb. On …

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  27. 1077LetterT-S 13J20.12

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Tamīm to his two brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic (for the body) and Hebrew (for the learned blessings). Dating: Unknown. Goitein identifies the handwriting with …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . עבדהם תמים שאכר
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך: והמשכילים
    3. יזהירו כזוהר הרקיע ומצדיקי הרבים ככוכבים
    4. לעולם ועד וקווי ייי …

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  28. 1078LetterT-S AS 153.259

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly consists of expressions of longing and greetings. The sender was happy at the news of the arrival of the addressee …

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  29. 1079Legal documentT-S AS 152.21

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a deed of lease. The property is in Qaṣr al-Rūm (the Jewish quarter of Fusṭāṭ), in or related to Dār al-Qubba. A sum …

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  30. 1080State documentENA 3166.11

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    Arabic

    Document in Arabic script. List containing numbers or ciphers. Possibly a fiscal document, based on handwriting and layout. On verso there is Hebrew piyyut. Needs …

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  31. 1081LetterMoss. Ia,13.1

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a scribal hand to ha-Nasi ha-Gadol, reporting on the writer's troubles while traveling with Rabbi …

    Recto:

    1. בשמך
    2. קד עלם אללה גלה קדרתה שדה
    3. שוקי אלי חצרה סיידנא אלאגל [[הנש]]
    4. הנשיא הגדול ירום הודו ויגבה מזלו
    5. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמאה
    6. ותאיידה ותמכינה…
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  32. 1082Legal documentPER H 93

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal declaration in which the witnesses attest to the victory of Mūsā b. al-Ahuv (alias Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi) over Yiṣḥaq al-Siqillī in retaining the …

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    1. בש רח
    2. נקול נחן אלשהוד [אלוא]צעין כטוטנא תחת הדה אלאחרף
    3. אן למא אן כאן יום אלסבת אלסאדס מן שהר אב יהפך לשמחה
    4. שנת אתקו לשטרות בעיר קליוב הסמוכה
    5. …
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  33. 1083LetterBL OR 12292.5

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letterbook, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. There are three entries in purple ink. Late, probably 18th or 19th century.

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  34. 1084Unknown typeENA NS 76.363

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  35. 1085State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 675

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    Arabic

    Official-looking document in Arabic script ("min jumlat al-wuṣūl al-[...]"). Needs examination.

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  36. 1086LetterT-S NS 321.22

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Seʿadya ha-Talmid ve-ha-Sofer b. Yisra'el ha-Hazzan to Shemul b. Shela. Dating: Ca. 1040, based on the assessment of Gil. It is known from …

    TS NS Box 321, f. 22, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.415-416 (Doc. #226), C.B. 01-18-88 (p)Letter from Saadya b. Israel to Samuel b. Shela, approximately 104…

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  37. 1087Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 810

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    Arabic, Hebrew

    Pen trials.

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  38. 1088LetterENA 2747.5

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Shemuel b. Baḥur, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender intended to travel to Tūnis, but when …

    1. אלי חצרה סיידנא ומולאנא ומן לא עדמנא מכאנה
    2. כב גד קד מר ור שמואל בר כב מר ורב בחור תנצבה
    3. מן מקאם אלולד יצחק בר אברהם אלדי וגב בה אעלא[ם
    4. סיידנא אכרמה …
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  39. 1089List or tableENA NS 14.24

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic with alphanumerical figures and itemized labels such as "milk/ ḥalīb" that may date from the 16th-18th centuries (based on the paleography). On …

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  40. 1090Unknown typeT-S AS 148.151

    A few words in Hebrew script, including Yosef/Yūsuf.

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  41. 1091Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1841

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Qaraite formulary for a bill of debt drawn up in the city of Sh[ām = Damascus?]. (There is also some text that seems like it …

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  42. 1092List or tableT-S NS 321.7e

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  43. 1093Legal documentAIU VII.D.115

    Inferred date
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    Aramaic

    Fragment of a ketubba. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Groom: [...] b. Yehuda. Some details of the trousseau list …

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  44. 1094LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/24

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    Hebrew

    Drafts of the opening of a letter, quoting Esther 6:11. Maybe to the writer's father. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century.

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  45. 1095LetterT-S Misc.25.62

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Abū l-Khayr b. ʿAwāḍ, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender, an Ifrīqiyyan merchant, describes his problems with …

    recto

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה 
    3. ונעמתה וממא אעלמה אן מן וקת אן מצ'ית מן ענדנא מא גרא עלי 
    4. קליל מן…

    recto

    1. בשמך רחמנא; 
    2. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    3. ואת חסדו לך, והריני מודיע לך כי מאז י…
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  46. 1096State documentT-S Ar.34.224

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, a silk worker (qazzāz) and craftsman (ṣāniʿ). Same payer: T-S Ar.34.224, T-S Ar.34.282 (where …

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  47. 1097LetterT-S NS 314.6a

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter from Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf b. Benaya. Sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: No later than …

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  48. 1098Literary textT-S AS 150.146

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Literary text, probably, in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew.

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  49. 1099Unknown typeT-S NS 297.329

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment with a few words in Arabic script.

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  50. 1100Legal documentT-S AS 156.63

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a power of attorney in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). (Information in part from CUDL)

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