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  1. 1051LetterT-S NS 99.69 + T-S NS 99.67

    Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic (verso). Probably a letter.

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  2. 1052Legal documentT-S 16.151

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ṭevet 1441 Seleucid, which is 1130 CE. Acknowledging the deposit of an inheritance. Abū l-Ḥusayn …

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    1. 1 [ ]ק[ ]
    2. [ ]ק[ ]א מ אלעז[ר ]
    3. [ ] בר [ ] אלעזר [ ]
    4. [ ] בית דין אן דלך [ ]
    5. [ ] מן תחת ידה באלגמלה [ ] אודעהא אלאב[ ]
    6. וכאלה מן מודעהא עלי תסלי…

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  3. 1053Legal documentT-S 12.600 + T-S 8.253

    Two fragments, probably from the same ketubba (marriage contract) showing elements characteristic of North African custom, perhaps as early as the 9th century.

    1. [...] אהוי .........[...]
    2. [...] בקושטא ועוד קיבל[ה ...]
    3. [... להתנסב]א להדן דוד כהנה ב[ר]בי ב[אב]א[ד ...]
    4. [...]ניח נפשא שבע מאוון זוזין של[מין ...]
    5. […

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  4. 1054LetterT-S 10J20.3

    Letter from David b. Nahum b. Hakhmon, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The letter contains several topics: details about the ships …

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    1. עלי אללה תוכלת

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסלאמתך מן אלאסכנ[דריה] //ליד כלון מן [ ]// ען סלאמה

    3. ואלחמד ללה רב אל…

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    1. (2−1) בוטח אני באלוהים; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך, מאלכסנדריה; בי"ד ב.... ; …

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  5. 1055LetterT-S 8J16.18

    Verso: Draft of a letter (or letters) in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli that mentions Shelomo ha-Kohen Segan ha-Kohanim. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean …

    1. למא שאע ודאע וא ע[
    2. ואלבקאע מתבארך מרנא ורבנא [
    3. הכהן סגן הכהנים עלי
    4. מא זלת מואצל באלאדעיה אלצאלחה ואלברכה [
    5. אלי אג [[לחצרה אלשיך]] לכבוד [[לכ ]]
    6. רבנא…

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  6. 1056Legal query or responsumENA 2558.30c

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning a group of people who share an underground(?) storage room of wheat in …

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  7. 1057Legal documentYevr. II A 1268

    Karaite betrothal deed. Gedalya b. ʿOvadya b. Gedalya is betrothing Esther known as Raḥel d. Naḥum b. Yeshūʿa. Dated Friday 14th Adar I, 5463 AM …

    1.                    בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. [בי]ום ששי בשבוע והוא ארבע עשר יום מחדש אדר ראשון על דרך פוג'ה שנת חמשת וארבע מאות וששים ושלושה שנים לבריאת
    3. העו…

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  8. 1058Unknown typeENA NS 76.657

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  9. 1059Unknown typeENA NS 85.347

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  10. 1060List or tableT-S NS 327.5

    Personal/business accounts in Arabic script.

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  11. 1061Legal documentT-S Ar.42.116

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated: 962 AH, which is 1554/55 CE. (Or possibly just 960 AH.) Involves ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAlī b. …

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  12. 1062Unknown typeENA NS 79.124

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  13. 1063Legal documentT-S J3.24

    Recto: Instructions for drawing up a bill of divorce. Hand of Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi? In Judaeo-Arabic. Listing various scenarios. Of note, Qūṣ and Aswān …

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  14. 1064Literary textT-S Ar.19.1

    An Arabic literary work. "The ʿulamā' of the Arabs informed us of ʿUmar b. al-[...] al-Tamīmī who said, 'There was a drought in the lands …

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  15. 1065Legal documentT-S AS 147.88

    Legal document recounting long passages of oral speech, mentioning a faqīh, a qāḍī, someone getting beaten, the mutwallī al-maʿūna in New Cairo, the mutawallī al-dīwān, …

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  16. 1066LetterT-S 10J10.21

    Bottom of a letter in Aramaic, concerning a power of attorney. Mentions Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq the in-law of Shemuel, Yosef b. Yaʿaqov, Menashshe ‘our teacher’, …

    1. אוריא דגמרא ג . . בא ד . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ומשריא כל קיטראי ומתב [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. ש…

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  17. 1067Legal documentT-S NS 190.78

    Small fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Probably a settlement of a marital dispute. The husband is probably …

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  18. 1068Legal documentT-S AS 125.321

    Probably a power of attorney involving Elʿazar b. [...], valid in "all the countries and cities" (al-buldān wa-l-amṣār wa-l-[...]). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  19. 1069Legal documentT-S 13J3.10

    Legal declaration. After the death in Sicily of Abū l-Surūr b. Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥibrī, his brother Futūḥ claimed his inheritance and the court establishes that …

    1. למא אתצל בנא אנו בית דין הקבועים מפי הדרת וכנל' ופאה אבו אלסר[ור אבן
    2. אלש אבו עלי אלחבריי נע פי סקלייה חצר אלינא אכוה שקיקה פתוח ודכר
    3. אלמתופא קד כלף …

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  20. 1070Legal documentT-S AS 155.279

    Draft of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves Elḥanan; [...] b. Natan Ibn al-Ṣīrī; and ʿEli …

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  21. 1071LetterT-S 10J11.25

    Letter from a penniless woman, the widow of Abū Surrī, to Mevorakh b. Saadya (1094–1111). She begs him to come to her rescue in a …

    1. בש [רח
    2. אעלם חצרה [ס]ידנא אלרייס שר השרים נגיד הנגידים
    3. עוז כל ב[ית יש]ראל יברכו אלהינו וישמרו ויהיה בעזרו
    4. אני אמר[אה] אבו סרי רחמה אללה כנת קד זוגת א…

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  22. 1072Unknown typeENA NS 76.562

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  23. 1073List or tableENA 4047.10 + ENA 4047.9

    Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).

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  24. 1074List or tableJRL C 96

    List in Judeo-Arabic related to the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Sephardim in Adar I [55]93 which is March 1833CE. The monetary figures are …

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  25. 1075Unknown typeENA NS 79.209

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  26. 1076Legal documentT-S AS 151.11

    Verso: Continuation of a Judaeo-Arabic legal record. Mentions 'the ruqʿa with Yaʿaqov'; a man with the unusual name שלימון (a version of Sulaymān?); Hiba; and …

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  27. 1077Legal documentMoss. II,100.1

    Receipt written and signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, documenting that Abū Naṣr al-ʿAṭṭār received from the court 19 triple-weave (muthallath) garments, as set forth …

    1. תסלם אלשיך אבו נצר אלעטאר פי
    2. בית דין יט תוב //מתלת והי אלדי כאנת פי אלשרוט// וכאן דלך יום אלכמיס
    3. אלעאשר מן אייר אתמו בפסטאט
    4. במחצר מן אבו אלחסן אבן צ…

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  28. 1078Literary textYevr.-Arab. I 4912

    Literary. Eshkol ha-Kofer by Yehuda Hadasi. Dating: Possibly 15th or 16th c. Information from NLI.

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  29. 1079State documentT-S NS 306.188

    Lower right corner of a letter or petition for assistance. In Arabic script.

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  30. 1080LetterT-S AS 158.265

    Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  31. 1081Legal documentMIAC 143

    Receipt from the committee of Jewish pious endowments in Cairo for the value of rent on a residence whose total is 260 qirsh in the …

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  32. 1082LetterMoss. VII,213.2

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  33. 1083LetterT-S AS 204.395

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Only a few words are preserved, including 'khaṭṭ mawlāy.'

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  34. 1084Unknown typeMoss. V,335.3

    Documentary per FGP - needs examination. Image not available?

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  35. 1085Paraliterary textENA 3901.4

    Writing exercises in Arabic on recto and verso. The recto is dated 2 November (نوڤمبر) 1856 CE and the verso, 3 November 1856 CE. It …

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  36. 1086LetterBL OR 5561B.24

    Letter of recommendation. Late. In Hebrew, with some Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer Saʿīd b. Manṣūr the Yemeni is from a good family and has …

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  37. 1087LetterT-S NS 64.22

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. Distinctive hand; ןs and ךs are large, with sweeping descenders. Mentions someone spreading malicious rumors …

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  38. 1088Legal documentT-S AS 177.643

    Fragment from a large legal document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Riḍā b. Hilāl the Jew in the first line. Very damaged. Needs further examination.

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  39. 1089Unknown typeENA NS 78.39

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  40. 1090State documentT-S 20.75 + T-S 20.70

    State document, in Arabic script. The document is an official correspondence ending with a raʾy clause. The sender asks the addressee to be sagacious and …

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    1. حـ]ـسين بن جابر متولي الحكم وبجماعة يستوجب وكل استبانتهم عند[

    2. ولا يكرمهم بهم شي كيف يسلونه ويلتمسون دينار بان اتصرف تجار(؟) القـ[ـند؟] هو …

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  41. 1091State documentDK 284.1

    Rotulus. 4 Arabic-script fragments were pasted together to form a long rotulus for a Hebrew literary text on verso. Text 1 is a decree (wide …

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  42. 1092LetterT-S 13J20.7

    India Book III, 46: Letter from Moshe b. Yosef Ibn Yijū to his brother Peraḥya b. Yosef Ibn Yijū, in the Perfumers' Quarter in Fustat. …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שוש אשיש בי' תגל נפשי באי כי הלבישני בגדי ישע מעיל צדקה וג'
    3. אים מושיב יחידים ביתה מוציא אסירים בכושרות ⟦ו ⟧
    4. אים לנו מחסה ועוז עזרה בצר…

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    1. This is to inform you, my brother, that
    2. I intend, God willing to come. I have taken out a (passpo…

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  43. 1093Legal documentMoss. I,115.1

    Recto: autograph medical recipe in the hand of Moses Maimonides, prescribing an emetic and other drugs. The ingredients used include sticky sugar, lemon juice, oxymel, …

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    1. סכר אוקיה גרוי תחל במא חאר
    2. ויעצר עליהמא מא לימונתין וישרב
    3. פאתרא לל̈קי ובעד אלקי בסאעה
    4. ילע̈ק אוקיתין שראב לימוא וסכנגבין
    5. ענצלי מפתרה בנאר לינה…

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    1. One ounce of sticky sugar melted in hot water.
    2. He should squeeze juice from two lemons onto it and drink
    3. it lukewarm in order to vomit. One ho…

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  44. 1094List or tableT-S K25.208 + T-S AS 145.18

    Account of the Qodesh. Revenue from rent. Dating: probably ca. 1043. The right margin of the leaf is missing; however, we have in it an …

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    1. ת]לתה דר' מן טאוס תלתה [ ]
    2. דאר] אלחפאר בית אלבאעלבכי ארבעה
    3. ב]ית בן סולימאן סתה דר
    4. ]אגמעה [ ]
    5. ]דרהמין ונצף ורבע כוץ
    6. ]ורבע כוץ דאוד דרהמין
    7. דר]המ…

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    1.  .... 3 dir. From Ṭaʾūs, 3. 

    2. .. . .Dār al-Ḥaffār : The room of al-Baʿlbakī, 4. 

    3.  . the room of b. Sulaymān, 6 dir. 

    4.  . . . . added it u…

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  45. 1095Literary textT-S Ar. 42.47

    Poetry. Extract from Abu l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Sulaymān al-Maʿarrī’s (d. 449/1058) al-Luzūmiyyāt.

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  46. 1096LetterT-S NS 322.103

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, in the same hand as the nearby fragments: probably Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre, mid-11th century. Needs examination for content.

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  47. 1097State documentENA NS 71.12

    Fatimid petition, top left side only, preserving the tarjama. Dates to the period of al-Ḥākim based on the reuse on verso. This makes it not …

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    1. روائح(؟) بن جوشن (جريس؟) واصحابه

    2. العبقلين(؟) 

    3. بسم الله الرحمن الـ]ـرحيم

    4. مماليك الحضرة السامـ]ـية العلية ال . . . ية والسعيدة السيدية ال…

    1. Rawāʾiḥ b. Jawshan and his colleagues
    2. al-ʿAbqalayn(?)
    3. In the name of God, the merciful and [compassionate]
    4. The slaves of the lofty presence, …. the …

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  48. 1098LetterT-S AS 157.496

    Letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  49. 1099LetterT-S K25.228

    Draft of a begging letter regarding some commercial and apparently personal relationship. A certain Abū l-Maʿānī is mentioned (the sender wants his payments for his …

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  50. 1100Literary textENA 3982.38

    Literary text in Arabic script. Faded.

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