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  1. 11001LetterJRL B 6802

    Letter addressed to the writer's 'father' Abū l-Faraj. Possibly from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Only the first two lines are preserved.

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  2. 11002Literary textENA 3956.10

    Literary. In Arabic script. Wisdom literature.

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  3. 11003List or tableENA 3727.1

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with a wide variety of coinage types and quantities. Dated 28 Kislev 5567 AM (9 December 1806 CE). There is an explanation …

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  4. 11004LetterMoss. Ia,27

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Sahlan, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1030 (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based on the years when Shelomo …

    1. אל אח בתורה וחבר ביראה באהבה גלויה לא נפלאה לא בהבלי העולם
    2. תלואה ולא בעניניו קנואה כי אם קבועה כמראה בעלי קנאה לא
    3. ימירוה ומטילי שנאה לא יחליפוה ואם …

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  5. 11005LetterT-S 10J18.9

    Letter from Yosef Pidonil (? פידוניל) to his father. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th century or later. In Judaeo-Arabic. Note that many of the emphatic and …

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  6. 11006LetterT-S AS 147.230

    Letter, only a few words remain.

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  7. 11007Unknown typeENA NS 79.119

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  8. 11008List or tableJRL B 3217

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Possibly mentions "Azharī" in the first row of entries on the recto. Requires further examination.

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  9. 11009List or tableENA 3264.6

    Accounts in a medieval-era scribal hand on verso. The paper was used for a student's writing exercises in Hebrew script. The shelfmarks ENA 3264.1-6 are …

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  10. 11010Legal documentT-S 20.118

    Legal document. Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Peraḥya, the widow of Yeshuʿa b. Ḥalfon the cantor, confirms to have received from Nadiv b. Meshullam ha-Levi payments of …

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  11. 11011Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/36

    Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: last decade of Ḥeshvan 1465 Seleucid = November 1153 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya. In …

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  12. 11012LetterMoss. Ia,12.1

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (in the hand of his son Avraham) to Egypt. Mentions oppressive laws and heavy taxes and punishments and requests …

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    1. ומו[
    2. זוכרי[ם
    3. עם ב[
    4. שכינת עו[לם
    5. ישמרו צורנ[ו
    6. אשר עלינו וטוב [
    7. אוכלים אותנו ח[יים
    8. עליהם חוקים חקו[קים
    9. תחלה המס הכבד אש[ר
    10. והעונש אשר לשום ל[
    11. העיר …

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  13. 11013LetterT-S 16.213

    Letter in Hebrew by the muqaddam (head) of the community of Minyat Zifta, announcing that he had excommunicated a debtor according to an instruction by …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . הנגיד הן הן ולאו רפיא בידיה מה היה
    2. העם . . . . . . . . תלתה .ל. הדעה אמר כן עמוד לעמוד .ייה
    3. ועתה כשלא עמד בדבריו והפר נד…

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  14. 11014List or tableT-S AS 183.133

    Account, potentially fiscal.

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  15. 11015Paraliterary textT-S 12.307

    Medical prescription in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century based on handwriting. Partial transcription on Goitein's index card. On recto there is a poem …

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  16. 11016LetterENA 4100.13 + T-S NS 325.113

    Letter to Berakhot Abū Ṭāhir. In Hebrew (first ~20 lines) and Judaeo-Arabic (last ~5 lines). Consists almost entirely of blessings. The sender asks for an …

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  17. 11017Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 215.312

    Receipt in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated [1]201 Hijri and possibly with a month abbreviation (unless this portion spells פי). Mentions Mūsā Kohen and a weight of 3 …

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  18. 11018LetterTel Aviv 14

    Minute fragment preserving three words in Judaeo-Arabic, likely from a letter, praising the recipient's good deeds.

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  19. 11019LetterT-S 16.237

    Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (left side). Provides updates on receipt of prior letters; mentions 'al-dār al-saʿīda' and a qāḍī. Greetings to …

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  20. 11020LetterT-S Ar.40.48

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script (with the words שער הנשיאות in Hebrew) to a Nasi, by ʿImrān b. Muhājir. According to Goitein's note card, it …

    1. المملوك الاصغر 

    2. عمران بن مهاجر

    3. يقبل الارض بالمقر الشريف المولوي النبوي اعاد الله علينا

    4. وعلى اولادنا بركاته واعتقادنا في شرفه وفي اعراقه

    5. الز…

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  21. 11021Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 330

    Medical prescription(s). In Arabic script. Numerous ingredients. On verso there are notes in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script, apparently an additional recipe/prescription. The Judaeo-Arabic reads: …

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  22. 11022Legal documentT-S Ar.34.76

    First three lines of a legal document in Arabic script, likely a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) for Maḥāsin b. Zayn b. Barakāt the Jewish banker.

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  23. 11023LetterT-S 10J17.15

    Letter fragment probably from ʿEli b. Hillel to his brother-in-law Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (identification is tentative, based on comparison with T-S 13J19.5). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions …

    1. וא [
    2. אסתקר ב[
    3. אלי יום אלאתנין אלדי הו א[
    4. אלחדידה ואלחלקתין ענ . [
    5. תצדק פלמא וצלת לם [
    6. שי והדא ואללה אלעט[ים
    7. אן תמצי פי הדה אליל [
    8. ותעלמהא אנני חלפת …

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  24. 11024LetterT-S NS 320.129a

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century or early 12th century. Mentions Abū Kathīr; the sender was distressed to learn that the addressee received …

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  25. 11025LetterT-S AS 164.266

    Complete letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He sent 23 dirhams with the bearer and gives instructions for …

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    1. ולא תקטעו [ע]ני אכבארכם כולהא בפצלכם
    2. ושלום ושלום ושלום

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    1. קד עלם אללה תע כתרה שוקי אלי אלמואלי אלסאדה תבת
    2. אללה מגדהם וצאעף סעדהם ואהלך…

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  26. 11026Legal documentT-S 12.649

    Ketubba fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). This portion contains only part of the trousseau list.

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  27. 11027Legal query or responsumT-S NS 313.20

    Fragment of a legal query. Involves a gentile.

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  28. 11028Unknown typeYevr.-Arab. 203

    Documentary per FGP - needs examination.

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  29. 11029State documentT-S AS 176.257

    Recto (as conserved; secondary inscription): tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 5 Ramaḍān 403 …

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  30. 11030LetterT-S AS 103.52

    Recto: letter in Arabic script. May refer to black silk (al-ḥarīr al-aswad). Reused on verso for probably a liturgical text with Judaeo-Arabic instruction יקול. (Information …

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  31. 11031LetterJRL B 7672

    Blessings in Hebrew, likely from the top of a letter of appeal for assistance.

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  32. 11032LetterMoss. IV,76.4

    no image available. According to Mosseri Catalogue this MS contains small notes in Arabic regarding ordering of drinks. AA

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  33. 11033LetterENA 3363.2

    Letters of thanks, drafts, mostly in rhymed prose, to Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq and his cousin Yosef b. Avraham, Aden, for their gifts and loyalty to …

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  34. 11034LetterT-S 8J17.1

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a contact in Fustat. He heard that al-Shaykh al-Yesod would like to spend Shabbat in Fustat, and …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאכם ואלאן מא כאן
    2. מן אללה תעאלי אלא כל כיר וקד סמעת
    3. אן אלשיך אליסוד יחב יסבת פי מצר
    4. פאתפצלו אמצו אליה ואוצוה עליה
    5. ולא תודוה(?) אן ע…

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  35. 11035LetterT-S AS 149.264

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much is preserved apart from greetings. Mentions the parnas Yiṣḥaq and Musallam ha-Kohen.

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  36. 11036LetterENA 4020.4

    Letter sent by the head of the Jews, Sar Shalom ha-Levi Gaon b. Moshe, to the community of Qalyub confirming Moshe b. Levi as slaughterer, …

    1. . . . . . . . .]יו ע[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מ]ן שר שלום הלוי ראש ישיבת
    3. גאון יעקב ביר משה הלוי ראש
    4. ישיבת גאון יעקב נין הגאונ…

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  37. 11037List or tableT-S AS 182.69

    Bifolio from a mysterious ledger. Contains some accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, but also contains two entries that begin اصفح(?), and one may …

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  38. 11038List or tableBL OR 5566D.10

    List of names, each followed by a sum (mostly 1 or 1/2, some 2). Dating: Beginning of 11th century, per Goitein. See Med Soc II, …

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  39. 11039Legal documentJRL B 5290

    A legal deed 1180. NO IMAGE. (data from FGP)

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  40. 11040LetterT-S 10J10.15

    IB III, 29. Letter written by the India trader Avraham Ibn Yiju after his arrival in Aden, to his brothers and sisters in al-Mahdiyya or …

    III, 29

    1. [... אלדי] אעלמך בה יאכי אנני מא אדרי מא אכתב בה [אליך]
    2. מן כתרת אל שוק ועצמה אל תוק פאסאל אללה פי קרב אל אגתמאע בכם עלי אפצל אחואל
    3. אלדי נעלמ…

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    1. {Add: [This] is to inform you} my brother, {add: that} I do not know what to write;
    2. so strong is my longing and so ardent my yearning. I ask G…

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  41. 11041Legal documentT-S 10J26.2 + T-S AS 151.115

    Legal document. Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Dated: 12 Adar 1420 Seleucid = 14 February 1109 CE. In which Nāshī b. Menaḥem acknowledges receipt from Mevorakh b. …

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  42. 11042Literary textMIAC 28

    Prayers and blessings that God protect the people of Israel – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 28) – in Hebrew. (information from …

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  43. 11043Legal documentCUL Or.1080 1.3

    Ketubba (marriage contract), formulary, found inside of a Palestinian prayerbook. The booklet also contains formularies for a bill of divorce and the husband's instructions to …

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    1. פלונית מה דהיא שנת כן וכן
    2. לבירייתה דעלמה במדינת
    3. פלונית אתא הדן מרי פלוני
    4. חתנה בר מרי פלוני ואמר מן
    5. דעתה ומן רעותה ומן טבותה
    6. ומן צביונה נפשה ו…

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  44. 11044LetterENA NS 77.271

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. Refers to a request from al-Shaykh al-Jalīl to hasten something... someone's honor... someone's safe arrival... and …

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  45. 11045LetterMoss. VII,142

    Fragment of a letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya, around 1030 CE. Writes about the recent events in Mount of Olives (communal dispute of Hoshaʿna Rabba …

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    1. اجتماع الع [
    2. אל עיר [הקודש (?) אלינו [
    3. אל [ ] מהם מאנשי ע[יר הקודש (?)
    4. הקראים ביום הכפור ובזו וחל[לו
    5. בינהם ובין מקצת אחינו הקר[אים
    6. בחרון א…

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  46. 11046Legal documentJRL B 4781

    Draft of a court record. Location: Fustat. Mentions Mordekhai Ḥefeṣ, who was a ḥaver in the Bet Din of the Nagid in Egypt at the …

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  47. 11047Legal documentMoss. VII,126.1

    Legal document. The beginnings of ~9 lines are preserved. Referring to a gift and appointing an agent and "my son Manṣūr."

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  48. 11048LetterT-S AS 158.326

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a brother. Mostly formulaic content is preserved.

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  49. 11049LetterT-S K25.240.21

    Verso Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Concerning an orphan, when he reaches puberty, a will, and a …

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  50. 11050Literary textYevr. II A 2322

    Liturgy, Qaraite. Dating: Catalogued as 19th century.

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