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  1. 11201Legal documentT-S NS J414

    Dowry evaluation (taqwīm). Dating: ca. 1200 CE. Lists clothing and jewelry, but no prices. On verso a note in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. (Information …

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  2. 11202State documentT-S Misc.26.52

    Petition or report. Bottom ~10 lines are preserved. Difficult handwriting. The first line may begin with the words "umūr al-thaghr." Mentions a paper trail and …

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  3. 11203LetterT-S NS 225.107

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Reporting on the widow of Tamīm and how she learned of his death. Possibly concerning his possessions/inheritance. On …

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  4. 11204LetterMoss. II,195

    Letter. A Maghribi Karaite asks his wife in the most humble terms to come back to him in Cairo. Otherwise, he would marry a girl …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. ישא ברכה מאת יי וג' שלום רב לאהבי תורתך
    3. חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלרייס אלאכמל
    4. אלפאצל אלבארע אלנביל אלסדיד פצל בן כלף
    5. אעזה…

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    In Your name, oh Allmerciful. 

    He will receive blessing from the Lord [and vindication from the God of his salvation]. Plenty of peace have tho…

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  5. 11205LetterMoss. IV,49.1

    Recto: Letter in Hebrew. Mentions expenses for the holidays. Strikes an accusatory tone: "Why do you not do what is incumbent on you to do?" …

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  6. 11206Paraliterary textT-S AS 146.245

    Ownership notes from a book: (1) "Came into the possession of Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi" (2) "Belonging to Sar Shalom b. Shelomo ha-Levi"

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  7. 11207LetterT-S AS 52.5

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Reused on recto for a list of parshiyot: ḥayye Sarah (Genesis 23:1), va-yeḥi (Genesis 47:28) and ki tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1) …

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  8. 11208Legal documentT-S NS 264.23

    One side: Small fragment of a much larger legal document. Involves [...]ma bt. Avraham. The other side: Fragment from a bill of divorce. In the …

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  9. 11209LetterT-S NS 205.144

    Horizontal strip from a letter in Arabic script. 3 lines preserved on recto. Likely a family letter dealing with small business matters. Mentions (Abū) Sahl.

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  10. 11210Legal documentT-S 12.676

    Bill of divorce. Draft and clean copy on the same page. Written and signed by ʿEli b. ʿAmram. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 13 Ṭevet 1374 …

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  11. 11211LetterT-S 6J3.8

    Letter to a father from his son, reporting business troubles he is having with his brother. The son requests a small loan from his father. …

    1. אעלם מולאי אלואלד שצ אנני קד
    2. וחלת מע אכי ודלך אנני אשתרית
    3. מנה אלעמאמה בסתה וארבעין דרהם
    4. וטלבת מנה אן יחאסבני בסבעה
    5. עשר דרהם מא פעל וקבץ מני
    6. אחד ועשר…

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  12. 11212Legal documentT-S AS 145.316

    Ownership note. "This pitaron (Interpretation of Dreams?) belongs to Nisan(?) ha-Ḥaver and his sons after him." Mentions Yehoshuaʿ ha-Haver (ZL).

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  13. 11213Unknown typeENA NS 85.1295

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  14. 11214LetterT-S 12.425

    Letter from Menashshe the teacher, to Elazar b. Yehuda b. Elazar ha-Kohen, known as Sa'd al-Mulk, and to his wife, informing them that their boy …

    1. כאן קד תקדם כתאבי אלי ח[צרה מולאי סעד
    2. אלמלך אטאל אללה בקאה [ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3. וסעאדתה ונעמאה ער[פ]תה [פיה ען חאל
    4. זיין אלכתאב ומא וצל אליה מן קראתה
    5. א…

    Translated by Amir Ashur and Benjamin M. Outhwaite.

    A letter of mine was previously sent to [my esteemed master Sa‘d] al-Mulk—may God prolong his lif…

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  15. 11215Unknown typeENA NS 85.1376.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  16. 11216List or tableT-S AS 185.321

    Brief list in Arabic with labeled numerical values. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Requires further examination.

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  17. 11217Unknown typeENA NS 85.671

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  18. 11218State documentT-S NS 225.24

    Recto: Letter or petition, fragment. In Arabic script. It seems to be addressed to the director of the bureau of mosques (mutawallī dīwān al-jawāmiʿ wa-l-masājid), …

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  19. 11219List or tableCUL Or.1080 J285

    Verso: list of names with professions in Judaeo-Arabic. The names include: Abū Ṭāhir Ibn al-ʿAnbarī; Abū l-Makārim al-[Koh]en; Sulaymān Ibn al-Zanīʿa(?), broker (simsār); his foster …

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  20. 11220List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 580

    Accounts, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  21. 11221Literary textT-S AS 157.166

    Literary - recommend suppress”

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  22. 11222Literary textAIU VI.B.24

    Several fragments in both Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, all magical, one containing the line ". . . Sayyidnā Mūsā Rasūl Allāh al-Rasūl. . ."

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  23. 11223LetterENA 1177.17

    Letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter contains instructions about money to be received and/or paid; mentions the army (al-ʿaskar); mentions Abū l-Maḥāsin …

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    1. כתאבי אלי . . . . . . אטאל אללה
    2. בקאך [
    3. . . .
    4. דרהם [
    5. עוץ א . . אלשיך אבלמחא/ס/ן
    6. אלדי אנתם סכאן ענדה
    7. דפעהא ללצמאן אלצבג גו(?)
    8. ענדנא ללעסכר פתרו…

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  24. 11224LetterT-S 6J11.5

    Recto: widely-spaced letter (3.5cm between lines) with only a few words preserved. Begins with ליקירנו ואהובנו ובעל בריתנו. Verso: address in a different hand, stating …

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  25. 11225LetterT-S 8J20.29

    Letter to Peraḥya ha-Ḥaver about a visit of the carrier of the note, Abū l-ʿAysh, to the Nagid for the issue of whether he had …

    1. אל הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת כגק' מרנו ורבנו פרחיה החבר החכם והנבון
    2. ישמרהו צורו ויהיה תמיד בעזרו אלסבב פי אצדאר הדה אלכדמה
    3. אלי גלאלה אלמחרוס חצור חאמלהא…

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  26. 11226LetterT-S Ar.54.40

    Draft of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely from an elder brother to a younger brother. The sender is very worried about his mother's illness …

    Recto - right page

    1. ואוצל
    2. סלאמי לכאלי אלחבר וקול
    3. לה אכי יסלם עליך ועלי ולדך
    4. וקול לי בכם צרפת אלדינאר
    5. חתא אסתהם פי אלדי יתבקא
    6. ואסתפהם מנה בכם באעה
    7. וכא…

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  27. 11227Legal documentAIU VII.D.85

    Document dated 21 December 1817 CE (12 Tevet 5578 AM) in which Mordekhai Romano details the plan for medical treatment for the children of his …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. אקר ואשהד עלא נפסי אני מתווכל לבנת אכ'ינה המ׳ שמואל
    3. רומאנו נ׳׳ע מב׳׳ת רחל אשת היקר נשא ונעלה כה׳׳ר יאקותי יעבץ
    4. יצ׳׳ו אננא נמשי אלחאכים באסכא יע…

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  28. 11228LetterT-S 6J5.23

    Beginning of a letter from a certain Shemuel to Ibrāhīm ha-Talmid. Dating: likely 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  29. 11229List or tableJRL B 2211

    Damaged accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1517 or later based on the mention of the collective Ottoman military title çavuşiyya (שאושייה)- perhaps referencing members of the …

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  30. 11230Paraliterary textT-S NS 324.101

    Descriptions of houses and gates with technical instructions involving incense. Including the 'eighth house belonging to Mikhaʾel, the commander of the army who is an …

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  31. 11231LetterMoss. IV,43

    Recto and verso: Letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address on verso in Arabic script (to …

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  32. 11232Unknown typeENA NS 85.1380

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  33. 11233List or tableT-S AS 185.107

    Bifolio of accounts with three pages in Judaeo-Arabic and one page mainly in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Most …

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  34. 11234Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/6

    Karaite betrothal document with faded ornamental designs along the upper border. Date: 14 Adar 5454 AM (1694 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is …

    1.                בסימן [טוב ובהצלחה]
    2. ביום רביעי בשבועה והוא ארבעה עשר יום מחדש אדר שנת [חמשת אל]פים וארבע מאות וחמשים וארבעה שנים לבריאת
    3. העולם ואלפים …

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  35. 11235Literary textT-S Ar.30.4

    Both pages are filled with poetical phrases in Judaeo-Arabic, significance unclear.

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  36. 11236Legal documentMoss. Xa,2.104

    Laws of ketubah from Cairo - needs examination. No image

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  37. 11237Legal documentT-S Misc.25.10

    Bottom of a legal document. Location: Might be Palermo (פלרם), but this word is very faded. Dated: Elul 4904 AM = August 1144 CE. Settlement …

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  38. 11238List or tableT-S AS 185.187

    Small fragment of accounts.

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  39. 11239Legal documentT-S NS 320.36

    Legal document. Fragment (lower right corner). Dated: [..]99 AM, most likely 4799 AM (=1038/39 CE) or 4899 AM (=1138/39 CE). The document mentions Elʿazar ha-Zaqen …

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  40. 11240LetterBodl. MS heb. c 50/18

    A hybrid letter/account beginning, "My master, may God extend your life, you asked me for a 'noble' account (ḥisāb karīm) but I could not find …

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  41. 11241LetterT-S Ar.39.426

    Letter addressed to a sister. In Arabic script. The handwriting is quite beautiful and distinctive. It seems that a later scribe reused a lot of …

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  42. 11242State documentT-S AS 156.320

    Verso (original use): remnant of an official Arabic document. Mentions "to al-Dār al-Saʿīda in Fustat."

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  43. 11243Legal documentAIU VII.D.29

    Ketubba. Dated: 15 Ḥeshvan 54[8]9 AM, which is 1728 CE. Badly damaged yet the bride's name is legible in line 4 as Sulṭāna bt. Shelomo[?] …

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  44. 11244LetterT-S Ar.53.65

    Recto (secondary use): Short letter from a teacher to a father. In Judaeo-Arabic. "This is to inform you my lord, the elder, may God make …

    1. אעלם מולאי אלשיך
    2. אדאם אללה עזה
    3. אן אבו אלחסן מא
    4. אנתקל אלא ועינה
    5. ללכתאב ואעטם
    6. מא עליה אבו אלחסן בן
    7. והיב קאם כסר לוחה
    8. בעלם אלצביאן ושלום

    I would like to inform my lord the sheikh—God [Allah] preserve his strength!—that Abu ’l-Ḥasan, no sooner had he been given over [to my care] than hi…

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  45. 11245LetterT-S AS 155.443 + T-S AS 155.431

    Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov b. al-ʿAbbās al-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Probably 11th century. Resembles some of the family letters from Ifrīqiyya to merchants …

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  46. 11246Literary textT-S AS 180.7

    Verso: Beginning of a literary treatise on 'the secrets of incantations' (asrār al-nīranjāt). On recto there is an unidentified text in Hebrew script.

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  47. 11247State documentT-S Ar.39.64

    Letter/report from a patron of Abū Zikrī al-Ḥakīm and his father (Eliyyahu the Judge) to a superior (addressed as "al-majlis"). In Arabic script. Dating: 1218–27 …

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  48. 11248Literary textNLI 577.1/20

    Quran. Bifolium from a codex. Containing part of Sūrat al-Maʿārij (70) and Sūrat al-Nūḥ (71).

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  49. 11249Legal documentT-S 12.448

    Ketubba, likely from Cairo given the mention of the Nile (נילוס) in the locational clause in line four and the witness signature of Yeḥezqel Ḥefeṣ …

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  50. 11250List or tableT-S Ar.39.71

    Account. Arranged in 5 columns separated by vertical lines. Each column contains several private names each followed by numbers (possibly indicating sums of money) (FGP)

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