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  1. 11301LetterT-S 6J6.18

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    The expression "a son, her liver" (ולד כבדהא, if read and understood correctly) may derive from the Arabic expression "our children are our livers" (awlādunā akbādunā), which in turn derives from a poem by Ḥiṭṭān b. al-Muʿallā al-Ṭāʾī cited in Dīwān al-Ḥamāsa: وإنّـمــا أولادُنــا بيننـــا أكـبــادُنـا تمشــي علــى الأرضِ / لو هَبّتِ الريحُ على بعضهـم لامتنعتْ عيـني من الغَمْضِ.

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    1. מא ילזמהא אן תדכלי להא ולא ⟦ה⟧לה ולא
    2. תבצריה ולא תריה ולא תדכלי לה
    3. בית ירבט הדא פי אלשרע אן תרבי
    4. ואחדה ולד כבדהא ומא יכון
    5. להא אחד פי אלדניא אלא…

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    1. …is it not obligatory for her that you (f. sg.) enter to her, and not to him, and
    2. you (f. sg.) do not look at him or see him or enter his
    3. Hous…

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  2. 11302LetterT-S 8Ja1.3

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Someone had arranged for their salvage/release and deposited them in Fustat, in the presence of Avraham Maimonides, with al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq (‘Successful’). The writer’s business partner later encountered some difficulties in getting Muwaffaq to deliver the bundle, and he made a public report on these difficulties in Aden in Maḍmūn b. […] The Tripolitan merchant ʿAlī the Maghrebi was instructed to bring the merchandise with him when he came to Aden or have an oath imposed on Muwaffaq for breach of trust.

    1. ווצל [...] 
    2. באנה כלץ אל[לולו ...]
    3. מצר וסלמה אלי אלשיך מופק[... בחצרה]
    4. גמאעה פי מצר מנהם אלרייס אלאגל אלמולא אלמאלך
    5. אלרייס אבו אלמנא סלאלה רבינו משה …

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    1. והגיע [פלוני לעדן ... והודיע]
    2. כי הוא חילץ את ה[פנינים ... והביאן ל–]
    3. פסטאט ומסרן לשיך' מופק [... במעמד]
    4. קהל בפסטאט, ובהם ה'רייס' המפואר ביותר …
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  3. 11303List or tableT-S NS 324.111 + T-S AS 146.92

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    If the mention of ʿAbd Allāh in l. 2 refers to Ibn Yijū's associate the nākhudā Abū ʿAbd Allāh who died in 1146, then these accounts would date to 1146 or earlier. […] But it is not implausible, given that he often reused scrap paper later for calendars and/or accounts years later. Identified by Alan Elbaum.

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  4. 11304Legal documentAIU VII.D.82

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    appoints Yiṣḥaq Khabbāz as his agent to pursue a claim against Moshe b. Shemuel ʿAllūsh.

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  5. 11305LetterAIU XII.115

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    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic addressed to al-Muʿallam ___ Ghālī. Dated [12]53 AH which is 1837/38 CE.

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  6. 11306Legal documentBL OR 4684.8

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    Arabic

    Contract of sale between Mīnā b. Jirja al-Ṭuṭūnī and ... concerning an enslaved woman (jāriya) dated Muḥarram 384 AH.

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  7. 11307Literary textBL OR 5558B.26

    Almost too damaged to identify. Possibly Talmud or Talmudic commentary, since among the surviving words are "the [priest] anointed for war" and "with a vow to annul."

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  8. 11308Literary textBL OR 5558B.27

    Almost too damaged to identify. Probably Talmudic or halakhic.

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  9. 11309Paraliterary textBL OR 10481.4

    Primary language
    Ladino

    Foretelling the fortunes of the coming year based on the day of the week of the Copts' Feast of the Cross (ʿīd al-ṣalīb) (17 Thout).

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  10. 11310List or tableBodl. MS Heb. d 74/32

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Gives the auspicious days for such activities as "demanding rights," "imḍā' al-dīwān" (?), and going to the bathhouse. ASE

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  11. 11311LetterCUL Or.1080 J3

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Addressed to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen. Consists solely of poetry and poetic praises.

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  12. 11312Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.24

    Primary language
    Syriac (Serto)

    Syriac alphabet exercises and Psalms 1:6–2:3. Information from Kiraz, "Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt."

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  13. 11313LetterENA 1822a.16

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew

    Letter, calligraphic, written in alternating Hebrew and Arabic. Dealing with political machinations and silencing enemies.

    1. الان واليه انقيادنا من קצינינו ויועציו لقد كان الامر يفضي الى
    2. ما ينعم وان كان في מקצת משרתיו מ[י] שמעו מפיו דברים שמחו
    3. עד למאד ولولا انا تداركنا الا…

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  14. 11314List or tableENA 2615.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic in a late hand listing debts (mentioning, for example, Umm Muhammad). ENA 2615.1-3 all belong together

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  15. 11315Legal query or responsumENA 3082.2 + ENA 3082.3

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Netanʾel ha-Levi sent to Elʿazar al-Qasabi. Addendum to India Book IV. AA

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  16. 11316List or tableENA 3738.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    There are two references to a merchant of purple textiles (al-Urjuwānī); a shop; and [...] b. Muḥsin.

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  17. 11317List or tableENA 3930.1

    Primary language
    Arabic

    On verso in Judaeo-Arabic, "the account of al-[...]."

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  18. 11318List or tableENA 3930.5

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Accounts in Arabic and Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval era. The identifier "Yahūdīya" appears in line two and the name Muḥammad Rikā__ī[?]

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  19. 11319List or tableENA 3934.6

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Accounts mostly in Coptic alphanumerals with some Arabic text on recto. The verso is in a different scribal hand mentioning the name الشيخ عبدالكافي.

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  20. 11320State documentENA 3982.56

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    Primary language
    Arabic

    Two registration requests, two ʿalāmas. Trigger: ṣaḥḥa. Glyph at the top.

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  21. 11321Legal documentENA 4010.9

    Verso: Legal document involving al-Rayyis Abū l-Bayān (Moshe) b. Mevorakh. Many names are mentioned.

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  22. 11322LetterENA 4020.60b

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Avraham al-Muʿṭī and Yosef b. Ezra to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi.

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  23. 11323List or tableENA NS 8.26

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Listing many goods and their values. Many but not all are fabrics and garments (mandīl, miʾzar, miqnaʿa, ghalāla, maṭraḥ).

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  24. 11324LetterENA NS 17.32 + ENA NS 16.24

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Letter fragment from Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī(?) addressed to a certain Amir. Only the first few lines are preserved.

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  25. 11325List or tableENA NS 60.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mentions "expenditures" (maṣrūf) multiple times. Mentions al-ṣabiyy and "Bū Manṣur his son"

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  26. 11326List or tableENA NS 70.2

    Lists, grids, sums, writing exercises, jottings. All in Hebrew script and eastern Arabic numerals.

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  27. 11327Unknown typeENA NS 76.625

    Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, a few partial words are visible alongside the names Menashshe and Sulaymān. Medieval-era, based on the paleography..

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  28. 11328LetterENA NS 77.331

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Contains poetic Hebrew lines about the ingathering of exiles, then a blessings for Abū ʿAlī (last line).

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  29. 11329State documentENA NS 83.18

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    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso l. 1 refers to the amir Sayf al-Khilāfa.

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  30. 11330LetterENA NS 83.108

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Some lines read as "inna-nī law sirtu ʿalā".

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  31. 11331List or tableJRL A 947

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    A dense list of names along with numbers, perhaps pledges to charity. Organized by parshiyot.

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  32. 11332LetterJRL B 2084

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mūsā and something with Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-QRṬ[...] (Qurṭubī? Qirṭāsī?).

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  33. 11333List or tableJRL B 5365 + JRL B 2415

    Primary languages
    Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

    Mentions barberries, brazilwood, rose, cucumber, endive, gum (ʿilk), aloe, cardamom.

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  34. 11334List or tableJRL B 5367

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions aloeswood, lac, pepper, among other items. Written on a small and narrow slip of paper.

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  35. 11335List or tableJRL B 5530

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Taqiyya(?) and Sitthum bt. Sitt al-Ahl.

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  36. 11336LetterJRL B 6062

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Regards are sent to Abū l-ʿAlā and Abū Isḥāq.

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  37. 11337LetterJRL B 8330

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso is accounts in a different hand, where the word רסם recurs ın almost every entry.

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  38. 11338Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 26

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Legal document in Arabic script. "min al-wariq" and "wa l-mablagh min l-wariq" can be readable.

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  39. 11339Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 34

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Prayer in Arabic script. Contains Quran allusions such as قل هو الله احد (r1) and ولا الاه الا الله.

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  40. 11340Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 168

    Primary language
    Arabic

    The second one mentions the caliph (amīr al-muʾminīn).

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  41. 11341State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 281

    Primary language
    Arabic

    The petitioner renews the taqbīl, "al-mamlūk yujaddid ta[qbīl]."

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  42. 11342Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 558

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso indicates the beginning of a new chapter or section "al-bāb".

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  43. 11343State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 576

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto:Probably some rescript or pen trials. An ʿalāma towards the end. Needs examination.

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  44. 11344LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 669

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter from Muslim b. [...] al-ʿAṭṭār to Nahray b. Nissim. In Arabic script.

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  45. 11345LetterMoss. II,155.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Nissim, the arrival of the Kohen, and [Isḥā?]q al-Qābisī.

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  46. 11346List or tableMoss. II,189

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts of purple-cloth merchant Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef al-Mahdawī in Fusṭāṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  47. 11347LetterMoss. II,196.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    On verso the writer mentions 'the tax' (? al-mās) and 'your promise'—perhaps he is requesting charity.

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  48. 11348LetterMoss. IV,61.5

    Primary languages
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    Letter fragment addressed to a certain ḥaver in al-Maḥalla. The surviving piece of the letter itself is in elegant Hebrew, and the address is in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic.

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  49. 11349List or tableMoss. IXa,2.21

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Two line items appear to include the word al-Muslimīn.

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  50. 11350LetterMoss. V,361.2

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    A small piece from a letter mentioning the elder Abū l-Ḥasan al-Levi, written in the hand of Hananel b. Shmuel.

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