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  1. 1101Legal documentENA 4011.73

    Legal agreement. Sittān bt. Yefet, widow of Abū Naṣr, pays 40 dinars to Abū Kathīr, which her husband owed him from a business arrangement. (Information …

    1. וסאלנא סתאן בת יפת עמא ענדהא ממא כלפה
    2. ז[וגה]א אבו נצר פקאלת כאן לאבו כתיר צהרי ענדה
    3. ארבעין דינאר אסתופאהא פחצר
    4. אב(!) כתיר ואסתנטק ען הדה אלארבעין די…

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  2. 1102LetterT-S 8J18.33

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon b. Benaya, in Tinnīs, to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī al-Maghribi, in Fustat, both prominent in the Geniza correspondence of the …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך ונע[מאך]
    2. מן תניס ען סלאמה ונעמה אעלמתך אן לי מדה מא קרית לך כתאב ארגו

    3. שגל כיר וקד …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ודבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת חסדיך,
    2. מתניס. שלומי טוב, ואני מאושר. הודעתי לך שמזמן לא …

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  3. 1103Paraliterary textHalper 455

    Recipe for a beverage(?) in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  4. 1104LetterT-S NS 322.145 + T-S NS 322.142

    Letter addressed to 'the noble rayyis' Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan Av, in Fustat. Same addressee as T-S NS 322.134 + T-S NS 322.143. In …

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  5. 1105State documentT-S NS 135.23

    A few words from an official document in Arabic script. Mentions "muʿāmalat al-Shām." At least two different sizes of writing. Reused for Hebrew piyyut.

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  6. 1106List or tableT-S AS 185.331

    Large bifolio covered with various pen trials and writing exercises in Hebrew script. Dating: ca. 12th century. There is one line of documentary interest on …

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  7. 1107Literary textT-S AS 183.131

    Folio from a book of astrological prognostications in Arabic script. Mentioning things such as Palestinian oil and soap, lightning, and the Byzantine emperor.

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  8. 1108Unknown typeJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110b/4

    Fragment in Arabic script. Two rows in large letters, with the ink now faded to red. The words al-biḥār and al-riyāḥ appear at the ends …

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  9. 1109List or tableENA 3824.1

    Account (draft) of the Qodesh ca. 1222-23. Record of an accounting in which mainly expenditures are preserved. Listed are expenditures made by the beadle Abu'l-Tahir, …

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    1. ולפקיה ען סנה
    2. ארבע ותלאתין
    3. תלתה ונצף
    4. אלגמלה
    5. סבעה ועשרין דרהמא
    6.         ⟦27 درضط⟧
    7. אלדי ללשיך אבו אלטאהר
    8. ען זית אלכניס
    9. ען שהר ניסן …

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    1. To al-Faqīh for the year
    2. [15]34,
    3. 3½.
    4. Total,
    5. 27 dir.
    6. ⟦27⟧ dir.
    7. Owed to al-Shaykh Abūʾl-Ṭāhir
    8. for oil for the synagogue:

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  10. 1110LetterT-S AS 169.176

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to "majlis al-qāḍī Bū Qāsim al-Dāʿī." In Judaeo-Arabic with a bit of Hebrew, and the address on verso in Arabic script. …

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  11. 1111LetterT-S AS 161.180

    Verso (original use): Bottom of a petition or letter in Arabic script. Mentions the benefaction of sayyidnā al-qāḍī in the first line. The remainder needs …

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  12. 1112List or tableT-S AS 183.278

    Small fragment of an Arabic document. Probably accounts, listing names and numbers, mostly crossed out. Mentions Jamāl al-ʿAṭṭār.

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  13. 1113Literary textAIU VIII.B.42

    Page from a Hebrew medical treatise

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  14. 1114LetterT-S AS 145.298

    Recto: Letter addressed to a sister. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 14th century. May mention a man beating a woman (three lines …

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  15. 1115List or tableENA 2747.13

    List of names. Faraj b. Nisun(?), Shelom b. Yisra'el, Binyamin b. Simḥa, etc.

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  16. 1116List or tableL-G Ar. I.100

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Very neat. Mentions a Jewish man named Fayrūz many times, and at one point he is called "al-Qaraʾ …

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  17. 1117LetterT-S AS 152.66

    Letter fragment, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. Only the first few words of 12 lines are preserved. Seems to contain praises for somebody …

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  18. 1118Legal documentT-S AS 151.304

    Minute fragment, might be from a legal deed. AA

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  19. 1119Unknown typeENA NS 76.465

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  20. 1120LetterENA 4011.17

    Letter from David b. Daniel to a parnas (leader of the Jewish community). Written in his own hand, per Gil. In Judaeo-Arabic. Instructing the addressee …

    ENA 4011, f. 17 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp.336-337 (Doc. #537), C.B. 11-11-87 (p) Short letter from David b. Daniel to a parnas (leader of the Jew…

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    1. In your name, O Merciful 
    2. My lord the parnas, may God support you, shall [r]eceive from the elder Abuʾl Riḍā Solomon
    3. b. Mevorakh, may God watc…

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  21. 1121List or tableENA NS 85.1110

    Recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script. Very neatly written. Seems to be dealing with sums in excess of 1000 dinars. Also mentions …

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  22. 1122List or tableT-S 13J18.3

    Verso and top margin of recto: Accounts dealing mainly with clothing items and women's names, mostly Muslim names. Also several men identified by their mother's …

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  23. 1123Legal query or responsumT-S Ar.18(1).46

    Responsa discussing various topics, including parturient women and civil law. (Information from CUDL)

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  24. 1124State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 234

    Fiscal document, or accounts, in Arabic script. Contains a date in the second line. Needs examination.

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  25. 1125List or tableT-S AS 176.379

    Bifolio of accounts, probably from a merchant's notebook. Written in a mix of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. (It is also possible that these are legal …

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  26. 1126List or tableENA NS 32.21

    Accounts in Hebrew. Late. The name Moshe Mūnīr appears in the lower right corner of the recto.

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  27. 1127Unknown typeT-S AS 154.167

    Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a letter or a prayer.

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  28. 1128LetterCUL Or.1080 J111

    Letter from Ya’aqov b. Yosef al-Tunisi, Fustat, to Salah b. Barhun al-Taharti, Ramla. The writer sends goods to Ramla, to the merchant’s officer Ahmad b. …

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    1. אכרמך אללה יאכי וסידי וריסי וגלילי [                  ] וכאן לך
    2. ומעך ע'ו'ז'ר' ו'ס'ו'מ'ך' פי גמיע אמורך כתאבי אליך ען שוק אן שדיד אליך
    3. קרב אללה…

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  29. 1129Unknown typeENA NS 78.66

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  30. 1130Legal documentT-S NS 321.35

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragmentary (top part and bottom part are missing). Mentions a woman and her husband Tamīm(?) (l. 2); Yaʿqūb Ibn al-Aswad …

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  31. 1131Literary textENA 3982.57–58

    Medical treatise in Arabic script.

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  32. 1132Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#78) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 27r-v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 3 Av 5325 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 27r

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ שהר אב יא׳׳ל סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ה׳ //ליצירה// אשהד עליה יעיש אלכהן [...
    2. ע׳אלכרים אלכהן אלמערוף באלמאורדי אנה קבץ' ו…

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  33. 1133List or tableT-S NS 306.58

    Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script. Each page is for a different date. Dated: 744 AH = 1343/44 CE.

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  34. 1134LetterNLI 577.6/26

    Letter or letter draft from Muʿammar ha-Kohen ("the teacher of Qalyūb") to ʿAmram ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recto consists entirely of pleasantries and flattery …

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  35. 1135LetterT-S AS 148.60

    Drafts of letters on a strip of parchment. In one, a teacher is reminded to send Abū l-Ḥasan quickly (בשמ רחמ ינעם מולי אלמלמד עלי …

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  36. 1136State documentENA 2148.94

    Report or petition in Arabic script. Mentioning finding someone suitable for a government job (khidma); Ibn Khalīfa from [...] al-Sharīf and Muʾnis al-Ṣiqillī; how the …

    1. من يصلح للخدمة ليثبت     و[
    2. يعرف بابن خليفة من اهل [
    3. الشريف ومونس الصقلي [
    4. والي طحا هجم على بيته وهتك حـ[ـريمه
    5. ان النائب عنه انما حتم بمحضر مـ[ـن

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  37. 1137LetterT-S NS 226.25

    Very faded and damaged letter, from Yosef b. Ya'aqov to Avraham b. Hasan(?)

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  38. 1138List or tableT-S 12.419

    Account of the pledges, pesiqa, for [the synagogue of] Dammuh, during the time of Nagid Avraham Maimonides (1205-1237).

    1. חסאב פסיקה דמוה
    2. מוסי אלמגרבי ה
    3. אבו אלמגד אלדמירי ה
    4. אלשיך אבו נצר בן מעאני [[א`]]
    5. י
    6. אבו אלמנא אלצבג
    7. ה
    8. לשכץ לא [[ע]]נעלמה
    9. ג
    10. מן מניה גמר
    11. ם
    12. מן בית אלשיך…

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  39. 1139LetterT-S AS 184.195

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions "his turban" and 20 dirhams. Might be related to the cluster of letters around T-S NS …

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  40. 1140List or tableNLI 577.5/21

    List of garments and textiles, probably unrelated to recto, also in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu who signs his name at the bottom. The …

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  41. 1141Unknown typeCUL Or.1080 11.21

    Flyleaf of a codex containing the Rosh to Gittin, labeled in a 19th century hand: "Purchased from Rabbi [Nachman Natan] Coronel May 15 1848. Price …

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  42. 1142LetterT-S 12.301

    Letter addressed to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, from a family member in Alexandria. Reporting on a problem about revenue from a slaughterhouse.

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  43. 1143List or tableENA 3616.5

    Pen trials, featuring Antoninus: אנסה הקולמוס בספר עמוס אם הולך בנימוס אני ואנטונינוס

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  44. 1144Literary textT-S AS 151.36

    Minute fragment, probably liturgical. Previously noted as possibly Halfon b. Menashshe, but most likely not.

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  45. 1145LetterT-S NS 321.111

    Letter fragment to a distinguished person (ha-rav ha-gadol rosh ha-seder yeḥid ha-dor), perhaps the Nagid. In Hebrew. Wide line spacing. Mentions "the three synagogues." Reused …

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  46. 1146Legal documentT-S Ar.4.5

    Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Dating: 1066–1108 CE, but this range can be narrowed further …

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    1. עיון מא וצתה בה
    2. אלוחשה אלדלאלה
    3. ידפע לאכיהא מאיה דינ'
    4. מן ערוץ אלרהון
    5. וזוג חלק מכמס ומלאה דביקי
    6. ולאכתי כמסין דינ' מן ערוץ אלרהו…

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    1. Main Points of the Will

    2. of Wuḥsha, the Broker.

    3. To my brother shall be given one hundred dinars

    4. from the objects given to me as securit…

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  47. 1147State documentT-S Ar.34.293

    Tax receipts, two documents sharing the same page which were never cut apart, unlike most receipts (cf. T-S AS 184.101 (PGPID 37561)). The top one …

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  48. 1148State documentT-S Ar.39.387

    Part of a preliminary draft of a chancery document addressed to a government official. ". . . bi-l-shadd minka fī istikhrāj al-māl ʿalā l-kamāl ʿalā …

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    1. المشارفات المشارفات ويقضيك

    2. بالشد منك في استخراج المال على الكمال 

    3. على الكمال والتمام وقصر يد من يدوم  الاحتما

    4. عليك والمنع من احداث رسم …

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  49. 1149LetterT-S 13J6.16

    Letter written by a poor physician who had not bought “one thread” of a new suit for two years and his children were going hungry. …

    1. ] מן חאל אלצגאר א[
    2. ] אלגוע ואלערי ואלקלה וכונהם לא יקדרו עלי אלכבז ישבעו בה
    3. לאן אלחצרה תעלם אנהם ירידו שי לא בד מנה וממלוכהא
    4. מא לה רזק אלא דקיק גדא …

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  50. 1150LetterT-S AS 149.80

    Letter from a certain Yisrael, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Castro (d. 1560), in Cairo. In Hebrew. Asking for charity and for his family of 8 …

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