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  1. 11651LetterENA NS 7.62

    Letter fragment addressed to Abū l-Ḥajjāj. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is to send something the moment he reads this letter: אלשיך אבו אלחגאג חפצה אללה …

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  2. 11652State documentT-S NS 300.71

    Petition, Fatimid, in Arabic script. Three and a half lines are preserved. The petitioner is one of the traders entering (or importing goods into?) Egypt …

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    1. انه من جملة التجار الموردين الى الديار المصرية خلد الله[
    2. وهو من اهل الستر والسلامة لازم للطرائق الحميدة[
    3. الا جزا وهو [يجدد] تقبيل الارض ويسئل …
    1. He is among the merchants that come to Egypt, may god perpetuate [
    2. and he is a genuine person, following a virtuous path [
    3. except reward. He [renews…

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  3. 11653LetterT-S 8J41.7

    Letter by a Karaite from al-Andalus noting that he was very well-received by the people of Alexandria, but of all his money only two dinars …

    1. יא סידי ויא שיכי וכבירי אלמדכור פיה ומן אדאם אללה סלאמתה ואבדל כראמתה
    2. ואקר בכל [ ] ובלגרה גאיה אלמלה [ ]ה וסו עלה מא [ ] על
    3. [ ]יא סידי [ ] אללה בקאך…

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    1. My lord, teacher and mentor of renowned prestige, may God preserve your health, shower you with compassion, 

    2. grant you access to success […

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  4. 11654Legal documentT-S AS 158.386

    Small fragment of a legal document. Mentioning Abū l-Fakhr al-Kātib... a man known as Ibn Ayyū[b]... and a woman known as [...]. On verso there …

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  5. 11655List or tableT-S AS 185.201

    Large cluster of writing exercises, probably from a student's notebook. 7 folios. Dating is probably 18th or 19th-century based on the paleography of the model …

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  6. 11656Paraliterary textYevr. II A 1529

    Ownership note in a liturgical book. "The property of the dear boy ʿAbd al-Khāliq b. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf b. ʿAbd al-Karīm (ZL) b. Yūsuf (ZL) known …

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  7. 11657Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/55

    4 legal records. (1) Taqwīm for the marriage between Avraham b. Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Maghāzilī and Niʿam bt. Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥazzan. Dated: Nisan 1497 Seleucid, …

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  8. 11658LetterHUC 1108

    Letter from the ḥakham Shimʿon Duga, of ʿImādiya, to a certain Yosef, who is about to come to ʿImādiya to qualify himself as a shoḥeṭ. …

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  9. 11659Legal documentT-S Misc.28.1

    Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE), at least one partial signature may appear on the lower right …

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  10. 11660Legal documentCUL Add.3420.2

    IB I, 15. Three testimonies regarding collateral deposited by Yosef al-Lebdi the India trader. Lebdi owed Ḥasan b. Bundar, the representative of the merchants in …

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    1. אלרהן אלמאכוד מן אבי יעקוב אללבדי וה(!) ציניה פצה געלת ענד
    2. מ עלי הפרנס ורגע אחצר עוצהא אלשיך אבי סהל מנשה
    3. בן יהודה לאנה דכר אנהא לה ודכר אלשי…

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  11. 11661Literary textAIU VI.B.27

    12 pages of magical instructions.

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  12. 11662LetterT-S 10J7.5

    Letter by a father to his son, complaining about the son's failure to visit the family, urging him to visit, and requesting a blanket and …

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    1. ואלדה אבו אלחסן
    2. בר
    3. כתאבי אלי ולדי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל אללה
    4. בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא
    5. אכלאה וסוא דלך אן לא תסאל מא נחן מש…

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  13. 11663Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 139

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Likely a letter.

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  14. 11664Unknown typeENA NS 76.368

    Fragment of a text in Hebrew, possibly documentary. Requires further examination.

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  15. 11665Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/26 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/14

    Draft of a court record from the court in Fustat. 1042. In the handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya (not Yefet b. David Shekhanya). Regarding the …

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    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע במצר[ים]
    2. והזקנים החתומים עדותנו מטה ביום חודש שנת
    3. אלף שלוש מאות חמשים ושלוש שנים למנין שט'
    4. שאנו רגילין למנו…

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    1. קבלתי
    2. כפי שנדרש בן ישראל לקבול, אל דייני בית ישראל
    3. ואל קהילות ישראל שיפסיק הגולן את גזלתו
    4. והוכחתי לכם בנוכחותכם את הגזל של י…

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  16. 11666Legal query or responsumL-G Talm.I.113

    Responsa of Hai b. Sherira Gaon, Baghdad, to Gabès (Qābis), Tunisia, concerning music. (Information from Don Harrán, “What Does Halakhah Say about Music? Two Early …

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  17. 11667List or tableT-S AS 182.298

    Leaf from a medical work, which discusses preparations of ointments, including one to to treat scrofula and bubo, a lead ointment to treat ulcers, and …

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  18. 11668Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#103) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 34v-35r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated in Tevet 5326 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 34v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלתלאת י׳׳ט שהר כסליו
    2. סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ו׳ ליצירה חצל תואפק ותראצ'י ב.ט... ... ..[...] מן…

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  19. 11669Legal documentT-S Ar.41.95

    Rental contract in Arabic script. Lessee: Sālim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abū l-Ḥasan the baker (? al-khabbāz). Lessor: Barakāt b. Abū l-[...] the Jew. The …

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  20. 11670State documentENA NS 83.325

    One side: State document. Only a few words are preserved from very widely spaced lines ("...ʿalā l-ḥukm ʿalā..."). The text on the other side is …

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  21. 11671State documentNLI 577.1/59

    Upper left fragment: Official correspondence in Arabic script. The document is probably written for a recent convert to Islam from Samṭā (on the Nile delta). …

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  22. 11672LetterT-S 8J18.5

    IB IV, 36 (ח35). Letter from Yehuda ha-Levi in Toledo to Ḥalfon b. Netanel concerning the ransom of a captive woman in al-Andalus. The amount …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי אדאם אללה עזך ורדני הדא אלכתאב מן ענד מרנא
    2. ורבנא יהודה בן גיאת מולאי ומעטמך אעזכמא אללה פראית תטיירה
    3. אליך לתאנס בה ועסי אנסנא בך [אלל…

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    1. אדוני וטרי – יתמיד ה' את יקרך – הגיע אליי מכתב זה מסרנא
    2. ורבנא יהודה בן גיאת, אדוני ומעריצך – ייתן ה' יקר לשניכם – וראיתי לנכון להחישו
    3. אליך, כד…

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  23. 11673List or tableCUL Or.1080 J265

    Accounts in Arabic script, with some interesting details, e.g., mentioning a ḥaver and possibly food items such as mulūkhiyya and zirbāj (a type of stew) …

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  24. 11674Legal documentENA 2420.5 + ENA 2420.6

    Birth records. In Italian. Dated: 1721 CE through 1743 CE.

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  25. 11675List or tableT-S NS 320.33

    Notes on communal expenditures, with a summation of first five lines: 82.5 dirhams, besides the capitation tax. Also some names of notables: al-Samawʾal, al-Nafīs, probably …

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  26. 11676LetterENA NS 54.6

    Letter from Yosef to Netanel ha-Talmid ha-vatiq ha-ḥakham ve-ha-navon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic introduction and good wishes for the holiday are preserved.

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  27. 11677Legal documentENA NS 14.3

    Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. There is a damaged date in the top line (Dhū l-Ḥijja 4[..] AH, corresponding to the range …

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  28. 11678Paraliterary textAIU VI.B.48

    Magical amulet.

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  29. 11679List or tableENA 2747.1

    Lefthand fragment: Blessing for the circumcision of a boy. In Hebrew. Gives several names. But it is quite faded.

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  30. 11680LetterCUL Or.1080 J77

    Large fragment of a detailed order for textiles, specifying 18 different colors, sent to Spain, perhaps from al- Ahwaz(?). (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, p. …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]עלי ידי דנון שיכי וסידי
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  31. 11681Credit instrument or private receiptT-S 6J3.10

    Verso: Note in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking the addressee to pay the bearer one dirham, "because the need for it …

    1. אלשיך א[בו] אלעז ידפע למוצלהא
    2. דרהמא [ . . . ]א לאן אלחאגה אליה
    3. דאעיה ואללה עאלם באלחאל אלדי אנא
    4. פיה פלא תעיק אלרסול ותוצלה
    5. אלדרהם סרעה והו יפתח לה מ…

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    1. May the elder A[bu]ʾl-ʿIzz pay the bearer
    2. [on]e dirhem because my need for it is 
    3. urgent. God knows the situation I am
    4. in, so do not impede th…

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  32. 11682LetterHalper 417

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Calligraphically written. Addressed to a person with many titles but whose name does not seem to appear: al-Rayyi al-Jalīl al-Fakhr(?) al-Fāḍil …

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  33. 11683LetterT-S NS 315.244 + T-S NS 321.33

    Description from T-S NS 321.33: Letter from Abū Saʿīd to Abū l-Barakāt, in Fustat (מרבעה מצר). He calls the addressee "my brother and the beloved …

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  34. 11684Legal documentT-S 12.587

    Legal document. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan? Location: Fustat. Dated: First decade of Tammuz 1489 Seleucid, which is June 1178 CE. Abū l-Faraj …

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  35. 11685State documentT-S Ar.35.250

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Maybe fiscal, ca. 13th century or later.

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  36. 11686Legal documentENA 2727.14b

    Engagement agreements. Two sides of what appears to be a page from the court notebook from the 1330s. On recto, there are two engagement agreements, …

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    1. בתאריך יום אלאתני כד מרחשון
    2. שנת אתרמו לשט[...]ם [...] אללה
    3. תע אלצלה ב[ין אלחתן] שמואל בר
    4. מר אברהם נע בר נ[...] ובין אלכלה
    5. צריפה הבתולה [...]…

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  37. 11687Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#33) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 12r-v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 13 Heshvan 5322 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 12r

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ נהאר אלאחד תאלת חשון סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ב׳ ליצירה חצר ע׳אלמעין
    2. אלנשיא א׳ אלמר׳ אד׳ הנ׳ הג׳ אליהו יכין מנו׳ כב׳ ואשה…

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  38. 11688Literary textJRL B 5427

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry.

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  39. 11689Paraliterary textYevr.-Arab. I 1700.22

    Entry in court notebook (#54). Prescription. Recipe for preparation of an ointment consisting of powdered litharge (martak masḥūq); calf suet (shaḥm kulā ʿijl); aged, fine …

    [[יוכד שחם אלכלי]]

    1. מרהם גבלי [מרהם כלי? מרהם נכלי?]
    2. מרתק מסחוק נאעם ושחם כלי //עגל//
    3. מסלי וזית טייב עתיק מן כל
    4. ואחד גזו באלקטאר מח/רו/ק
    5. וזן רבע אלמר…

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  40. 11690LetterT-S 10J6.5

    Letter from Natan b. Yehuda of Alexandria to Sason b. Meshullam, a judge of Cairo. The letter contains many personal matters that reflect the milieu …

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    1. בש'
    2. לגברא דכולא ביה נהיר וחכים בר אבהן ובר אוריין דחיל חטאין ומהימן דיינא כרב נחמן
    3. כג"ק מר' ור' ששון החכם והנבון נט' רח' וברכיה וסעדיה בכל אור…

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  41. 11691List or tableENA 2967.3

    List of names in Judaeo-Arabic with Greek/Coptic numerals. Likely a contributors list. Dating: ca. 13th–15th century. Names include: al-Kohen Yaʿqūb; Shemuʾel b. Zaḥḥām; Farajallāh; Shemuʾel …

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  42. 11692Legal query or responsumENA 3748.13

    Recto: Legal query with responsum. Dating: First half of the 11th century. Concerning a cantor who took an oath not to lead prayers in the …

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  43. 11693Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 167.16

    Verso: Letter or letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to an unidentified addressee, consisting entirely of deferential pleasantries.

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  44. 11694Paraliterary textAIU VI.B.23

    Fragment of a document with magic squares and magical recipes, including for mercantile success.

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  45. 11695LetterJRL B 3727

    End of a petition from someone identifying himself as a certified hazzan to two people in Cairo requesting their assistance. The writer refers to someone, …

    1. .....]..[
    2. רף אלס[.....] כאן תג
    3. ......]... אלצ[...] .ב
    4. ..]באל[.]. פי דאר אלמלך
    5. ..]...[..]לדא ... ...ם ל
    6. תעלם[..] אלחסן אבו סהל ת.
    7. ינדר לי פי כניסה אל…

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  46. 11696LetterMoss. II,120.4

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter to a notable in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  47. 11697LetterT-S 18J3.9

    Letter in which Shelomo b. Ṣemaḥ, Ramla, describes the earthquake, probably to Efrayim b. Shemarya, or to the community of Fustat, December 1033 CE. The …

    1. ....
    2. יצאו מן הבתים לרחובות כי ראו הבתים הכתלים מטים ועומדים והקורות יוצאות
    3. נפרדות מן הקירות ושבות חוזרות והבינינ[ו]ת המחוזקות נופלות והדירות החדשות
    4. …

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    (ln. 9-11) Many resigned themselves to divine judgement, reciting ‘The LORD is the true God, the living God and the everlasting King etc’ (Jere…

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  48. 11698List or tableT-S NS 320.107

    Bifolio filled with accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Likely ~13th century. Many names are mentioned, including many Muslim-sounding ones.

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  49. 11699List or tableT-S AS 180.177

    Commercial and/or dār account. There are many entries for specific dates (505 AH?) and mentioning amounts received on those dates, which makes it seem mercantile. …

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  50. 11700Legal documentBL OR 12369.27

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract on recto. Dated: 11 Tishrei 5567 AM (התקסז), which is 1806 CE. Groom: Moshe Ẓvi. Bride: Simḥa bt. Barukh. Verso is a …

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    1. ב[סט׳׳ו] ובנים ועושר והרוחה
    2. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר משה צבי
    3. את הכלה יעלת חן וכלילת יופי הבתולה הב[וג]רת מב׳׳ת שמחה 
    4. מב׳׳ת בת המ׳ ב…

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