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  1. 11951LetterT-S 8J19.11

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tatai, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1065. The writer regrets that he does not have lacquer with his …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמתה מן תטאי ען סלאמה ונעמה אעלמך אן כתבת אליך כתב אן

    3. עדה ולם נרא לואחד מנהא ג…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדו לך, מתטאי; שלומי טוב ואני מאושר. אודיעך ש…

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  2. 11952Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/70

    Court ledger. Containing multiple legal records/testimonies. Location: Probably Alexandria, since Goitein identifies the handwriting as belonging to the teacher Yehuda b. Aharon Ibn al-ʿAmmānī. One …

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    1. בן יעקוב וקאל הדא אלדי נשהד בה

    1. וחצר איצא אלשיך מנצור בן אלשיך עואץ נע ושהד אן
    2. אלדיאן אשתרי מן דאר אלכרשופי אלרבע במאיה דינר
    3. ואנה אקאם גבאה…

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  3. 11953State documentT-S NS 89.4

    Recto: State document in Arabic script. Probably an internal state memorandum concerning taxation of agricultural produce and wheat. The script is a bit difficult to …

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  4. 11954Legal documentT-S 12.141

    Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. Cut into an unusual octopus-like shape: a comb spine lining? Cf. T-S NS …

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  5. 11955LetterT-S AS 150.6

    Middle part of a letter, reporting about the burial of an old man who has no heirs. (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, pp. 156, 548)

    1. גמאעה [ . . . . ]ה . כבירהם וצגירהם [ . . . . .
    2. אשגאלהם אלי אן גהזוה וכאן לה מדפן חסן
    3. ו . . לה בשלום זקן ושבע ימים ופרחת אלדי
    4. כנת [חא]צר לאן מן לא י…

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  6. 11956LetterT-S 10J15.8

    Letter from Shela bar Mevasser to 'The Rabbi' Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef, Rosh ha-Seder ('Head of the Row'). The letter was written before Shela's appointment …

    מכתב מאת שלה בר מבשר אל 'הרב' יהודה הכהן בן יוסף ראש הסדר. המכתב נכתב עוד טרם מינויו של שלה לדיין באלכסנדריה.

    לא פורסם.

    נזכר: גיל, א, סעיף 378; מאן, …

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  7. 11957List or tableT-S AS 185.41

    Detailed accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late, 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. One entry: "al-mutaʾakhkhir ʿalā arbāb al-jawāmik..." The year is then given but is …

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  8. 11958Legal documentT-S 8J4.16

    Legal document concerning the miller Yefet b. Eli, who undertakes payment of two dinars to his divorced wife, which he still owes her, in monthly …

    1. אלתזם בחצרתנא יפת בר עלי אלטחאן
    2. אן פי דמתה וכאלץ מאלה בדינארין דהב
    3. מצריה למטלקתה סתות בת טאהר
    4. ליכון יסלם אליהא דלך רבאעי פי כל
    5. שהר מקסטה אלי אן תתם …

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  9. 11959State documentSt. Catherine, Istanbul Metochion, Stern doc. 4

    State document, in Arabic script. Probably another decree of ʿAbd al-Majīd (al-Ḥāfiẓ) concerning the monks at Mt. Sinai, however, he is not mentioned by name. …

    1. عادات السادات لا يزال سالكا مناهج ابايه الكرام واجداده
    2. ومتبعا اثار عدلهم في بلاد الله وعباده وقاصدا مرضاة الله
    3. سبحانه في اصداره وايراده ومجريا احوال…

    1. … the customs of lords, never ceases wandering upon the path of his noble fathers and ancestors

    2.  and following the traces of their justice in Go…

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  10. 11960State documentT-S Ar.38.95

    Fiscal or para-fiscal document (i.e., prepared by state officials or by the Jewish community for the government). List of indigent people equally divided between natives …

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    1. العديمين من اهل مصر والقاهرة الذي لا
    2. يقدروا على شي ويجب تاخرهم لاول السنة 
    3. ماىة وخمسين والذي تحتمل حالهم 
    4. ان لا يوخذ منهم اكثر من ديناريـ[ـن]

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    1. The impoverished of the people of Fustat and Cairo who
    2. cannot pay anything, whose payment must be postponed until the beginning of the year:
    3. O…

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  11. 11961LetterT-S 8J20.18

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The writer is about to …

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    1. וצלני כתאבך יסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך

    2. וכאן לך ומעך ולי וחאפץ פי גמיע אמורך ווקפת מנה עלא

    3. מא דלני מן חסן סלאמתך ועאפיתך אדמה…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך
    2. ויהיה לך ועמך מגן ושומר בכל ענייניך, וקראתי בו
    3. דברים על שלומך הטוב ועל ב…

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  12. 11962Unknown typeENA NS 85.954

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  13. 11963Literary textAIU VIII.B.47

    Page from a Judaeo-Arabic medical treatise.

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  14. 11964State documentT-S NS 111.154

    State document, in Arabic script. The beginnings of ~6 lines are preserved. Chancery hand, mainly beginning blessings. Reused for Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic liturgical text. Needs …

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  15. 11965LetterT-S Misc.34.45

    Letter addressed to Shelomo ha-Sar. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Asking him to disburse a sum of money to a …

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  16. 11966Legal documentENA NS 48.27

    Legal record. In Judaeo-Arabic. Munajjā has received from Hiba al-Zaki 108 qinṭārs of "red glass" (zujāj aḥmar) and 105 qinṭārs of "local glass" (zujāj baladī). …

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  17. 11967LetterT-S 10J17.26

    Letter of condolence from David b. Daniel to Abu'l Muna.

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלשיך אבו אלמנא אדאם אללה תאיידה
    3. ונעמתה [ ]ל מואצלה
    4. אל [ ]חה ואללה בכרמה יסתגיבה
    5. פיה ויגע[ל ]
    6. אתצל בנא ופאה אלשיך אלעם רחמה אללה
    7. ורצי ענה וש…

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  18. 11968Legal documentMoss. Xa,2.128

    Legal document? - needs examination. No image

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  19. 11969Unknown typeENA NS 85.502

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  20. 11970LetterENA NS 83.60

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic. Mentions "it has now been a month and a half. . . and no news. . …

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  21. 11971Unknown typeENA NS 76.517

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  22. 11972List 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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  23. 11973List or tableAIU XII.55

    Table of mostly names in Judaeo-Arabic, purpose unclear.

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  24. 11974Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 878

    Draft of a legal document related to a divorce. Dated: Thursday 12 Tammuz 5537 AM, which is 1777 CE. Husband: Raḥamim Levi Ḥazzan b. Naḥum …

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    1.                           במותב בית דין
    2.                                 יר׳׳ה
    3. סבב תסטיר האדי אלאחרף ומוגב תחרירהא והוא אנהו חצ'ר אחי׳ ואהו׳ נס…

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  25. 11975Literary textENA NS 79.107

    Bible fragment, possibly recorded on parchment (based on the recto's appearance). One of the verses that is legible is Kings I 19:10 (verso): ...ויאמר קנא …

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  26. 11976Legal documentYevr. III B 636

    Verso (original use): Ketubba fragment. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Dating: Prior to 1144 CE. Groom: Tamīm b. Yefet ha-Kohen. Witnesses: Ṣemaḥ b. …

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  27. 11977Unknown typeENA NS 85.1309.2

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  28. 11978LetterENA NS 57.32

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with small business transactions. Regards to [Sitt] Naʿīm and her husband Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan.

    1. לא עדמ]תך ולא כלות [מנ]ך
    2. ס]ת נעים ורגלהא אלשיך אבו עלי חסן אלסלאם
    3. ] לי עלי אלעקדה פתנפדהא לי אכתבהא ואעידהא
    4. ] השבועה מא תבק ענדי אלא סאעה וצולהא אכת…

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  29. 11979List or tableT-S AS 205.54

    Damaged fragment from a memorial list 'The house of Umm al-Damyati' followed by the house of Rashid, and his two sons Hilal and Shilo, and …

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  30. 11980Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 89

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. The address lists Muḥammad Effendi as the recipient and the opening line of the document mentions Aḥmad Effendi. Mentions "al-majlis …

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  31. 11981Legal documentMoss. VII,17

    IB ח97. Recto: Draft of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Dating: 1133–36 CE (see PGPID 9140 for rationale). Partnership …

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    1. אלמסתקר ביני ובין אלשיך סבאע פימא סלמה לי מן אלעין והו 
    2. מאיתין דינ עלי סביל אלמעאמלה בשרוט יאתי דכרהא ודלך
    3. אן יכון ללשיך סבאע מן גמלה מא יסהלה…

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    1. The established (relationship) between me and between the Elder Sibā‘ in that which he gave me in terms of specie, which was
    2. two hundred din(ars…

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  32. 11982List or tableT-S H5.119 + T-S AS 122.8 + T-S NS 289.132 + T-S AS 132.176 + ENA 2954.6 + ENA 2954.7

    Accounts in Arabic script, in large letters with wide line spacing. Reminiscent of state accounts, but likely private. E.g., "Owed by Ibn al-Kaʿkī...." Various dates …

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  33. 11983State documentT-S AS 186.212

    Document in Arabic, a single line is preserved from the original text. Medieval-era. One of the words is "حكمتها". This shelfmark may be related to …

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  34. 11984Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 703

    Unidentified text in Arabic script in a book hand, possibly literary. Hebrew script on recto.

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  35. 11985LetterT-S NS J166

    Lower part of a letter, in which members of a local community object to a muqaddam imposed on them. (Information from Goitein's typed texts.)

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    1. ועלי אלשיך אבו אלסרור אלסלם ועלי סבאע
    2. וולדיה אלסלם ומן תכצה(!) ענאיתה אלסלם
    3. וגואב אלכתאב סרעה ולון(?) תופר רסול ק . .

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    1. גואב מע אלרקאץ […

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  36. 11986LetterJRL B 6248

    Tiny fragment in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script.

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  37. 11987Legal documentT-S 13J4.23

    Investment partnership in which Shemuʾel Leon receives 4,000 medin from Mercada (מרקאדה) bt. Yaʿaqov Arubaṣ (ארובץ) to invest in his business. Dated Tammuz 5561 (= …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר שמואל ליאון יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב
    3. והגמו׳ בלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל שקיבל מהיקרה…

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  38. 11988LetterT-S NS 324.13

    Letter fragment from Daniel, the Nasi of all Israel, Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Yaʿaqov addressed to Mevorakh b. Saadya. Nothing apart from the first line of …

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  39. 11989LetterT-S 12.725

    Text from the Calendar Controversy of 921/2. What survives of this text consists mostly of an argument that calendrical decisions can only be taken by …

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    1. [           ] בחוצה לארץ ורבי עקיבא עיבר בחצה [לארץ] וששבט

    2. [           ואין] משגיחין בעיבור החדש ובקידוש החדש [א]לא על בני

    3. [ארץ ישראל] [ …

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  40. 11990Legal documentT-S Ar.29.33

    Legal document in Arabic script. The bottom ~7 lines are preserved. Mentions ḍamān and daʿwa, and maybe a partnership (shirka). The parties include Mūsā b. …

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  41. 11991LetterENA NS 36.30

    Fragment of a letter in Ladino that was recorded on an oddly large piece of paper (based on the orientation of the body and marginal …

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  42. 11992Unknown typeENA NS 85.1480

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  43. 11993List or tableT-S J1.1

    Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. 1058. Regarding different matters and people. Some of the lines are erased with a line through and a …

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    1. אנפדת מע יהודה בן כלפה צרה פיהא י'ו'
    2. די'נ' עדד אלוזן ט'ו' ד'י'נ' אלא רב' תצל לאברהים בן פראח
    3. ללמונה
    4. ואשתרית לכלטתי מע ר' ברוך בן יעקוב נ'ע'
    5. ג' אמנ…

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  44. 11994State documentT-S NS 325.125

    Fragment of a petition to a vizier, possibly al-Afḍal. Approximately three lines of the opening praises are preserved. Reused on recto for poetry attributed to …

    1. ]هم المنصورة السنية الاجلية الافضلية [الجيوشية سيف
    2. الامام كافل قضاة المسلمين وهدي دعاة المومنين
    3. عضد الله به الدين وامتع بطول بقايها امير المومنين وا…

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  45. 11995List or tableENA 3955.11

    Accounts. In Arabic script. There is a neat row of holes from where this fragment used to be bound into a notebook.

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  46. 11996Unknown typeENA NS 76.460

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  47. 11997Legal documentT-S NS 323.19

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Concerning half of a well-known house in al-Qālūs. This is probably …

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    1. [ ] אלעזר הנק[רא מנצור ] בן [מרור] יפת הזקן הנקרא חסן נע דידיע
    2. [ ]סתהם אלמדעאה סת אלגמיע בת מרור עובדיה הזקן
    3. [ ] אבו נצר אלעטאר הידוע בן זביבא…

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  48. 11998Unknown typeENA NS 76.476

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  49. 11999Legal documentT-S Misc.25.72

    Verso (original use): Looks like a bifolio from a qāḍī court ledger. Copies of two documents are preserved, with signatures. Needs examination. On recto there …

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  50. 12000Legal documentT-S NS J445

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Deed of sale for an enslaved person. Mentions 'the noble elder' (al-shaykh al-jalīl) …

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