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  1. 12351Legal documentT-S AS 147.15

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Wife: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Berakhot. Husband's name not preserved.

    1. ]סף וכל שום דאית לי צביתי ברעות
    2. נפשי כדלא אניסנא ופטרית ושבקית
    3. ותריכית יתיכי ליכי אנתי סת אלפכר בת
    4. ברכות וכל שום דאית ליכי דהות אנתתי
    5. מן קדמת דנה וכ…

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  2. 12352Legal documentT-S AS 147.148

    Bottom part from a legal document written under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon (although his name does not appear) by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, so can be dated to 1127-1138.

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  3. 12353LetterT-S AS 150.173

    Refers to a calamity (nawba) and the phrase "qāṭin al-[..]." (Information in part from CUDL)

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  4. 12354Legal documentT-S AS 150.180

    Involving appointing an agent; Abū l-[...]; Sitt al-Kull bt. [...]; and demanding maintenance (mezonot).

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  5. 12355Legal documentT-S AS 152.190

    Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE), mentioning foods, such as olive oil, and probably alimony arrangements from a man to a woman. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 12356List or tableT-S AS 152.225 + T-S AS 152.224

    On the recto the title al-qādi appears as part of the only full account listed.

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  7. 12357Paraliterary textT-S AS 152.342

    Leaf from a medical book or notebook with recipes, mentioning among others the substances Black Nightshade (ʿinab al-ṯaʿlab), wheat (ḥinṭa) and rhubarb (rāwand), quantities of measures, ‘filtered medication’ and sleep.

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  8. 12358Legal documentT-S AS 154.470

    Mentions sums of money and an agent (al-wakīl). No names clearly preserved. There is diagonal text in the margin which is somewhat unusual.

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  9. 12359Legal documentT-S AS 155.152

    Recto: additional notes in Judaeo-Arabic (hādhā al-kitāb) and Arabic script.

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  10. 12360LetterT-S AS 168.134

    Refers to someone with a 'ruined education' (bad manners? makhrūb al-taʿlīm), the washing of a garment, buying something, forcing someone to do something, and detaining someone at a gate/door.

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  11. 12361Literary textT-S AS 170.207 + T-S AS 170.197

    Discussing the loss and preservation of the Torah over the generations based on biblical and Talmudic sources. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  12. 12362Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 177.36

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 5 dinars to the bearer.

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  13. 12363State documentT-S AS 177.314

    On verso there is one line in very large Arabic script with the word "al-dawāwīn" (a rescript for the petition on recto?).

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    1. ـ]ـعة الى الديوان من جهة

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    1. ـ]ـعة الى الديوان من جهة

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    1. وموسى بن ..[
    2. التي ارسال الديوا[ن
    3. وتدبير امورها وتميز عـ[
    4. ليمضيك في ما يتولاه…

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  14. 12364LetterT-S AS 177.578

    Might be a brief letter since the word 'al-makhdūm' appears at the end of the first line and there may be stylized signatures at the bottom.

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  15. 12365Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.58

    Note probably from [Barakā]t Ibn al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to Bū Saʿd, asking him to give 1/2 dirham of aromatic wood to the bearer as well as something else.

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  16. 12366Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.71

    Receipt for Yūsuf al-Maghribī(?) for the rent of a shop for Dhū l-Qaʿda 691 AH = 1292 CE if read correctly.

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  17. 12367Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.320

    In Arabic script. Bū l-Najm al-Firnās (the parnas) is to pay the bearer a sum of money (10 nuqra dirhams?).

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  18. 12368State documentT-S AS 184.88

    Receipt ("tadhkira bism...") for the capitation tax of Maʿrūf b. Yahūdhā al-Yahūdī, an indigo merchant (nīlī) and perfumer (ʿattār), in Fustat.

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  19. 12369Unknown typeT-S AS 184.181

    Verso contains the beginnings of two lines in an elegant hand: ḥasala ʿalā . . . Recto is in a different hand and seems to be an accounting fragment, listing items in raṭls and accompanying numbers.

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  20. 12370State documentT-S AS 184.217

    About 10 distinct entries, each apparently with its own ʿalāma / registration mark. Cf. T-S NS 297.270. Needs examination.

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  21. 12371List or tableT-S AS 185.10

    Large notebook of Hebrew alphabet exercises. 11 folios. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography and prelined paper.

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  22. 12372Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 185.281

    The second line mentions Ismaʿīl al-Simsār. This shelfmark was likely issued by the same scribe as the neighboring fragment T-S AS 185.282.

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  23. 12373List or tableT-S AS 206.212

    Mentioning Moshe Poreykh and probably an Ottoman military officer Khayr al-Dīn bölük başı (בלוק בשי). MCD.

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  24. 12374LetterT-S G1.14

    Appealing for charity for herself and her three girls during this cold spell, in which they lack clothing and are awake all night long.

    1. בש ר{ח}מ
    2. אלדי אעלם בה הדרת מרינו ורבינו
    3. ואדונינו ימלא משאלו{ת} לבו לטובה
    4. אני מראה ארמלה גריבה ופי
    5. חלקי תלת בנאת איתאם ואשתהי
    6. מן צדקאת ישראל שי יתגטו

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  25. 12375State documentT-S H5.11

    End of a decree with ḥamdala and ḥasbala in large letters (2 cm alif), recycled into a Jewish prayerbook with five bifolios.

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  26. 12376List or tableT-S J1.27

    Dating: probably 16th-century based on the paleography. Al-Sharqiyya is mentioned in one of the entries, possibly the region/district of Egypt.

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  27. 12377Legal documentT-S J3.25

    One template is based on the replacement ketubba (כתובה דארכסא) of Sitt al-Malāḥim. Location: Cairo. Dating: 1427 Seleucid = 1115/16 CE.

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  28. 12378List or tableT-S K15.23

    The other side: Accounts in Arabic script, naming Rashīd al-ʿAṭṭār among others.

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  29. 12379List or tableT-S K15.40

    The number 3/8 is connected to a person titled al-faqīh; "firewood, 5/8" is connected to Abū Saʿīd the young son of the teacher.

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  30. 12380Legal documentT-S NS 224.32

    An agreement between the bride's mother (called "al-khāṭiba") and a groom-to-be for cancellation of the engagement.

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  31. 12381LetterT-S NS 259.87 + T-S NS 259.136

    Documentary; probably from a letter addressed to one of the academies, including praises and blessings for such prominent personages as ראש היש׳, אב בית דין, but the actual names are almost completely effaced. (Info from FGP)

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  32. 12382State documentT-S NS 306.147

    See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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  33. 12383Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS J8

    Order of payment issued by “your friend Abū l-Faraj" to the elder Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, instructing him to hand over 122 dirhams to the unnamed bearer.

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  34. 12384Legal documentT-S NS J185h

    One of the partners is 'known as Ibn Ḥasan al-[...].'

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    1. [ ] דחתמות ידנא לתח[תא ]
    2. [ ]הנכ סט דידיע בן חסן אלא[ ]
    3. [ ] בין ידינא במאל מבל[ג ]
    4. [ ]אכרג כל מנהמא מן דלך [ ]
    5. [ ]נארא ואכלטא אלגמיע [ ]
    6. [ ]ה ו…

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  35. 12385Legal documentYevr. II A 1299

    Sewing marks are visible along the inner margin of the folio.

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  36. 12386Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    The only movable wealth that is not divided are three Torah scrolls and two sets of silver Torah finials (rimonīm)–all of which Elʿazar receives. The family's residential properties on Darb al-Ḥumṣānī are divided equally among the five brothers. […] Line 18 specifies that some of the brothers' inheritance also includes "clothing" and other possessions that their father Shemuʾel's previously "bought from the estate of" a certain Raḥamīm Arukh.

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    1. [בהי]ות שהר׳ שמואל הלוי פוריך ידיע שוקיר נפטר לבית עולמו והשאיר אחריו ברכה חמשה בנים הר׳ אלי[עזר]
    2. והר׳ יאודה יצ׳׳ו וה…

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  37. 12387LetterT-S 13J19.16

    He refers obliquely and mockingly to Qaraite authors such as Daniʾel al-Qūmisī, Salmon b. Yeroḥam and Yefet b. ʿEli: "They see themselves as ‘lilies’ (shoshanim) and everyone else as ‘thorns’; they consider themselves ‘wise ones’ (maskilim), but they disagree as to who among them is wise.” […] Ezra 7:27], may he live forever, and into the mind of our lord the vizier, may God save him, to speak on our behalf and to seek what is good for us, may His name be elevated for all eternity.” Presumably this refers to T-S 13J7.29 (PGPID 1243), a decree of al-Ẓāhir to the governor of Palestine, Anūshtakīn al-Duzbarī, ordering him not to show partiality in his treatment of “the two parties,” a decree issued in response to a petition from the gaʾon's party. […] He sends the elders Abū l-Barakāt Netanʾel ha- Kohen and Abū ʿAlī Muḥsin b. Ḥusayn on a fact-finding mission, and the effigy story turns out to be slander; Abū ʿAlī Muḥsin b.

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    1. עלינא מנהם מא גרא וסאל אן יוטרח דאלך ולא שרט לא לנא ולא עלינא
    2. ואוגיב אלי דאלך פלם יקבלו [ב]ל קאלו קד חצל לנא אלוקת אך זה היום
    3. שקוינוהו מצאנו …

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  38. 12388LetterAIU VII.E.15

    Labrat, to Ezra (?) b. Isḥāq, al-Mahdiyya. Around 1040. The writer and the addressee are dealing with importing flax and exporting oil.

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    1. בש כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מן מצר יום אלגמעה

    2. לכמס כלון מן כסליו ען סלאמה וקד [ ] אלפרג תקדם

    3. כתאבי אליך [מע] אלמוסם אל…

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    1. בש'. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, מפסטאט, ביום ו',
    2. ה' בכסלו; שלומי טוב .... הישועה ; לפני כן
    3. שלחתי לך…

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  39. 12389Literary textBL OR 5565C.12

    Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic treatise containing magical instructions (ʿazā'im) including for summoning Sar ha-Torah to grant your wishes and for ḍarb al-mandal ('prophesying while contemplating a mirror-like surface').

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  40. 12390Literary textBL OR 5565G.23–26

    Four pages from a literary treatise containing instructions for treasure hunting and recipes, perhaps alchemical. There are numerous fragments probably in the hand of the same scribe or even from the same work; see FGP Joins Suggestions.

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  41. 12391LetterBL OR 10578A.10

    Informal note from Abu ʿAlī, apparently accompanying the remainder of the 40 dirhems as the recipient had ordered: קד . . .

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  42. 12392Legal documentBL OR 10655.24

    Mentions Da'ūd (?) ... al-Yahūdī. There are multiple signatures at the bottom as well as an inked seal.

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  43. 12393LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/139

    Yosef in Mazara, Sicily, to Avraham b. Eliyyahu in al-Mahdiyya, inquiring about Perahya's uncle, Avraham Ibn Yiju.

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    1. אלי סיידי וגלילי אדאם אללה סלאמתה וגדד כראמתה וכבת באל דל
    2. חסדתה ואיידה תאייד לא יחיד ען אל סביל אל רשיד לא זאלת נעם
    3. אללה תתואתר עליה …

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    1. I was obliged to write to you, my lord, these few, short
    2. lines, for I heard that you had arrived in your homeland. Therefore, I wish …

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  44. 12394LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/73

    As for the condition of Abū l-Manṣūr al-Qūṣī. . . ." ASE

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  45. 12395Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/44

    A payment of 100 wariq dirhams (for a period of one year's rent) is received from Abu Ishaq al-Adani. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 361 #92)

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    1. קבץ מן אבו סחק אלעדני מאיה דרהמא
    2. ורק נקד מצר ען אגרה סכנה פי אלטבקה אלעלו
    3. מן אלדאר אלמקאבלה לכניסה אלעראקיין
    4. אלמערופה באלשיך אבו נצר בן אלשיך …

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    1. Collected from Abū (I)sḥaq al-ʿAdanī, 100 dir.
    2. waraq, of Egyptian tender, for the rent of his apartment in the ṭabaqa of the upper part of
    3. th…

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  46. 12396Literary textCUL Or.1080 J150

    Rhymed maxims in Judaeo-Arabic, organized alphabetically. Cf. T-S Ar.13.13, discussed in the November 2019 Fragment of the Month by Mohamed A.

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  47. 12397LetterCUL Or.1081 1.64

    Letter fragment mentioning someone's arrival from Jerusalem, "kitāb al-jamāʿa," and someone who departed when some people were sick.

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  48. 12398Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.12

    Sermon for Palm Sunday (headed Turjām ʿĪd al-Saʿānīn). In Garshuni (Arabic language in Syriac script).

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  49. 12399Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J44

    Verso: Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon-rose syrup and an ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd).

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  50. 12400List or tableENA 2197.5

    There is a distinct list of names and numbers at 90 degrees, including names such as al-Dimashqī, Ibn Rajā, Yūsuf, and Abū Shamʿa.

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