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  1. 13151Legal documentT-S NS 321.108

    Recto: Legal testimony. Location: [Banhā] al-ʿAsal. Dated: 1584 Seleucid = 1272/73 CE, under the authority of [David I Maimonides].

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  2. 13152List or tableT-S NS 327.111

    Some names are legible, such as Thābit b. Ṣāliḥ, ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, [...] b. Ilyās. Mentions aḥbās, probably in relation to endowments, and a few like Saturday, 15th Shaʿbān, but a year is not mentioned anywhere.

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  3. 13153Legal documentT-S NS 328.92

    Involving [...]DYA known as Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh (spelled בן אצבג); the mother of Yefet b.

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  4. 13154LetterT-S NS 338.37

    Mentions something that happened yesterday at the physician's shop (dukkān al-ḥakīm); the sender may be expressing remorse for what happened; and he wants to meet with the addressee or perhaps somebody else immediately.

    1. כאדמה בו נצר
    2. ] . ה מסתוחשה מנה
    3. ] . רה ליטמאן קלבה
    4. ] . יכן נהאר אמס פלם
    5. ] נצר(?) אלי דכאן אלחכים
    6. ] . תין וגדת אלמולא שגיל
    7. ]מסלה ואלקצד מן אל
    8. ]מצי אלי…

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  5. 13155List or tableT-S NS 338.41

    Jazīl; Ibn Hārith; and Avraham al-Madīnī (=the Palermitan).

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  6. 13156List or tableT-S NS J77

    , the female neighbor of Ibn Shudayqāt(?), and R. Yosef al-Ṣāʾigh.

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  7. 13157LetterT-S NS J324

    Reports that the two ships from al-Mahdiyya that had been anchored underneath the lighthouse departed on Saturday the 15th of Sivan when the wind became favorable.

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  8. 13158List or tableT-S NS J556

    There is a note addressed to al-Ḥakīm Yaʿaqov, which mentions ʿAmmār. There are instructions in Hebrew involving flour, water, and sulfur.

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  9. 13159LetterYevr. III B 653

    (The description on Ktiv differs: "Letter to Ramle; Abraham ben Isaac, Ibn Al-baḳrah, active 11th century.")

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  10. 13160Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 5566D.12

    Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or sugar to bearers. All are signed by one Zakkai. Mentioned in Med Soc, III, A19.

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  11. 13161Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 5566D.13

    Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or sugar to bearers. All are signed by one Zakkai. Mentioned in Med Soc, III, A19.

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  12. 13162Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 5566D.14

    Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or sugar to bearers. All are signed by one Zakkai. Mentioned in Med Soc, III, A19.

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  13. 13163Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 5566D.15

    Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or sugar to bearers. All are signed by one Zakkai. Mentioned in Med Soc, III, A19.

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  14. 13164Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 5566D.16

    Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or sugar to bearers. All are signed by one Zakkai. Mentioned in Med Soc, III, A19.

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  15. 13165LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/58

    The writer orders some clothing and mentions Abu al-Bishr and the Nagid, probably referring to the Sicilian Nagid Zakkar b.

    1. כת]בת [הד]ה אלאצטר אלחצרה מולאי [אל]חבר אלאגל
    2. אדאם אללה עזה ועלאה וכבת באלדל [א]עדאה וקד
    3. תקדמת כתבי למולאי [מע חס]אב פ[. . . .] אליום מולאי
    4. אלנגיד א…

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  16. 13166Literary textBodl. MS heb. g 2/2

    Bibliography: Fleischer, Kovetz al yad 13 (1995-96), p. 94-95.

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  17. 13167LetterCUL Or.1080 15.73

    Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan al-Mubārak b. [ʿIyad?]. On the death of a woman in his family (אלאשה אלכשירה).

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  18. 13168Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.2

    Sermon in Garshuni (Arabic language in Syriac script). Repeatedly mentions al-ghafrān (forgiveness). There is a line about tears flowing from eyes (l. 5).

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  19. 13169Paraliterary textENA 2365.21-23

    Extensive writing exercises in which the instructor provided the Hebrew alphabet in model handwriting for a student to repeat.

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  20. 13170State documentENA 3906.8

    The beginnings of three lines are preserved on recto (mentioning al-Ramla): الرملة وف . . م . . من ظهر . . وتحصيله اليه.

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  21. 13171Legal documentENA 3907.13

    He may owe a sum of wariq dirhams to Abū l-Ḥasan b. [...] al-Ṣabbāgh. Dated: 545 AH = 1150/51 CE.

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  22. 13172LetterENA 4020.56

    Letter from Yosef b. Natan al-Ḥalabī to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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    1. ב[ש]מ׳ רח[מ׳]
    2. עבדה וממלוכה יוסף אלחלבי
    3. ועל דרכיך נגה אור
    4. יאומן צד[יק] קהלו יחולו שלומות לאין מ[נ]ינים
    5. מתחברות בברכות בשמחות .... היו ה[...]
    6. [.…

    verso, address

    Right
    1. To our dear master and our teacher, the Distinguished Rav
    2. The Mighty Hammer, the Western Lamp, Banner of
    3. the Rabbanites, the h[…

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  23. 13173Legal documentENA NS 8.17

    Involving 500 dirhams, Sitt al-Tujjār, and Abū l-[...]. Reused on verso for accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  24. 13174State documentENA NS 39.28

    Mentions names followed by numbers. E.g. ʿAlī b. Bū Jumʿa(?), 13 dinars(?); Maḥfūẓ b. M[...]; Barakāt b.

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  25. 13175LetterENA NS 43.6

    Fragment (middle vertical third) of a letter in Hebrew, mentioning al-Khawāja ʿUthmān and the sender's travels to Cairo or Egypt.

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  26. 13176LetterENA NS 47.20

    Probably a family letter; discussing all sorts of distressing matters. Needs further examination.

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  27. 13177State documentENA NS 71.12

    Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 25 Dhū l-Ḥijja 403. The verso, written before the recto, contains part of a petition (see separate entry).

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  28. 13178LetterENA NS 77.58

    From one of the Spanish merchants in his circle, resembling the documents of India Book IV. Almost none of the content is preserved, but might help understand another letter if the join is found.

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  29. 13179Legal documentENA NS 77.328

    The scribe has distinctive nun sofits and qofs that hook to the left at a 90 degree angle. The document mentions al-Maghrib[ī] and Natan the Rosh Yeshiva, probably Natan b.

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  30. 13180Legal documentENA NS 83.98

    The margin may contain more details, along with a partial date (19 Jumādā).

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  31. 13181List or tableENA NS 85.1314

    Mentions: Fuhayd; baʿal ḥalom (a dream interpreter); Abū l-Ḥasan al-Parnas; Maʿālī b. Ghazāl; the daughter of [...].

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  32. 13182LetterENA NS I.3

    Mentions items like the robes (shuqāq?) and the blankets (al-mulayḥifāt). Regards to Sutayt, the elder Abū Zikrī, "my brother who is like my father, my brother Abū Zikrī, and our entire family."

    1. . . .
    2. ]א ללאימאן אל
    3. ]עלי ולד . ויתקל
    4. ] אלגויים ואל . . .
    5. וא [. . . . . . . .]לת ואכדתהא מעי
    6. . . . . . . . . . . .] . ב . . . . . . . . . .
    7. וגדת . . …

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  33. 13183LetterJRL A 685

    The author mentions an old woman, and the only legible name is Ibn al-Faraj, though there is not enough information to identify this person.

    1. ממא אלי כבר חצרה מולאי [
    2. אדאם אללה ע[ז]ה אן אלעגוז תס[
    3. עליה ..מ.. אם אלי [
    4. והם יסאלו חצרה אן יאר[...
    5. אגרא ... בן אלפרג [......
    6. .ל. הו כאתב ........[

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  34. 13184LetterJRL B 5443

    The writer bemoans that he has lost all his money and merchandise. "The reason for the debt is that my work is with ... the Shaykh Abū Saʿd known as Abū [...]."

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  35. 13185Legal documentJRL B 7005

    Bill of sale for a female slave, probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Al-Rayyis Abū Saʿd Seʿadya sells a Nubian female slave ([...]da) and her daughter (Shamīma?)

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  36. 13186Legal documentJRL B 8109

    Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. The parties are Sitt al-Dār and Maymūn. The nature of the agreement is not clear.

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  37. 13187List or tableJRL C 74 + JRL C 89

    Accounts in Ladino with a wide variety of detailed entries, which based on the numerical flow may be monetary gains and some expenses. Although the paper size is slightly distinct, this fragment is a clear join with the scribal hand and recordkeeping style of JRL SERIES C 89.

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  38. 13188Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 238

    Informal note addressed to mawlāy al-dayyān. In Arabic script. Asking him to pay a certain amount of money.

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  39. 13189List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 726

    Every entry begins with "عند" followed by a name (including at least two women, Ḥusn al-Māshiṭa and Ḥusna the wife of Zayd, and amount of money in dirhams.

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  40. 13190List or tableJRL L 59

    Some of the names listed include: Moshe Jābr, Muḥammad Dārsīya/Dārshīya (דארשיה), Saʿad Navar[o], ʿAlī Maḥmūda. Requires further examination. MCD.

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  41. 13191Credit instrument or private receiptJTS Krengel 111

    One of the Judaeo-Arabic portions is an order of payment in which al-Talmid Abū l-Faraj is asked to give an ounce of maybe ink (מדאד) to the bearer.

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  42. 13192Legal documentMoss. VII,131

    It appears that Meshullam takes over the responsibility for the six years of alimony payments (farḍ) to a certain female relative of his, which a Muslim court had previously imposed on her ex-husband Ṭoviya.

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    1. [...] Mr. Meshulam [told us]: “This 

    2. [woman] is my relative and I must [...] her. Whatever the court charges her, 

    3. I will pay it for her.…

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  43. 13193State documentSt. Catherine, Atiya no. 10, Stern doc. 8

    Decree of Ṭalāʾiʿ, the vizier of al-Fāʾiz, concerning the monks of Mount Sinai. The vizier Ṭalāʾiʿ orders that the tax of 10 dīnārs and two carpets lately exacted by the governors from Anthony, bishop of Mount Sinai, be abolished and the bishop and his monks protected.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. منشور تقدم بكتبه فتى مولانا [الحمد لله على نعمه]
    3. وسيدنا الامام الفائز بنصر الله
    4. امير المؤمنين صلوات الله عليه وعلى
    5. ابائه الطا…
    1. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
    2. This is an open decree, the order for the writing of which was given by the servant of our mast…

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  44. 13194LetterT-S 6J4.5

    Asking for help on behalf of a man who had been captured by pirates (שוללי הים) along with other Jews. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 13195Literary textT-S 8J16.20

    Recto (secondary us): Poetry, possibly a riddle, with allusions to Moshe, Abraham, and the spies from Numbers 13-14, (Hosea) b.

    1. י
    2. אהרן פרח. מוציא פרח. מטהו לפני כל
    3. קונה
    4. במטות מטות עמו קדם ובזה זמן
    5. נצר הנה.
    6. רענן הציץ //מנו מינו // [[לנציב עמים]] להרנין לב
    7. מתאנה.
    8. המשכילים יבינו…

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  46. 13196LetterT-S 8J22.15

    Avraham, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Almost none of the content is preserved except the sender's apology for the poor quality (or size?)

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  47. 13197LetterT-S 10J5.24

    Letter from Yehuda b. Isma’il al-Andalusi, from Sicily, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat.

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך מן אלמסתקר מסתהל אלול

    2. ערפך אללה ברכתה וברכה מא יליה מן אלש…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים ימים ארוכים וטובים וישמרך ויגן עליך ואל ימנע ממך הצלחות, מהבית, בא' באלול,
    2. יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת …

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  48. 13198Legal documentT-S 12.664

    Husband: Yeshuʿa b. [...]. Wife: Sitt al-Hanāʾ bt. [...]. Signed by Eliyyahu the Judge.

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  49. 13199LetterT-S 13J27.5 + T-S 13J13.13

    Shemarya concerning a dream of Yosef al-Sijilmasi. Dating: c. 1030 (Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b.

    1. פי אלכניס תין יגב אן תקרא א / ב
    2. עדות זכרו / ן זכרון עדות ב / א
    3. בשם יי
    4. ראי יוסף אלסגלמאסי א/בדין פי אלקדס כאנה
    5. ימשי פי אלמקאבר אלעת/יקה באלרמלה ווג…

    This testimony should be read in both synagogues

    Commemorative testimony  Testimony of commemoration

    In the name of God

    The chief judge, Joseph al-Si…

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  50. 13200LetterT-S 24.64

    The letter contains much information on commercial business and the report of a shipwreck in Bāb al-Mandab.

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל [אטאל אללה בקאה]
    3. ואדאם עזה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה וע[לוה וארתקאה]
    4. ולא עטל מן גמיע אל̇כיראת סאחתה ופנאה [וחרס]
    5. על…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful. 

    2. The letter of your excellency the illustrious Sheikh, has arrived—[may God prolong your life/]

    3. and make perman…

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