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  1. 13151LetterF 1908.44DD + F 1908.44BB

    Dating: No earlier than the 15th century, based on the use of muayyadis (minted by al-Mu'ayyad, beginning in 1415 CE). and ashrafīs.

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  2. 13152Legal documentHalper 402

    A list of clothes and household utensils returned by a divorced woman to her ex-husband, Naḥman, after she had taken them to the house of her brother, Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa al-Bazzāz. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)

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  3. 13153Legal documentHUC 1016

    Shela ha-Levi (maybe the same as in Halper 391 and JRL Gaster heb. ms 1861/14). Wife: Sitt al-Rashīda bt. Moshe ha-Levi.

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  4. 13154LetterJRL A 1784

    Mentions "their mother (sitthumā)" and Saʿd al-Mulk. AA. ASE.

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  5. 13155LetterJRL B 2878

    Addressed to the Jewish community of Jabal Wānsharīs (גמאעה אלגבל ואנשריס, i.e., Ouarsenis in present-day Algeria). The sender's name includes David in it.

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  6. 13156Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 590

    In Judaeo-Arabic. "Our master al-Rayyis Abū l-Makārim" orders the addressee to give a quarter wayba (of wheat?)

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  7. 13157LetterMoss. IV,21.4

    The writer asks the addressee (al-Muʿallim) to go to Abū l-Ḥasan, because the writer needs him to do something for him.

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  8. 13158LetterMoss. IV,60.3

    Probably addressed to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Refers to someone coming to Cairo and possibly mentions a stable (אלאסטבל).

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  9. 13159Unknown typeMoss. Xa,3.93

    Legible words on recto include "al-iḥtimāl" and "fulāna aw fulāna." A phrase is crossed out on verso.

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  10. 13160Legal documentSassoon 1055b

    Document that is a continuation of Sassoon 1055A. Aharon al-Araki, who received a part of a house in Sana'a, sells his part to his brother Salam and his niece Badra for 150 Rial (75 for each); 1667.

    1. בתרין בשבא דהוא תשעה יומין לירח כסלו שנת אלפא ותשע מאה ושבעין ותמני שנין לשטרי [במדינת
    2. צנעא דעל בירין דמין נבעין מותבה ביומא דנן אתא לקדמנא אנן סהדי…

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  11. 13161List or tableT-S 6J2.15 + T-S 10K8.13

    Verso: accounts, mentioning a variety of materia medica, such as rose, Levantine coriander, Celebes sandalwood (ṣandal maqāṣīrī), mastic gum, musk, bamboo chalk, aniseed, chebulic myrobalan, Indian myrobalan, aloeswood, and wild spikenard (asārūn). (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  12. 13162LetterT-S 6J6.17

    The cantor Abu al-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin) asks a father when he wants to celebrate his son's circumcision.

    1. עבדהא אלחזן
    2. בו אלמגד
    3. אברך אלאולאד יקר אלעיון
    4. בנצרה כתר אללה מן אל ביתה
    5. אלשריפה ממלוכה מהני
    6. לה באלולד אלנגיב אלסעיד יהי
    7. אח לשבעה וגם לשמונה אמן
    8. אעלם …

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  13. 13163LetterT-S 6J11.9

    Two lines further down, mentions a term for a doctor or wound specialist (al-jarāʾiḥī) and the number 70. Needs further examination.

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  14. 13164Legal documentT-S 8.92

    Ketubba fragment. Bride: Sitt al-Maʿālī, a virgin. Location: Fustat. Date: Tammuz 14[..]

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  15. 13165LetterT-S 8J7.17

    Asking him to send the crimson red silk in his possession (al-maftūl wa-l-shaqīq) with a third person. The letter is torn off here, and the bottom part is missing.

    1. בשמך רחמ שאכר תפצלה אבו אל
    2. מושב אדוננו ורבינו אליה הדיין המגדול ישמריהו צור
    3. עולמים אעלם חצרתהא אן אלשוי אלחריר אלקרמז
    4. אלדי ענדך אלמפתול ואלשקיק תסיי…

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  16. 13166Legal documentT-S 8J11.11

    Mentions people including al-Dhahabī, Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen (called Zayn), and Ibn Ghazāl.

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    1. [ ]ון הנקרא זין דנן והי[ ]
    2. אלדהבי נע ואודעו בעד ופאתה [ ]
    3. מ צדקה הכהן הנקרא זין דנן מן ג[ ]
    4. וראתהא בעדהא פי דלך עליה א[ ]
    5. אכתלאף אגנאסהא ואנוא…

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  17. 13167LetterT-S 10J12.19

    Toviyya informs Eliyyahu that he found no buyers for lac in al-Mahalla and so he sold it in Damietta. Reused on verso for a poem in Judaeo-Arabic about mortality.

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    1. אנא מהני לחצרה אלמולי אלאגל אלתלמיד אלגליל כ'ק' מר' ור' אליה השר היקר
    2. הח' והנ' בהדא אלשהר אלשריף ירח האיתנים תכתב בספר חיים בספר
    3. זכרון ותבושר …

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    1. I greet the dignity of the august patron, the great scholar, the honor and holiness of our master and teacher Elijah, the dear prince,

    2. the …

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  18. 13168Legal documentT-S 12.70

    T-S 12.54 and T-S 12.70 are two very rare examples of Qaraite bills of divorce. Husband: ʿAmmār al-Khāṭirī. Witnesses: Yefet Kohen b. ʿEli; Mevorakh b.

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  19. 13169Legal documentT-S 12.516

    Verso: Formulary for a deathbed release (or at least a release in the setting of old age and frailty) granted by a woman to a male in-law. All the names are left as place fillers. Location: Fustat.

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  20. 13170LetterT-S 12.840

    In the last line refers to 'kitāb mawlāy al-sayyid,' probably a prior letter from the addressee.

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  21. 13171Legal documentT-S 13J2.21

    Sitt al-Baha bt. Eliyya, the bride of Abu l-Ḥasan, receives on the day of her qiddushin from Abu Kathir b.

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף שטרא דנן כן הוה
    2. בחדש אלול דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וחדא וחמשין שנין לשטרות בפסטאט
    3. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מ…

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  22. 13172LetterT-S 13J35.11

    Rudimentary handwriting. Mentions Barhūn and al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī. From the Maghreb? (Information from Goitein's note card.)

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  23. 13173Legal documentT-S 16.129

    Simha, daughter of Moshe b. Job, wife of Yosef al-Bali, sells a Pentateuch with gilded ornaments to Yiṣḥaq b.

    1. נחן אלכאתמון אספל הדא אשהדתנא עלי נפסהא בקנין שלם מעכשיו שמחה בת ר משה
    2. נע בן איוב הי זוגה לר יוסף אלבלי אנהא קבצת אלאן מן ר יצחק בר אברהם נע שור יגח
    3. …

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  24. 13174List or tableT-S 16.291

    Verso: Medical prescription (nuskha lil-khayālāt) containing twelve ingredients, along with a record of four donations received in a pesiqa dated 1225/26 CE (1537 Seleucid).

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    1. נסכה ללכיאלאת
    2. הנדי אמלג כזברה לסאן תור זהר בנפסג
    3.    י        י       ה             ה              ה
    4. אצטוכודוס אפתימון בסבאיג בור שאהתרג
    5.    ד  …

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  25. 13175LetterT-S 16.303

    Mentions Abū Saʿd, Abū l-Thanāʾ, al-Muhadhdhab, and the sender's brother Yosef. (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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  26. 13176Legal documentT-S 18J1.31

    Calligraphic copy of release in which a grandson confirms having received from his grandmother, named Sitt al-Rida bat Saadya, the estate of his father. Dated Adar II 1524/ March 1213.

    1. שהדותא אחוה באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא כן הוה
    2. ביום רביעי דהוא תשיסר יומי לירח אדר שני שנת אתקכד
    3. לשטרות דרגילין אנן למימני ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל…

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  27. 13177List or tableT-S Ar.34.14

    In Arabic script. Headed: "suyyira ʿalā yad Zaghlūl" (sent with Zaghlūl). (Information in part from Baker/Polliack catalog.)

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  28. 13178Paraliterary textT-S Ar.40.86

    The fragment is possibly a draft or part of a booklet for personal use. Verso: Hebrew alphabetical exercises. (Information from CUDL.)

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  29. 13179List or tableT-S Ar.54.15b

    Contains financial report with Abu al-Khayr, who is Musa b. Barhun ha-Tāhartī, the writer’s uncle.

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    1. אלבאקי עלי מולאי אלשיך אבי אלכיר בעד

    2. אלמחאסבה תקכו ותלתיי וקיר וען צרף ק דינ מה שאמיה מדורה דינ>

    3. וען יד דינ ותלת אטראבלסיה יב…

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    1. (1–2) היתרה לחובת אדוני ורבי אבו אלכיר, לאחר ההתחשבנות, תקכ"ו ושני שלישים וקיראט; בעד המרה של קמ"ה דינר שאמי 'מדור', דינר וחצי; 
    2. …

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  30. 13180Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of some kind of syrup.

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  31. 13181LetterT-S Ar.54.25 + T-S 6J6.10

    (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein’s index card.) Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  32. 13182LetterT-S AS 87.55

    Likely the opening of a communal letter addressed to all the communities of Egypt: . . . ישראל שבארץ מצרים ובכפריה . . .

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  33. 13183LetterT-S AS 145.277

    Yosef, of the Ben Yiju family who was the muqaddam of al-Mahal. Written by Mevorakh b. Natan in a poetic Hebrew.

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  34. 13184LetterT-S AS 147.55

    Bottom of a letter concerning a legal case between Saʿadya and his brother-in-law ʿAlī concerning 30 dinars and an oath (שבועה התורה אלדי הי מודה במקצת....).

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  35. 13185LetterT-S AS 147.175

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. To Abū l-Ḥasan b. al-faqīh(?) ʿAbdallāh. Little of the content of the letter is preserved.

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  36. 13186LetterT-S AS 147.216

    Seems to involve receipt of a governmental decree empowering the sender and his allies to fine and punish those who rebelled against their authority.

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  37. 13187List or tableT-S AS 148.23

    A partial date is visible along the upper right corner of the recto, 1 S[ivan], but the year may have been lost to damage.

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  38. 13188LetterT-S AS 148.153

    Mentions the ship (markab) of al-Jazzār; mentions 9 people and a rent/hire price of 90 dinars; then 13.5 dinars in the next line.

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  39. 13189Legal documentT-S AS 150.79

    Concerning a petition from a group of people ("al-mustaghīthīn"). The court validates a document and gives it to Hillel ha-Kohen, one of the petitioners, for it to be brought to the Gaʾon (whose name is missing).

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  40. 13190LetterT-S AS 150.193

    Recto: letter from Yaʿaqov b. Joseph b. Ismaʿīl al-Aṭrābulsī, in Ashkelon (ca. 1060 CE), concerning trade and sums of money owed by Abū Yaḥyā Nahray b.

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  41. 13191LetterT-S AS 152.10

    Brief letter of recommendation for charity on behalf of Abū Saʿīd al-Ḍarīr (the blind), probably the bearer of the note.

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  42. 13192List or tableT-S AS 152.41

    Accounts in a late hand, mentioning numerals, measures and month names. Dated along the upper edge of the verso: Rabiʿ I 977 AH (זעץ) which is 1569 CE.

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  43. 13193LetterT-S AS 152.71

    The first is from Livorno, addressed to Shabbetay Palas (aka Alpalas) and Yosef Levi. Dated: 41st of the Omer (Iyyar 26), 5454 AM, which is 1694 CE.

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  44. 13194List or tableT-S AS 152.139

    Possibly refers to a placename in the same heading, Minyat al-Shaykh, but this location requires further research.

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  45. 13195Legal documentT-S AS 155.279

    Involves Elḥanan; [...] b. Natan Ibn al-Ṣīrī; and ʿEli b. Hillel ha-Ḥazzan ha-Gadol.

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  46. 13196Legal documentT-S AS 156.13

    Or possibly a letter on behalf of a woman ([al]-mamlūka). Probably her husband (l. 7) has left and failed to provide support for the her and her child.

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  47. 13197LetterT-S AS 162.49

    Beginning of a petition/letter of appeal for charity from Yūsuf al-Ṣaʿīdī to a qāḍī. Dating: Likely 13th century or later based on hand and layout.

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  48. 13198LetterT-S AS 167.293

    Letter addressed to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Natan al-Sabīʿī (aka Avraham b. Natan ha-Sheviʿi). The sender's name may include Yosef.

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  49. 13199Legal documentT-S AS 171.263

    The lessee is named Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm al-Sāmirī (the Samaritan). In the upper margin, there is the draft of the beginning of a Jewish legal deed (hand of Hillel b.

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  50. 13200Legal documentT-S AS 177.104

    In Arabic script. The muqirr is ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Rashīd b. [...]. Dated: end of Ramaḍān 777 AH = February 1376 CE.

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