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  1. 13401LetterT-S 13J16.21

    Letter of censure to the community of Malij and its leader the cantor Elʿazar b. Yehuda ha-Kohen.

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. נטיית שלום ומשקלות ברכות וקיו צדקה ותיו יושר וצפירת תפארה
    3. ודגירת חן ואגודת חסד ורחמים לכם אחינו הקהל הקדוש אשר
    4. בעיר מליג הזריזים במצות ייי …

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  2. 13402LetterT-S NS 324.58

    Letter to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. It seems that there was a deep argument between the writer and a group of merchants after …

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    1.                                                                                ] לך ומעך
    2.                                                      …

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  3. 13403Literary textT-S NS 260.20

    Interesting fragment with a Judaeo-Arabic midrash about Moses quoting Isaiah 63:12, Deut. 3:26, and Exodus 34:6. (Information in part from FGP.)

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    1. אנת אבן . . . . . [
    2. וצרבתני בעצאתך וקסמתני לאתני
    3. עשר טריק ולם אקדר אקפ ק/ד/אמך מן
    4. קדרה אלבארי גל ועז אלדי כאנת
    5. לימינך באן כדאלך וגד [[ל]] מולי…

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  4. 13404List or tableT-S Ar.30.315

    Accounts in Arabic script. Large, filling four columns. Consists entirely of columns of names with eastern Arabic numerals.

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  5. 13405List or tableJRL L 175

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Large and well preserved, merits examination.

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  6. 13406Unknown typeT-S NS 241.51

    3 lines in Arabic script. Unidentified.

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  7. 13407Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 2914

    Page from a book of legal formulas of a marriage contract by a proxy probably from Siddur R. Nathan if Sijilmasa. Written by Shelomo b. …

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  8. 13408Legal documentYevr. II A 1317

    Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Adar I 5377 AM, which is 1617 CE. Also dated 1929 Seleucid, which should be 1618 CE. Contains a …

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  9. 13409Legal documentAIU VII.D.100

    Legal document from Cairo, dated September 1829 (end of Elul 5589). Missing a large chunk from the upper left, but the remnant details an investment …

    1. [בפנינו] עדים החתומים מטה בא היקר [...
    2. גשו׳׳ק מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור בלי [...
    3. לנו הוו עלי עדים גמורים וקנו מידי קנ[ין ...
    4. של זכות ויפוי כח שבעולם …

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  10. 13410Legal documentMoss. Xa,3.70

    Recto: Deed of sale, probably, for real estate. Some of the details of the property are preserved, including mention of a latrine (mirḥāḍ, l. 4). …

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  11. 13411Literary textENA 3982.43

    Literary text in Arabic script. Citing two verses attributed to Abū Nuwās.

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  12. 13412Paraliterary textAIU XII.22

    Medical prescription in Arabic.

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  13. 13413LetterT-S NS 322.155

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic (less likely a legal document).

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  14. 13414List or tableT-S NS 324.83

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Square hand. Mentions Yehuda and Tripoli (טרבלס) and Alexandria (סכדריה).

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  15. 13415Legal documentT-S J2.9

    Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: [...]8 Seleucid, which doesn't help us. Features [...] al-Levi al-Parnas al-Tinnīsī and an Abū l-Makārim. There are notes on verso …

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  16. 13416Literary textT-S K5.10

    Recto: children’s Hebrew textbook consisting (ff. 1-2r) of the alphabet vocalised with the various Tiberian vowels, followed by חֲזֶק (sic) and the benediction ‘You chose …

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  17. 13417Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/92

    An incomplete deed of a sale of one quarter of a house by a public leader, Ibn al-ʿAjamī, to the wife of a money assayer …

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  18. 13418Legal documentT-S NS 292.25 + JRL B 7280

    Two fragments of a court record written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). There is a detailed narrative of a quarrel over a …

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  19. 13419LetterT-S Ar.40.79

    Letter to 'al-rayyis al-ajall' in Arabic script. The sender has sent 1/8 dinar with the bearer of the note, which should kindly be parceled out …

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  20. 13420State documentT-S NS 202.56

    Small fragment of a state document. Wide space between the lines. Refers to the rent or wages for the pressing of sugarcane (al-ujra ʿan iʿtiṣār …

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  21. 13421Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 423

    Arabic translation or paraphrase of Genesis 5:29 – 6:2. Oddly, the number 595 appears to have been rounded up to 600 in verse 5:30.

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  22. 13422LetterT-S NS 324.73

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. "Your friend, my brother Abū Bishr Al-Ṭabīb (the physician) sends his regards and asks you to honor him with whatever you need. …

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  23. 13423Legal documentT-S AS 182.291

    Legal query to Muslim jurisconsults regarding the practice of prostration (sujūd) and genuflection (rukūʿ) during the synagogue liturgy. This practice had been customary for the …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. ما يقول السادة الفقها الائمة ائمة الدين وقدوة
    3. المسلمين وفقهم الله الطاعتــــ[ــهــــ]ـــــم واعانهم على مرضاته
    4. في جماع…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  
    2. What do our lords, the jurisconsults, the imāms, imāms of the religion and model 
    3. of the…

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  24. 13424LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 183

    Recto: Probably letter draft. "الاخ الشيخ.......قدس الله روحه". Verso: Unidentified table. Needs examination.

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  25. 13425LetterENA NS 77.181

    Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham to [...]m b. Yehoshuaʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender opens with congratulations on the birth of a …

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  26. 13426List or tableT-S Ar.30.144

    Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim, about his partnership with Barhun and Yosef b. Musa ha-Tāhartī. 1059. They sent different merchandise to the Maghreb …

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    1. בברכה אללה ועונה אול מא אשתרית כלטה' ברהון [              ] שהור סנה ד'מ'ז'
    2. עקיק אנפדתה אלי אטראבלס                 י'ז' די'נ' נצף [        ] …

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  27. 13427LetterT-S 18J4.8

    Letter from Abū l-Faḍl b. Abū l-ʿIzz al-Sharābī to his father Abū l-ʿIzz b. Faḍāʾil. In Judaeo-Arabic, in rhymed prose. The portion preserved here consists …

    1. בש רח
    2. מן [אל]ולד אבי אלפצל בן אבי אלעז
    3. אלשראבי
    4. כתבת כתאב ואלפאד כאיב ופי אלקלב מן
    5. תדכארך להב
    6. ולי מקלה אגפאנהא קד תקרחת ולי כבד
    7. דוב אל . . . . ידוב
    8. ק…

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  28. 13428Literary textENA NS 76.67

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  29. 13429List or tableJRL C 7

    Accounts. In Arabic script. Dated 6 Jumada I [12]35 AH which is 1820 CE. Location: Alexandria. One of the entries toward the middle of the …

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  30. 13430Paraliterary textMoss. V, 21.1

    Instructions to open a torah scroll. Contains large Arabic script on verso, perhaps of original use but difficult to follow. "وبالله التوفيق وانك مولاي".

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  31. 13431LetterT-S 12.435

    Business letter by a young Spanish merchant writing from Fez to his father Yefet b. ʿUlla ha-Levi in Almeria, Spain, revealing that he preferred not …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אערף חצרה סידי ומולאי ועדתי ומעתמ[די . . . . . .
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה וא[דאם עזה ונעמאה . . . . . . . . . . . .
    4. וסנאה וכבת חסדתה [ . . . . .…

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    IN (YOUR) NAME, O MERCI (FUL).

    To my master and lord, my succor and supp[ort], may God prolong your life and m[ake permanent your high rank] an…

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  32. 13432LetterAIU VII.E.25

    Letter from a certain Yehosef to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm. Written on parchment in a crude Maghribī hand. In Judaeo-Arabic, with ~7 lines of possibly unrelated …

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  33. 13433Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/20

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (middle of the bottom part). Dating: 13th century, per Goitein. Groom: Tiqva b. Shelomo ha-Levi. Bride: Sitt al-Kuttāb. No dowry. The …

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  34. 13434LetterT-S AS 162.58

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Opens with a complaint about the difficulty of life. Then, "I leased her qāʿa and I lived..." …

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  35. 13435LetterHUC 1127

    Bifolio containing a miscellany of jottings and pen trials in Hebrew and Arabic; one of the Arabic sections is a writing exercise in a chancery-esque …

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  36. 13436Legal documentT-S AS 149.241

    Small fragment of a legal document mentioning the elder Modaʿ (an unusual name also found in ENA 4011.40, T-S 13J2.10, and T-S 13J2.13). (Information in …

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  37. 13437LetterT-S NS 323.24

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. The writer is asking advice about payment of a debt.

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  38. 13438LetterT-S Ar.30.108

    Letter concerning business (very faded) in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "after Shabbat" and sending something with Yeshuʿa. Reused for accounts, mentioning Nahray. Probably 11th century.

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  39. 13439LetterCUL Or.1080 J173

    Letter from the mother of Dā'ūd, in a provincial town, to her son Sulaymān al-Jamal, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. She complains about a lack of …

    1. מן ואלדת דאוד לסולימאן יצל דוכאן
    2. אלגמל קצר אלשמע אן
    3. שא אללה
    1. כתאבי אליך יאולדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    2. איאם סלאמתך ובעד אבקך אללה יאולדי כ…

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  40. 13440Legal documentT-S 13J8.25

    Verso: Formulary in Aramaic for a deathbed will, dated Av 1552 Seleucid (= 1241 CE) in Fustat. (Information from CUDL)

    1. למא כאן פי אלעשר אלאכיר מן חודש אב יהפך
    2. לשמחה דשנת אלפא וחמש מאה וחמשין
    3. ותרתין שנין למנין שטרות בפסטאט מצרים
    4. דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה איך החכם והנבון
    5. מר…

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  41. 13441Literary textMIAC 98

    Religious topics – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 98) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …

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  42. 13442List or tableT-S Ar.30.288

    Account register. In Ladino. 3 bifolia. Dated 5450s AM, which is 1690s CE. On the left side of folio 3r there is reference to the …

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  43. 13443Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/15

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dating: ca. 1080 CE. Groom: Yosef b. Yeshuʿa b. ʿAllūn. The bride is not a virgin. Marriage payments: 3 + …

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  44. 13444Legal documentT-S 12.70

    Bill of divorce, Qaraite. In Hebrew. T-S 12.54 and T-S 12.70 are two very rare examples of Qaraite bills of divorce. Husband: ʿAmmār al-Khāṭirī. Witnesses: …

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  45. 13445Legal documentT-S Ar.48.117

    Draft or copy of a legal document. Filling both sides of the folio. Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 26 Tevet 154[.] Seleucid = 1228–38 CE (and …

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  46. 13446Unknown typeMoss. IXa,2.75

    Fragment, probably of a letter, blank verso. Needs examination.

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  47. 13447List or tableAIU VII.F.19

    List of donations (?) for the end of Adar of the year of "ezreinu" (perhaps 70+7+200+50+6 = [5]333 = 1573 CE. But everything else in …

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  48. 13448Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 454

    Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …

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  49. 13449Legal documentT-S NS 305.216

    Collection of legal or official records of some kind. Receipts? On parchment. One of the entries on verso mentions Isḥāq b. Manṣūr al-Yahūdī and the …

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  50. 13450LetterT-S 6J3.14

    Letter containing good wishes. Written with the layout of an official/communal letter: narrow page, moderately wide space between the lines, and an ʿalāma (motto) at …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . ב]ריתו
    2. ע]מו בקרוב ואנחנו שמיחים
    3. ש]לום לכבוד גדולת קדושת מרנא
    4. חלפון הנדיב סגולת הנשיאות ראש הקהל יברכהו וישמרהו
    5. ויתן שלום לכבוד ג…

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