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13401Legal documentMoss. VII,131
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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.
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. I tak…
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- alimony
- muslim courts
1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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2017
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6955
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13402State documentSt. Catherine, Atiya no. 10, Stern doc. 8
Document date
Rabīʿ II 551 Hijrī (24 May 1156–21 June 1156 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
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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41389
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13403LetterT-S 6J4.5
Primary language
Hebrew
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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- pirates
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2018
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17111
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13404Literary textT-S 8J16.20
Primary language
Hebrew
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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Tags
- poem
- riddle
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1962
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13405LetterT-S 8J22.15
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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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13406LetterT-S 10J5.24
Letter from Yehuda b. Isma’il al-Andalusi, from Sicily, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat.
recto
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…
recto
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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13407Legal documentT-S 12.664
Document date
1533 Seleucid (18 September 1221–7 September 1222 CE)
Primary language
Aramaic
Husband: Yeshuʿa b. [...]. Wife: Sitt al-Hanāʾ bt. [...]. Signed by Eliyyahu the Judge.
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- divorce
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13408LetterT-S 13J27.5 + T-S 13J13.13
Inferred date
1007–1055 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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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- qaraites
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1090
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13409LetterT-S 24.64
Inferred date
1138–1150 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The letter contains much information on commercial business and the report of a shipwreck in Bāb al-Mandab.
Recto
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…
Recto
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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2004
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5538
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13410State documentT-S Ar.34.54
Document date
544 Hijrī (11 May 1149–29 April 1150 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Wahb) for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Undated. The year for which the tax is paid is 544 (1150).
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2026
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41759
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13411Literary textT-S Ar.43.19
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
"Muḥammad b. [...] the buyer, on the date of Monday, the 10th of al-Muḥarram of [...]."
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2023
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38515
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13412Legal documentT-S AS 86.289 + T-S AS 86.294 + T-S AS 86.288
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bū l-Faraj; Majdiyya; Sitt al-[...] bt. Futūḥ(?) b. Moshe; Surūr; Diyār; Bū l-ʿIzz.
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2019
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23007
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13413LetterT-S AS 118.54
Primary language
Arabic
Greetings to the sender's sister and her mother and to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ.
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2018
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18737
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13414Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 131.193
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt for a faqīh, possibly for an apartment compound (min māl rabʿ al-[...]). This might be followed by a year ([.]57?).
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2023
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38730
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13415LetterT-S AS 145.368 + T-S AS 145.369
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
He says that "we attended the majlis of Abū l-Faraj Ṣemaḥ al-Nasi b. Asa (אסא). The continuation is missing.
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2018
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17326
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13416LetterT-S AS 146.187
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
On verso there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script, mentioning names such as Abū Manṣūr and Ibn al-ʿAnbarī. Hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? (Information in part from CUDL)
Tags
- account
- judge eliyyahu
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2018
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18866
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13417LetterT-S AS 146.188
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The sender complains that he has been toiling and staying up all night for the last month due to his burdensome government service (khidma).
1. סוף תדל [חירת]ך במשיה אללה תעאלי
2. ואנא פי הדא אלאיאם מן שהר ואלי יומי
3. הדא והו יום אלד אליט מן מרחשון
4. פי תעב ומשקה וסהר ליל פי כדמתי
5. מא לא שהד אללה לי…
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13418LetterT-S AS 146.210
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The identity of sender and the origin and the subject are all extrapolated by Gil. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #766) VMR
recto
1. ] סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף ענך אלאסוא ברחמ[תה
2. ] באחסן כאתמה ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה
3. אסאל אללה] קרב אלאגתמאע [ ] ענדה בע[
recto - top margin
1. ח…
recto
.... (יתמיד אלוהים) את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק ממך כל רע, ברחמיו .... (ויחתום את החודש הזה לך) במיטב חותמו. שלומי טוב ואני ברווחה (אבל מתגעגע מאו…
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Tags
- flax
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2017
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6015
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13419Legal documentT-S AS 147.9
Notes for a marriage contract between Abu al-Karim Shabbetay b. Avraham and the divorcee Mudallala bat Yehuda ha-Levi involving a dowry of 102 dinars plus a house.
1. שבתי הנקרא אבו אלכרם
2. בר אברהם סט
3. מדללה מתרכתא בת יהודה הלוי זצל
4. אלמקדם טו מתנה
5. אלמוכר אלטאבי
6. מאיה ודינארין מן גמלתהא
7. שטר עליק תאמאר אבו אלעלא
8. בנה די…
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- 12th c
- marriage
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2004
PGPID
4150
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13420List or tableT-S AS 147.100
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
, a courier (raqqāṣ), a 'trustee' (amīn), and a porter (bawwāb), and individuals such as Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. (Information in part from CUDL)
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Tags
- account
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2018
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18259
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13421Legal documentT-S AS 148.119
Document date
5314 Anno Mundi (9 September 1553–27 August 1554 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
דיכאה(?) and Masʿū[d?] al-Mustaʿrib and a sum of 101 Venetian ducats (peraḥim venezianos).
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2019
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21735
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13422Literary textT-S AS 148.181
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: possibly a piece from a Sufi text in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning a well-known saying of the Egyptian Sufi Dhūl-Nūn al-Miṣrī (d. 862). The original quote in Arabic reads: أدب العارف فوق كل أدب، لأن معروفه مؤدب قلبه.
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2019
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21750
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13423LetterT-S AS 149.95
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Only the upper right corner is preserved, containing a few words from the opening and a sizeable text block from the right margin. Mentions 2 months... al-rayyis... a house. (Information in part from CUDL)
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18910
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13424LetterT-S AS 149.176
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Eliyyahu addressed to 'al-Kohen.' The addressee must not hand over the garment that 'the Jew' bought from him and pawned, because it has gone out of his possession and belongs to somebody else who will pay the debt and redeem the thawb.
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13425Legal query or responsumT-S AS 150.31
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Legal query to [... ha-Rav] ha-Gadol be-Yisraʾel concerning a mercantile transaction. Mentions the Dār al-Wakāla; a deal betwen two merchants; and how the merchandise was fined 10 mithqāls after it came out that it contained stolen goods (masrūqa). .
Tags
- responsum
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13426LetterT-S AS 150.174
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Conveys greetings for Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Maʿālī. On verso a remnant of the address (...
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2018
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17615
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13427Legal documentT-S AS 152.53
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Hebrew
It is probably the judge of al-Minyat Zifta who was active there circa 1125 (Med.
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2019
PGPID
22156
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13428LetterT-S AS 152.179
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In the margin רב אלדין (= rabb al-dayn = the creditor). (Information in part from CUDL.)
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2023
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38815
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13429LetterT-S AS 153.29
Short letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy. Around 1045. Seems that the letter is from the beginning of Nahray’s time In Egypt.
recto
1. יאמולאי] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך כרגת עני ולחקני [
2. וחש עצ'ים אליך וערפני אלמכארי אנך אשתרית חצירין פאללה אללה תש[תרי
3. זוג אכ'ר ותס…
recto
1. אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך; יצאת מאצלי, ותקפו אותי
2. …געגועים עזים אליך; הודיע לי העגלון שקנית שתי מחצלות קטנו…
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2020
PGPID
6036
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13430Legal documentT-S AS 166.175
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In which Abū l-Waḥsh makes a declaration about a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. The word "wife of" might appear before Abū l-Waḥsh's name, but the declaration is being made by a man.
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2024
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39421
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13431Legal documentT-S AS 176.86
Primary language
Arabic
Involving "Sulṭāna the Jewish woman" and Makārim and [...] b. Isḥāq al-Mutaṭabbib. This may be the same Makārim b. Isḥāq the physician who is known from several other Geniza documents (see tag).
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1
Tags
- makarim b. ishaq
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2023
PGPID
37203
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13432LetterT-S AS 184.6
Primary language
Arabic
Only a few letters in Hebrew from the front, and part of the address from the back are preserved, mentioning [Abū l]-Majd b. Thābit al-Iskandarānī (= probably Meʾir b. Yakhin).
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2023
PGPID
37543
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13433State documentT-S AS 184.101
Primary language
Arabic
A pair of receipts for [...] al-ʿAṭṭār, which were never cut apart, unlike most other receipts.
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2023
PGPID
37561
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13434Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.133
Document date
710 Hijrī (31 May 1310–19 May 1311 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
A name appears at the top of recto (al-shaykh Abū l-Majd?). The text underneath refers to two dirhams.
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2025
PGPID
41244
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13435Unknown typeT-S AS 184.308 + T-S AS 177.580
Primary language
Arabic
Probable join identified by Alan Elbaum.
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2025
PGPID
41268
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13436List or tableT-S AS 185.189
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew alphanumerals. Dating is 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography.
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2024
PGPID
39891
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13437List or tableT-S AS 186.2
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic
In the Arabic section mentions al-Shaykh Abū l-Maʿālī Requires further examination.
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1
Tags
- bialphabetic
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2024
PGPID
39911
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13438Legal documentT-S AS 187.125
Primary language
Hebrew
___יעקב מ) is visible along with a note that may relate to the missing text.
Tags
- 15th c or later
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2024
PGPID
39977
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13439List or tableT-S AS 207.70
Primary languages
Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions the name ʿAbd al-Laṭīf. One entry on the recto lists a partial date 2_ Kislev and an entry on the verso mentions "European paper[?]"
Tags
- paper
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39812
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13440LetterT-S K25.246
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions a jahbadh (tax official); al-shaliṭ (another government term, corresponding to Arabic sulṭān?)
Tags
- jahbadh
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2022
PGPID
35287
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13441Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.14
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Refers to a Hijri date; a period of 12 months; a tax farmer (ḍāmin) and Abū ʿAlī; and a partnership (sharika). Likely a join with P15.
1. [..................] מואפק ...[
2. תאריך אלערב אתני עשר שהרא מת[ואליה
3. מן אלצאמן עלי אלשיך אבו עלי דנן ו[
4. לכא[צ]תי פי הדה אלשרכה מן אנע[
5. עינא .[
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Tags
- halfon b. menashshe
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2022
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35152
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13442State documentT-S Misc.28.169
Document date
1036–1094 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Petition to the caliph al-Mustanṣir from a man seeking employment in the caliph’s service.
Verso, right-hand page
1. الحمد لله وحده الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على خير خلق من الورى
2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل تحياته على مولانا وسيدنا
3. ال…
1. The benedictions of God and his blessings, his increasing benefactions and most excellent greetings be upon our master and lord
2. the imām al-Musta…
Tags
- petition
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2018
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16795
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13443LetterT-S NS 97.55
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recto is a text in Judaeo-Arabic listing various foods (something boiled, sugar, lemon, almond, sweets). Verso is in the same hand and seems to be a small piece of a letter.
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2025
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41170
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13444Literary textT-S NS 99.34
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Epistle that is humorous in Judaeo-Arabic that opens with praises to God "who rounded the walnut. . . and put the whales in the sea. . . and who distinguished all his creatures, for some have their nose between their eyes and some have their heads between their ears."
Tags
- beer
- humor
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2020
PGPID
26255
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13445Legal documentT-S NS 225.25t
Document date
Elul 1443 Seleucid (1132 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Elʿazar b. Mevorakh Ibn Ṭuwayr al-ʿAshā has to pay 10 dinars to Abu Saʿīd b. Yeshuʿa.
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2019
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13446Legal documentT-S NS 226.68
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment of an agreement between Sayyid al-Ahl and Berakhot ha-Levi regarding rental of stores located in the sugarmakers' quarter, for the sum of 200 dirhams for a period of 4 months starting from Iyyar.
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- halfon b. menashshe
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2019
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24394
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13447List or tableT-S NS 292.41
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Dated on `Friday (yawm al-jum`a), probably payments or support. Requires further examination.
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2019
PGPID
24724
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13448Literary textT-S NS 297.177
Primary language
Arabic
Poetry in Arabic script. Recto is all one poem rhymed on -bī. There is an intriguing verse in which a speaker "swears by the Torah.... and Moses, and Isaac, and Jacob" (قفال اقسم بالتوراة مجتهدا . . .
Tags
- arabic poetry
- dimme
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2024
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39489
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13449LetterT-S NS 305.108
Primary language
Arabic
Verso contains closing greetings from the addressee's mother and sister, from the whole family, from Hiba, from Abū ʿAlī, and from Sitthum.
Tags
- phatic
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2019
PGPID
25011
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13450LetterT-S NS 320.9
Inferred date
1007–1055 CE
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Rawḥ Ha-Kohen he-ḥazzan (the cantor) al-Baghdādī b. Pinḥas, Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya.
Recto
1. שלום עד אין קץ ברכות עד אין מספר ומרובות עד אין סוף והצלחות עד אין שיעור
2. והבטחות עד אין תכלה ונעימות עד אין קצה לך אדוני וישישי ונזר ראשי ואהב…
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1
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3
Tags
- aodeh
- bialphabetic
2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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1988
PGPID
4686
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