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  1. 1301LetterT-S NS 225.94

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting almost entirely of business accounts. The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing a foreigner (? gharīb) and possibly a deposit. …

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  2. 1302LetterT-S NS 325.167

    Letter addressed to a dignitary named Aharon. It opens with a panegyric in Hebrew in which the addressee is called "the Rav" and "the Nagid …

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  3. 1303LetterT-S 12.215

    Second leaf of a letter from an unidentified merchant, probably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1052 by Gil and 1066/67 by Goitein (in Mediterranean Society, …

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    1.              ב'
    2. במולאי אלשיך אבי אלבדר דפעאת אד כאן הו אלעאני [[בצאחב]]
    3. באלכצם צאחב אלגיל ותכאצמת //מע// וכילה עבד אללה בקצרהם
    4. לאנה שד מ[ן] צא…

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    1. (2−1) ב(שמך רחמנא). .... באדוני ורבי אבו אלבדר פעמים מספר כי הוא שטיפל (מחוק: באדוני)
    2. בבעל הדין, בעלי הניל, והיתה לי מחלוקת עם מיופה הכוח של…

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  4. 1304Legal documentENA NS 50.32

    Legal document. Power of attorney. Dated: November 1050. Location: Fustat. An unsigned assignment of power of attorney from Eleazar Manṣūr ("Head of the Congregations") b. …

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    1. [זכרו]ן עידות שהיתה לפנינו אנו העדים החותמים עדותינו מטה בכתב הזה איך כב ק[ד] 
    2. מ רב אלעזר הזקן הקרוי מנצור ראש הקהלות בר מנחם אשר ממדינה //צוב…

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    1. [Recor]d of witness testimony which took place before us—we, the witnesses who have sealed our testimony below in this document—that (his) hon(…

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  5. 1305LetterJRL B 8016

    Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Phrases from the letter: ויגיתהא . . . אפעאלהא אלי . . . אלשריפה . . . תשועת עולמים …

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  6. 1306List or tableJRL B 3570

    Accounts in Ladino, mentioning gold and silver.

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  7. 1307Literary textAIU IV.C.481

    "Comedia sobre el casa[mento?] de Ishaq Abinu con Ribca Imenu עה. Repartida en cinco cenas hecha por Franco S[...] del Le(?)." On verso there are …

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  8. 1308LetterT-S 8J38.6

    Letter to Yefet b. Sason (aka Ḥasan b. Surūr) who is described as 'the Modest' (הצנוע). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with the introductory blessings in Hebrew …

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    1. ויהי משגב לדך משגב לעתות בצרה
    2. ברכה עודפת וטובה נודפת ו . . . . ה מוק[פת] ו . . . . . מו . . . . .
    3. ורפואה מושקפת וחנינה מרחפת וחמלה מרופפת ורוח…

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  9. 1309Legal documentT-S NS 321.45

    Legal document. Fragmentary (bottom part). Mentions someone agreeing to receive merchandise, and a power of attorney. Signed by Mevorakh b. Seʿadya, but presumably not the …

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  10. 1310Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. d 66/126

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, who bears the title Nagid (thus, post-1213). Reuven b. Yaʿaqov married a widow. He sickened and died, when she …

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  11. 1311LetterT-S AS 40.285

    73 minute fragments (67 paper; 6 vellum), of which two are parts of letters in Arabic (row 1, no. 2 and row 2, no. 6), …

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  12. 1312Legal documentCUL Or.1080 5.17

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Written in a rudimentary hand (Goitein calls it a "most miserable script"). Location: Cairo. Dated: Av 1[3]82 Seleucid, which is 1071 CE. …

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  13. 1313Unknown typeENA 3244.4

    Document in Arabic on recto, medieval-era. The document type is unclear, yet it appears the scribe used a straight-edge to partition the text's internal sections …

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  14. 1314Legal documentT-S Ar.47.244

    Legal fragment. Dated: 1358 Seleucid, which is 1046/47 CE. Involves [...] b. Avraham b. Mukhtār; possibly his wife; and a girl under 11 years of …

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    1. [...] פי בית דין [הג]דול נטרח פי
    2. [... אד]ר ראשון משנת אשנח לשטרות
    3. [...] ישראל ענד אסתגאתאת
    4. [... יעק]וב בן אברהם בן מכתאר ידכר

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  15. 1315List or tableT-S AS 124.34

    Unidentified text in Arabic script, potentially documentary.

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  16. 1316Legal 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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  17. 1317LetterT-S AS 145.353

    Recto: draft of a letter or petition, with numerous honorifics in both Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew or Aramaic: רבאנו אלמולא . . . אלאמין אלצדר אלריש …

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  18. 1318List or tableT-S K15.86

    Two lists of contributors and beginning of a third, comprising 25, 32, and 4 names, respectively, all headed by ha-r (the rabbi) Yosef Israel. The …

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    1. הר' יוסף ישראל ואולדה 73? 10
    2. ר` סעדיי [כך] כהן 25
    3. ר' יוס כהן 2
    4. ר' שמואל כהן 16
    5. ר' עבדייא כהן 2
    6. ר' אברהם דיין 25 6 4
    7. ר' אברהם פיתתה 2…

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  19. 1319State documentT-S Ar.1a.140

    Verso: Fragment from the left side of an early Fatimid decree or other state document. The ends of three lines remain, including the word al-taqsīṭ. …

    1. ]ـم واطراد وتشتيت(؟) على اعود
    2. ]ـسماره الاعمال ووفود رها(؟) والرجوع
    3. يـ]ستخرج من التقسيط النفقة وجاري

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    1. ]ـم واطراد وتشتيت(؟) على اعود
    2. ]ـسماره ال…

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  20. 1320LetterT-S NS 324.96 + T-S AS 150.63

    Letter from a son to his father Mubārak b. [...], in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. With rudimentary handwriting and spellings. …

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  21. 1321Legal query or responsumT-S 28.15

    Collection of geʾonic responsa. The scribe is well known from other collections of geʾonic responsa, from the beginning of the 11th century. (Information from CUDL)

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  22. 1322LetterAIU VII.D.108

    Letter from the head of the court of Palermo (perhaps Maṣliaḥ b. Eliyya) to his counterpart in Qayrawan, ca. 1050 CE. The letter details a …

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  23. 1323Legal documentCUL Add.3413

    Verso: Addendum or subsequent court record concerning Abū l-Munā and 90 jars of wine as well as other commodities and someone named Ṣāʿid. This record …

    1. ומן בעד הדא אלאסתקראר אתפקא פי אמר
    2. אלנביד אן אדא וצל אלי מלך אבו אלמנא
    3. אלתסעין גרה נביד כאן קבלה ופי דמתה
    4. ען תמן דלך תסעה דנאניר וען תמן
    5. אלמערקה דינ…

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  24. 1324List or tableT-S Ar.34.291

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions mastic at the top of verso. Needs examination.

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  25. 1325LetterT-S 16.287

    Letter dated 15 Sivan 1208 from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-'Ammani (Alexandria) to Abu l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin (Fustat). The first part (r.6-17) deals with …

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    בשמ רחמ כאדמה יהודה המלמד

    1. אלי חצרה אלמולא אלסייד אלאגל אלשיך בו אלמגד תפארת החזנים
    2. ועוזם [א]דאם אללה פי אעלא אלכיר בקאה ואדאם תאיידה
    3. ועלאה ור…

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  26. 1326LetterYevr. II A 1780

    A letter to Avraham b. Shmuel Halevi

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  27. 1327Legal documentT-S 12.593

    Deed of release. Written by Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Fragment (right side only). Written on parchment. Regarding a woman’s ketubba. Involves Ibrāhīm and …

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  28. 1328LetterT-S NS 154.1

    Letter probably from a judge, in New Cairo, to another judge, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender's handwriting may be known. He reports that …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא חצרה מולאי אלדיין
    3. צורבא מרבנן ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה
    4. וסלאמתה ונעמתה ותמכינה וכבת אעדאה
    5. מן אלמסתקר באלקאהרה אלמע…

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  29. 1329LetterT-S 6J11.6

    Letter sent to a Nasi, possibly named Yishay, possibly in Acre. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 13th century, based on the mention of the judge Peraḥya …

    1. ]ביה שלומים וחן וחסד ורחמים ו . . [
    2. ] וינחילך תורת ה . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    3. אב]רהם זקן בא בימים . . . . . [
    4. ] גליות ישראל . . . . . . . . . . [

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  30. 1330Literary textBL OR 5565C.14

    Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic treatise on prognostication or horoscopes.

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  31. 1331LetterT-S Ar.42.208

    Letter from a father to his son. In Arabic script. The father's name appears in the right margin: looks something like كىى بن للسول. He …

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  32. 1332LetterT-S NS 264.81

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment.

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  33. 1333Legal documentBL OR 5566B.9

    Court records. Large fragment, containing at least two distinct entries. Damaged and faded. There is a testimony that begins on line 25 of recto and …

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  34. 1334LetterT-S 12.581

    Letter to Abū ʿImrān in which the writer, a perfumer and judge in Minyat Zifta, describes repairs to the local synagogue along with news of …

    1. ממלוך חצרה מולאי ותאג ראסי וסיידי אלעזיז עליי וענדי
    2. אלתלמיד אלגליל אלפאצל אלעאמל אלעאלם אלשיך בן עמראן שצ
    3. יקבל ידיה אלכרימה ומואטי קדמיה וינהי שוקה …

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  35. 1335Paraliterary textT-S 10K18.6

    Colophon of a notebook (זו הקוטראס) containing Hebrew prayers. Written by Nissim b. Nahray, probably still a child, in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ, Fustat (called Ṣoʿan Miṣrayim).

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  36. 1336Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. V,337.1

    An order for various amounts of bread, oil, wood, lemon and cheese. On a small piece of parchment. (Information from CUDL.)

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  37. 1337List or tableT-S F8.50

    The main text is literary/halakhic. On verso at 90 degrees there are accounts in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Bū l-ʿAlāʾ, Yūsuf, Abū l-Ḥasan, and …

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  38. 1338Legal documentT-S NS 225.33

    Minute fragment, probably from legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi

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  39. 1339Legal documentENA NS 18.5

    Legal fragment written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE), comprising the lower left corner of the document. Probably regarding a business partnership …

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  40. 1340List or tableT-S Ar.34.229

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Currency: grossos. Mentions the name Yosef al-Rūmī on the recto.

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  41. 1341LetterT-S NS 324.8

    Faded letter from Eli b. 'Amram the cantor to a notable named Abu [...] b. Masliah, asking him to assist David b. Yeshu'a ha-Gizbar to …

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  42. 1342Legal documentT-S 10J7.10

    Legal document concerning a quittance of debt, dated 1440 Sel. (1129 CE), written under the authority of the gaon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen. Mentions Abū l-Maʿālī b. …

    T-S 10J7.10 1 recto

    1. חצר אלי מושב בית דין הגדול של אדוננו מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב
    2. תכון משרתו לנצח אבו אלמעאלי בן יוסף דידיע בן תאמאר ואשהדנא ע…

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  43. 1343List or tableAIU IX.A.49.5

    Writing exercises

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  44. 1344List or tableENA 624.12

    Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)

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  45. 1345Unknown typeT-S AS 149.133

    Document mentioning Ibrahim and his family. (Information from CUDL.)

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  46. 1346State documentT-S Ar.47.55 + T-S NS 308.51

    Fiscal document, reused for the Talmud commentary of Rav Nissim Gaʾon. Needs further examination. T-S Ar.47.55 was published by Sheraga Abramson, Rav Nissim Gaʾon, pp. …

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  47. 1347List or tableT-S AS 146.87

    Recto: Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to brokerage fees (samsara) and something related (ʿamāla or ʿimāla). Verso: Brief account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. …

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  48. 1348LetterT-S AS 119.144

    Piyyuṭ in Hebrew; part of a letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  49. 1349LetterT-S AS 149.60

    Letter opening from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1020 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1015–1025 CE, based on the years when Yoshiyyahu …

    1. [יאשי]הו ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב בירבי
    2. שלום [נ]אחה יגדל ולא יידחה יוחק לא יימחה ירום ולא ישחה
    3. יסובב כגוחה ליקירינו ואהובינו כלבבנו [ ] אפרים [ ]
    4. איש הבי…

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  50. 1350LetterBL OR 5538.2

    Letter by Yisrael [b. Shemuel b. Hofni?]. See Mann, Texts and Studies, I, 165–66. Date is given, possibly Elul [1]315 = 1004 CE. Information from …

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