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  1. 13501Unknown typeT-S AS 169.309

    Fragment from the top of an unidentified document in Arabic script, possibly mentioning the caliph al-Mustanṣir. Needs examination.

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  2. 13502LetterT-S 8J24.5

    Note, it seems in the hand of Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sighmar, mentioning the disposition of a matter concerning a house and requesting information about …

    1. בעד כרוג מולאי אלשיך אדאם אללה
    2. עזה אסתקר חאל אלדאר צלחא
    3. פלא יתעב מולאי אלשיך פי טלב
    4. שי ולא יתמנע איצא מן אלמגי
    5. אדא אראד אלתפצל באלמגי
    6. ואן סהל פי נפס…

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  3. 13503State documentENA 3966.12

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Registration marks - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh shukran and al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn.

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  4. 13504Legal documentT-S AS 149.208 + T-S NS J217

    Two fragment so a legal document, likely in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Draft, with crossouts and interlinear insertions. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: speaking to …

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  5. 13505List or tableENA 3968.7

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  6. 13506List or tableT-S Ar.30.2

    Private account by Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Dating: ca. 1080. Concerning shipping goods from the Maghreb to Alexandria. Mentions different expenses in the ports and …

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    1. ב الله الرحيم الرحمن

    2. אלדי צח פי וזן אלצ[ו]ף קקלב רטל

    3. ביע כ דינ אלקנט אלתמן מו דינ ות[מ]ן

    4. ופי אלקטעה אלתאניה אלוזן קקמו [ו]נצ[ף

    5.      ב…

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    1. (1–3) בשם אלוהים הרחמן הרחום. הסתכם במשקל הצמר: קקל"ב רטלים, נמכרו בכ' דינרים הקנטאר, התמורה מ"ו דינרים ושמינית. 
    2. (4–6) בחבילה השנייה, המש…

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  7. 13507Legal documentT-S AS 147.251

    Small fragment from a ketubah containing few items from the dowry list. AA

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  8. 13508Legal documentT-S NS 225.20

    Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Fustat. Dating: No earlier than 12th century, based on the preserved words from the reshut formula (...הגדול יהי שמו לעולם). …

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  9. 13509LetterT-S AS 142.159

    Bifolio. Secondary use: Draft of formulaic phrases in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic, and a couple words in Arabic addressed to some dignitary (likely anonymous based on …

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  10. 13510List or tableT-S AS 187.142

    Bifolio of well-preserved accounts in Arabic, probably state-issued. Medieval-era.

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  11. 13511LetterENA 4100.4b

    Letter In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning communal controversy and politics. Mentions an apostate to Islam (al-posheaʿ), the community of Ṣahrajt, a ban of excommunication, a Jew who …

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    1. ] גמענא ואיאך וכל ישראל פי בניאן קדסה
    2. ] . דיה אלמניה מנהא במנה וכרמה ואן
    3. ] פמא אדע שהד אללה אלסואל ען אכבארך
    4. א]שכר אללה עליה ואסלה אלזיאדה לך

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  12. 13512LetterT-S AS 150.62

    Letter fragment, maybe a draft as many phrases are crossed out. Seems to consist mainly of settling accounts -- either commercial or related to an …

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  13. 13513List or tableAIU VII.E.159

    Accounts (?) divided by horizontal lines. 11th c (?), written on parchment, thus Sicilian? Mentions silver ingots (fiḍḍa sabāʾik). Several of the entries begins "wa-qia …

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  14. 13514State documentT-S AS 184.230

    Bottom of a petition. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Ayyubid-era, based on the titles. The addressee (the caliph or vizier?) is asked to issue (or …

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  15. 13515LetterDK 353

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is probably Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov, an India trader and shipowner (nākhudā) known from documents dating from 1131/32 to c.1150 CE. …

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    1. מ . []
    2. וארגע . . . . . []

    3. לאן אלממלוך יעאזי חואיג . . []

    4. כנת מסתריח אלסר בעץ שי []

    5. אלעטר יחתאג אלמכנה אן אלדורה ונרגו מן אל[לה]

    6. חמיד …

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  16. 13516State documentENA 2878.4

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script. Probably fiscal, concerning amounts of produce (e.g., بان عنده ستين اربد غلة four lines from the bottom). Dating: likely Fatimid, …

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  17. 13517LetterENA NS 63.17

    Recto: Letter from Ḥayyim b. S[..], in Damietta, addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: שנת והלך לפניך צדקך, which is …

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  18. 13518Legal documentYevr. II K 70

    Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Ya'aqov Halevi b. Shmuel and the deflowred bride is Esther known as 'Aziza.

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  19. 13519List or tableT-S NS 338.80

    Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1065. This account was written as a draft. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #298) VMR

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    1. בראה אכיה דינ' וי''ד קיר' ו>' 
    2. פדלך עין ק''ק וס' דינ' וסדס 
    3. אלורק קקי''ו ונצ' ותמן תכון ג' דנא' [ 
    4. פדלך אלעין ואל[ורק 
    5. אלבאקי לך …

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    1. הזיכוי של אחיו, דינר וי"ד קיראטים וחצי; 
    2. סך הכול בזהב, קק"ס דינר ושישית; 
    3. וַרֵק' קקי"ו וחצי ושמינית; סך הכול ג' דינרים…; 
    4. סך הכול…

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  20. 13520LetterT-S NS J530

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Short and wide piece of paper. The content is cryptic. "When what happened happened and the messengers came and brought us [to …

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  21. 13521Legal documentENA 3306.4

    Ketubba. Part of the decoration in the right upper margin is preserved. Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 14 Adar II 5518 = 24 March 1758 CE. …

    1. בששי 
    2. בשבת בארבעה עשר יום לחודש אדר שני [ח]משת אלפים וחמש מאות שמנה עשרה ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט [דעל נהר נילוס]
    3. מותבה - אנן סהדי א[יך…

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  22. 13522LetterT-S 12.374

    Letter from Ḥayyim He-Ḥaver b. Shelomo, Jerusalem, to Yitzhak b. Ya'akov He-Ḥaver, Fustat, mentioning enormous sums deposited with various people, around the middle of the …

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    1. כתאבי יסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך
    2. מן אלקדס עמרה אללה ען סלאמה ללה אלחמד קד
    3. כאן כתאבי נפד אליך ערפך פיה חצול אלדנינר (!) מן
    4. תאבת גיר אנהא נק…

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  23. 13523List or tableT-S AS 185.331

    Large bifolio covered with various pen trials and writing exercises in Hebrew script. Dating: ca. 12th century. There is one line of documentary interest on …

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  24. 13524LetterENA 3744.6

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Dating: probably 11th century.

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  25. 13525Unknown typeAIU VI.B.176

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  26. 13526List or tableBL OR 10794.12

    Memorial list for a family of Kohanim, menitoning Elazar and his brothers and his son Avraham.

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  27. 13527Legal documentHalper 345

    Recto: Legal testimony. Dated: February-March 1160. In the hand of Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din(?). Abū al-Surūr Peraḥya b. Tiqva successfully sues for the …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנו [[הע]] בית דין אבו אלסרור פרחיה בר תק[וה] 
    2. ידיע בן אלאמעט ובידה כמסה דנא דכר אנהא מן גמלה 
    3. אלעקדה אלדי כאנת שרכה בין אבו נצר בן …

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    1. Abū al-Surūr Peraḥya b. Tiq[va] known as (I)bn al-Am‘aṭ came before us—we, the court—
    2. and in his hand were five dina(rs). He said that they wer…

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  28. 13528LetterT-S 13J27.18

    Letter from Salama b. Nissim b. Ishaq al-Barqi of Busir to Abu Ishaq (Barhun) b. Ismail al-Tāhartī, dealing with the production of flax and linen. …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל [אללה ב]ק[א]ך ואדאם ע[זך

    2. וסמוך וכבת בדל חאסדך ועדוך מן אלמס[ת]קר בוציר ען חאל סלאמה [ונעמה

    3. ושוק אליך…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ....
    2. ואת מעלתך ויכה וישפיל את מקנאך ואת אויבך, מן הבית, בוציר. של…

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  29. 13529Unknown typeENA NS 85.241

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  30. 13530LetterAIU VII.E.69

    Late letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ.

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  31. 13531LetterT-S AS 145.377

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with greetings. (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 13532Literary textT-S Ar.30.168

    Astrological text, divided into sections, each dealing with an aspect of life. In Judaeo-Arabic. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.

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  33. 13533Unknown typeYevr. IV 135

    Non-Geniza. Business document from Poznan.

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  34. 13534Legal documentENA NS 77.61

    Small fragment from the end of a legal document signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya.

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  35. 13535List or tableT-S NS J548

    List of names in Judaeo-Arabic. They are numbered, from 1 to approximately 28. Several of them are family members of the scribe (e.g., Mūsā the …

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  36. 13536State documentT-S AS 179.275

    A few words from a state document (decree? fiscal register?). Specifically a number: 3[.]7, maybe 347. The text on recto is a mirror-image imprint from …

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  37. 13537Legal documentT-S NS 305.144

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or Ottoman-era, based on hand and overall appearance. There is the remnant of an …

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  38. 13538LetterBL OR 10578R.121

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions al-Marjānī and al-Shelishi. Excerpts: ליס ימכן . . . אצחאבנא אן . …

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  39. 13539Legal documentENA 3950.7

    Recto: Small fragment of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. The one making the acknowledgment may be named Salmūn b. Isḥāq al-Māwardī.

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  40. 13540List or tableT-S AS 185.68

    List in a unique early modern scribal hand, relies on Indo-Arabic numerals. The exact meaning of the labels on the far left column is not …

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  41. 13541LetterENA 3930.4

    Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to someone titled al-amīr al-ajall reporting on a ship bearing wood (markab al-ḥaṭb) that arrived at the port of Fusṭāṭ …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. اعلم حضرة مولاي الامير

    3. الاجل ادام الله عزه رب(؟)

    4. انتق….. اقول لك فيما يتعلق

    5. مركب الحطب الذي وصل

    6. الى الصناعة المحرو…

    1. In the name of God, the most merciful and benevolent

    2. I inform my master, the illustrious Amīr

    3. may God perpetuate his glory

    4. I report to you re…

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  42. 13542LetterT-S J2.66

    Memorandum by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The addressee in unknown; it might be Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. Contains instructions about payment deduction …

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    1. תדכרה' וליה נהראי בן נסים נ'ע' 
    2. וצל כתאב אלאמיר יקול האת מן יגי יקבץ' אלצראר
    3. ואוגבת אלחאל אנחדארי ולם יתפק לי אלאגתמאע במול[אי]
    4. אל…

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    This is a memorandum from your close associate Nahray ben Nissim: A letter arrived from the amir saying: ‘Send someone t…

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  43. 13543Legal documentAIU XII.153

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (five lines from the middle section). Dating: Likely late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Possibly a partnership agreement. Mentions a …

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  44. 13544LetterT-S NS 226.140

    Small fragment of a letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe, likely to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mainly a portion of the right …

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  45. 13545LetterUnknown (excavation images 1966A_P06_25A-26 and 1966A_P06_26A-27)

    Letter to a dignitary. Concerning travel and business transactions, including in military gear and enslaved people. Alternate readings (ASE): - instead of الحتة in r10 …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اعلم حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاها وادام تاييدها
    3. وعلاها ورفعتها وسناها وسموها وارتقاها وكبت بالذل
    4. المهين حسدته…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate. 
    2. I inform my honourable master, the most illustrious elder, may God prolong his life and c…

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  46. 13546LetterT-S 16.130

    Beginning of a circular letter by Nisi b. Shemuel, head of a congregation (of Rabbanites? Palestinians? Babylonians? Karaites?) to all Israel, emphasizing the duty to …

    1. ניסי בן שמואל ראש
    2. קהלת עדת אל
    3. לכל אחינו ישראל הדרים בכל מקומות מושבותיהם . . . . . . .א. . . [ . . .
    4. הקרובים והרחוקים החכמים הנבונים הידועים היקרים …

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  47. 13547State documentT-S AS 165.197

    Letter fragment in Arabic script, likely state-related. Fragments of ~4 lines are preserved. Reused for Hebrew literary text.

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  48. 13548LetterT-S AS 146.156

    Letter of appeal to the Nagid, Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE), asking for financial assistance. Written on behalf of a foreign cloth merchant (qazzāz) named …

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  49. 13549LetterT-S 13J26.3

    Letter from Shemuel b. Moshe, Tyre, to Eli b. Amram, Fustat, approximately 1050.

    1. שלומות ענופות וברכות תכופות והצלחות מקיפות ותשועות מוצנפות
    2. רני פלט להקפות ושם טוב ליפות ומעשים טובים לחפות ליקר
    3. [כב]וד גד קד מר ורב עלי החבר המעולה …

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  50. 13550Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS J8

    Order of payment issued by “your friend Abū l-Faraj" to the elder Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, instructing him to hand over 122 dirhams to the unnamed bearer. …

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