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  1. 1351Legal documentT-S NS 321.105

    Small piece of the decorated rim of a document, perhaps a ketubba. "The happy season" and fleurs-de-lis.

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  2. 1352List or tableT-S AS 97.158

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic; probably Ottoman-era. Mentions a turjumān.

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  3. 1353Legal documentT-S 8J19.2

    Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). (Ashur, "Engagement and Betrothal documents", 42, no.144). Groom: Aharon. Bride: Sitt al-Ḥusn. …

    1. ]ואס[תקר
    2. ]המא פי דלך אלי אלשרור ואלאנפצאל באלטריק[
    3. ]מן בעצהמא בעץ ואשתכא כל מנהמא מן צאחבה אדא ע[
    4. מנהמא בדרך שלום אלי אן אצלחנא בינהמא ואסתקר אן תחט…

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  4. 1354Legal documentT-S Ar.39.18

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (upper half). Involves [...] b. Yehuda al-Rāb and Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm, both Jews. Needs examination for content.

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  5. 1355Literary textENA NS 76.309.2

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  6. 1356Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#50) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 17v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated in Tishrei, but …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 17v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלגמעה י׳׳ג שהר אלול
    2. סנה תאריכה חלף שמואל א׳ יחיה פירוז [[בשבועה]] ללמולי אלאגל
    3. י…

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  7. 1357LetterT-S Misc.25.106

    Letter from an emissary of the Yeshiva, in Fustat to Yosef ha-Kohen Av Bet Din b. Shelomo Gaon, in Jerusalem. Dating: August 1053 CE. The …

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    כי ביי תוחלתי

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלריס אלגליל ואדאם תאידה ועלוה וכבת
    2. עדאתה מן אלמסתקר במצר יום אלאחד ליד כלון מן אב ואלחאל סלאמה
    3. ועאפי…

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  8. 1358Legal documentT-S AS 151.287

    Deed of sale (שטר זביני). Very damaged. Dating: early 11th century. One of the parties is David. The deed is signed by Yosef b. [...], …

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  9. 1359LetterT-S 8J16.7

    Letter addressed to Abu Sahl b. Moshe, the cantor, in which the writer requests aid in a mixture of Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. In a post-scripted …

    1. תו שלום וג'
    2. שלום רב לאהבי תורותך
    3. שלום שלום לירחוק (!) ולקרב
    4. סבב הדה אלרקעה ולכבר מן מר' ור'
    5. אלשיך אבו // סהל // החבר השר ה/א/דיר החכם
    6. והניבון (!) ומ…

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    1. "[Say] as follows: '[To life!] Greetings to [you],'" etc. (1 Samuel 25:6).
    2. "Those who love Your teaching enjoy well-being" (Psalm 119:165). 
    3. "…

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  10. 1360Unknown typeENA NS 76.407

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  11. 1361State documentT-S NS 147.82

    Fiscal document concerning wheat. Dated: middle of Muḥarram 564(?) AH. Reused for piyyut on verso. Needs examination.

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  12. 1362Legal documentT-S 12.135

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower left corner). Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Bride: Ḥasana bt. Shelomo. Groom: Avraham b. Simḥa. …

    1. ]ביל עלוהי מר ור אברהם התנא דנן אחריות כתובתא
    2. ] ליה תחות כל שמיא בביתא ובברא ממקרקעי
    3. ]א כחומר וכחוזק כל שטרי כתובאתא דתקינו רבנן
    4. ]ה וברתיה דמרור אבר…

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  13. 1363State documentT-S Ar.35.140

    Bifolio from a small fiscal register in codex form. Three of the four pages each contain a distinct document/entry, beginning with the trigger "balagha." Presumably …

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  14. 1364Legal query or responsumT-S AS 151.62

    Responsum. Small fragment with the opening verses of a Geonic responsa, copied by Yosef Rosh Haseder. AA

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  15. 1365Legal documentBL OR 5536.2

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Probably a leaf from a court ledger. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan? Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 27 Nisan 1468 Seleucid …

    On Tuesday, 27th of Nisan 1468 Era of Documents [1157 CE] in Fustat, Egypt, situated on the Nile river, under the jurisdiction of our Master Samuel, …

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  16. 1366LetterJRL B 7595

    Possibly a brief letter with its response on verso, both in a high/poetic register of Hebrew.

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  17. 1367LetterT-S Ar.34.91

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  18. 1368List or tableENA 3966.5

    Accounts.

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  19. 1369LetterT-S NS 99.35

    Hebrew letter dated 1687/8 CE (5448 AM), addressed to "the Judges," regarding business transactions. Contains several words in Ladino that are marked with two dots: …

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  20. 1370Legal documentT-S 16.203

    Legal draft, in the scribal hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Court record. Dated: 1395 Seleucid (1083/84 CE). Location: Fustat. Abū al-‘Alā ‘Ūlla ha-Levi b. Joseph …

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    1. [...........] אנן בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים והזקנים החתומים למטה ב[...................... ]
    2. [...........].... מ עולה וג 
    3. [........]... [[באנפ…

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    1. […] we, the permanent court in Fusṭāṭ Egypt, and the undersigned Elders […]
    2. […] M(r.) ‘Ūlla and s(o on)
    3. […] on […] of the week which was […]
    4. of th…

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  21. 1371LetterENA 2727.1

    Letter from Avraham b. Abū Zikrī to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Describing business travel and reporting on transactions. Mentions someone called al-Rashīd and Abū …

    1. ] אלאגל אלמאלך אלמנעם מרינו ורבינו אלדייאן רבינו אלייה
    2. ] כאן אלממלוך צאפר מן עינדכם פי רמצאן פי אלעאשר
    3. ]כד ווצלנא אלבלד וכאן עיד אלמסלמין וגא אלמולא…

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  22. 1372LetterAIU VII.E.190

    Letter in Ladino and Hebrew.

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  23. 1373State documentT-S NS 305.125

    Tax receipt?

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  24. 1374LetterT-S NS 226.183

    Two lines from an opening of a letter from Abū l-Barakāt b. al-Rayyis, probably Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, to his paternal aunt (ʿammatī al-jalīla al-aṣīla al-nabīla). …

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  25. 1375Legal documentT-S 20.16

    Bill of release. Written (also validated) by Avraham b. Natan Av. Dated: 1104 or 1107 CE, with a partial year in the first line, Nisan …

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  26. 1376Unknown typeENA NS 85.1311.4

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  27. 1377Legal documentT-S 16.355

    Two deeds of sale for houses, written by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiʾel. They were erroneously combined under one shelfmark. Fol. 2r: Location: Fustat. Dated: 8 Adar …

    T-S 16.355 2r

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוך אלואצעין כטוט[נא אכ]ר הדא אלמסטור אן למא כאן פיאליום אלתאמן
    2. מן שהר אדר דשנת אלפא וחמש מאה [וס]בעין ותרתין שנין לשטרות …

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  28. 1378Legal documentHUC 1016

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Date: missing. Husband: Elʿazar b. Shela ha-Levi (maybe the same as in Halper 391 and JRL Gaster heb. ms …

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  29. 1379State documentT-S NS 315.203

    The beginnings of the lines of an official document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew piyyut (same scribe as T-S NS 111.63 and others?). Might …

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  30. 1380Legal documentT-S NS 338.57

    Tiny fragment of a legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Only a few words are preserved: ...[al-du]khūl wa-l-khurūj ilayhim...

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  31. 1381Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#60) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 20v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 21 Adar II …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 20v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ נהאר אלכמיס תאסע פי שהר אדר שני סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ג׳ ליצירה
    2. אשהד עליה פרגא׳ אללוי אבן ע׳אלבאקי אללוי אן ענדה ופי ד…

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  32. 1382LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/27

    Copy of a letter from Menaḥem b. Eliyyahu, in an unspecified location near Salonica and Constantinople. In Hebrew, with occasional phrases in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably composed …

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    1. [ ] . . . . לציון כדבר אל . . . [ ]
    2. [ ]ם רבים האומרים תחנף ותחז בציון עינינו
    3. והם לא ידעו מחשבות ייי וג ועדאיין לא נתמלא
    4. הגורן אבל דעו אחינו בר…

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  33. 1383Paraliterary textT-S Ar.35.135

    Writing exercises of the atbash alphabet, probably 18th- or 19th century based on the paleography. The instructor provided an example in model handwriting for the …

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  34. 1384Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15

    Legal record (#32). Bill of sale, outline. Stating that a bill of sale (ʿuhda) shall be written for the sale of the slave wailing woman …

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  35. 1385LetterT-S AS 184.150

    Petition-like letter in Arabic script. (Note that it is preserved backward and verso is the beginning of the letter.) Opens with a taqbīl; the addressee …

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  36. 1386LetterT-S AS 101.269

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions dinars, writing a book(?) for Abū l-Surūr; the details (? nuqūṭ) of someone's wedding;

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  37. 1387Legal documentT-S AS 159.169

    Recto (secondary use): Narrow vertical fragment containing notes for drawing up a legal deed. In a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. At the very …

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  38. 1388Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 2327

    Karaite instruction for writing a ketubah.

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  39. 1389Legal documentENA 4020.3

    Dowry list. Bride: Jamīla bt. Meʾir. Groom: Netanʾel b. Moshe. The early marriage gift is 10 dinars. Dated: 1169 CE(?).

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  40. 1390Legal documentT-S AS 147.90

    Legal fragment. No names preserved. Refers to collecting rent.

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  41. 1391Paraliterary textT-S AS 144.7

    Fols. 1r–2r: Geomancy castings in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew: (1) "If a man will come from outside of Egypt and take over justice and religion …

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  42. 1392LetterT-S AS 153.216

    Letter in Ladino. Mentions a certain Shabbetay ha-Levi in l.8 on the right bifolium and in line 10 of the left bifolium. Long and well …

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  43. 1393Legal documentT-S 8K20.1.2

    Court notebook (continuation of T-S 8K 20.1.1). Record #3 (fol. 2r): Maḥfūẓ b. Yiṣḥaq al-ʿAzāzī (i.e., from ʿAzāz, north of Aleppo) sues Yosef b. Avraham …

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  44. 1394List or tableT-S NS 246.26.12

    List of 43 notables and their honorific titles (alqāb). Dating: mid-12th century. "The list was certainly jotted down by, or for the use of, a …

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  45. 1395LetterT-S 6J4.4

    Beginning of a letter to Shelomo ha-Sar ('ha-Sofer ha-Mahir'). The sender complains about difficult circumstances. Dating: 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  46. 1396LetterT-S AS 145.4

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli Rosh ha-Seder. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks the addressees to help him pay his debts. Greetings and …

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  47. 1397LetterT-S NS 324.91

    Recto: Brief letter to a cantor concerning 4 dinars for the purchase of a Torah codex (muṣḥaf): אלחזן שצ יעלם אן לא . . . …

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  48. 1398LetterT-S 16.253

    Letter in which a Kohen, who is in financial difficulties and is the father of girls, asks the Nagid Mevorakh to allow him to beg …

    1. . . . . . . .] עולם השמיע תפילת עניים ואביונים ודלים ומכים
    2. . .]ה[ם] מבקשים רחמיו וחסדיו בכל עת ולא ישוב דך נכלם
    3. . . . . .]שרחיים יתנו הוד הדריך: כטל…

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  49. 1399List or tableJRL C 161 + JRL C 54

    List in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot that may be dated in connection with nearby shelfmarks of the same document type …

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  50. 1400Unknown typeBodl. MS heb. f 22/48

    Awaiting description (but see description for the whole notebook, Bodl. MS heb. f 22/19–52, PGPID 33686).

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