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  1. 14151LetterJRL B 3504

    One side: small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Other side: Arabic text. Needs further examination. The name Abū l-Barakāt appears, and perhaps the phrase "ḥaqq …

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  2. 14152Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 14v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of oxymel.

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  3. 14153State documentT-S NS J470 + T-S 12.774

    Recto: Decree from the 1130s. Only the closing boilerplate and a date (without the year) have survived. Reused by the India trader Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel …

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  4. 14154LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/17

    Letter from [Shelomo] Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Av 5568 AM, which is 15 August 1808 CE. …

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  5. 14155LetterT-S 13J26.20

    Letter from an unknown writer to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer rebukes the addressee for failing to write with his news. Everyone has …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כאבי(!) אליך וג ען שוק שדיד עגבנא מנך יא מולאי אלוף תעלם
    3. מן תעלק קלבנא בך ואלתטלע אלי אכבאר חצרתך ולם תכתב
    4. לנא חרפין תערפנא כיף כאן וצולך ומ…

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  6. 14156List or tableT-S AS 205.194

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic (מחסבא מברכא) for Rashīd/Rosetta (עאן ראשיד אלמחרוסה) for the period Dhū l-Qaʿda 946 AH – Shawwāl 947 AH = 1541/42 CE. Contains …

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  7. 14157Unknown typeENA 3973.7

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  8. 14158Literary textENA 2808.56

    Recto (secondary use): Satirical poem in Judaeo-Arabic, targeting the hypocrisy of religious authorities (mutafaqqihīn, fuqahāʾ). The target audience is Jewish (i.e., this isn't simply a …

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  9. 14159State documentT-S NS 305.23

    Fragment of a Fatimid state document. Approximately 5 fragmentary lines are preserved both on recto and on verso. Recto refers to Dīwān al-Mufrad al-Khāṣṣ, possibly …

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    1. [بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]

    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا

    3. [الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وع…

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  10. 14160LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/15

    Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Detailing the items and their colors that the writer has sent to the addressee and asking him to urge Abū l-Fatḥ …

    1. בר
    2. יא מולאי אלשיך אבו סעד
    3. קד וגהת ללחצרה ס אסוד
    4. מחלול ס אצפר נג
    5. אסוד מברום כב
    6. ותנעם תלז אבו אלפתח
    7. עלא אלאוצאט מן כל בד
    8. ושלומיך יגדל

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  11. 14161Legal documentT-S AS 152.85

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Mentions a woman and her father Munajjā (possibly …

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  12. 14162State documentBL Or. 10578G.55

    State document, probably a decree. The fragmented line reads as "واما ما ذكره من دعا الخاصة". Hebrew liturgical text on recto.

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  13. 14163Unknown typeT-S NS 34.156

    Document in Arabic script. Quite damaged. Needs examination.

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  14. 14164LetterYevr. II A 1663

    A letter to Yosef KOhen in Qal'a from Qosdina

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  15. 14165Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.40

    Fragment from the end of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Few details preserved. Involves [...] b. Yiṣḥaq …

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  16. 14166LetterENA 3486.1

    Letter from an unidentified writer in Rashīd to Shelomo Ḥalafta. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Same addressee as ENA 2855.21.

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  17. 14167LetterT-S NS 324.17 + T-S 8J13.25

    Pastoral letter with widely-spaced lines, from a Nasi, possibly David b. Daniel. Announcing that Meʾir ha-Sar and Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan will appoint all ritual slaughterers (טבחים) …

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    1. ויעמ[י]ד שופטים בכל ערי יהודה הבצורות וככה | נעשה
    2. והניחוץ אינה טובה אלא מתון מתון ארבע מאה שויא
    3. והנה צוינו לאדירנו מרנו ורבנו מאיר השר היקר
    4. הח…

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  18. 14168Literary textT-S 16.321

    Christian liturgical fragment in Greek.

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  19. 14169Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 83.337.2

    Small note in Arabic script. Order of payment or receipt? Begins with the glyph, and then a name (Bū l-ʿIzz?).

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  20. 14170Legal documentENA NS 31.23

    Marriage contract. Dated: 5579 AM, which is 1818/19 CE. Groom: Raḥamim ואפה(?). Bride: Marḥaba bt. Yaʿaqov Manīṣar (מניצר). Currencies: real, medin. The border of the …

    1. ...]ם ויהי ביתך כבית פרץ אשר ילדה
    2. ...] שנת חמשת אל[פים] וחמש מאות ושבעים ותשע ליצירה הכא בעיר
    3. ... דעל נהר ני]לוס מותבה אנן סהדי איך ה[יק]ר ונע׳ כה׳׳…

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  21. 14171Literary textT-S Ar.49.7

    Literary. Likely from Kitāb Adab al-Quḍāh of Hayya b. Sherira Gaon. This section discusses the relationship between the judge and the the people appearing the …

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  22. 14172List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 428

    Accounts. Needs examination. Unidentified text in Arabic on verso.

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  23. 14173LetterDK 231.1 (alt: IX)

    Verso: Letter or letter draft from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to the judge (dayyan) Avraham ha-Kohen. Consisting entirely of Hebrew encomia.

    1.  הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אברהם הכהן
    2. הדיין הנכבד החכם הנכבד החסיד ישמרה אל עלה
    3. תפלת תמיד שלותו שקט יתמיד ואויביו ישמיד
    4. ומשנאיו ינקום מהם ו/י…

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  24. 14174Unknown typeT-S AS 222.228

    Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script. The ends of 3 lines are preserved. Verso looks like accounts, with several Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  25. 14175LetterT-S 10J17.21

    Letter from ʿAwaḍ b. Hanan'el in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, in which the writer complains of hardships he has endured, and asks …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה
    2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמתה
    3. לי מדה מא וקפת לה עלי כתאב אללה תע'
    4. יגעלה פי חיז אלסלאמה ויגעל ולדה
    5. וקד א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך;
    3. מזמן לא קראתי מכתב ממך; אלוהים יתעלה
    4. ישימך במחוז הש…

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  26. 14176List or tableT-S Ar.34.215

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and eastern Arabic numerals. Late. Mentions ground saffron.

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  27. 14177LetterT-S 6J3.3 + T-S Ar.7.26

    Letter of appeal for help, mentioning a recent death, apparently of a husband, leaving the writer (the widow) without livelihood and unable to live with …

    T-S 6J3.3 (Edited by Goitein)

    1. מולאי מא ענדנא מן שוגל
    2. אלקלב וממן תופי פי הדה אלאשהר
    3. אללה תעאלי יעוצהא ומא לי לא עיש
    4. ולא קראר מע אלכבירה והי כל
    5. יום תט…

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  28. 14178List or tableT-S AS 210.162

    Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals ("1498"). Late.

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  29. 14179Legal documentT-S 13J7.23

    Confirmation by witness of the divorce of Raisa b. Kathir, who wanted to marry Yosef. Written by Yefet ha-Hazan b. David. (information from Goitein's index …

    1. שהדו אלשהוד אלמסמאון [
    2. רייסה בנת כתיר אלדי כא[
    3. תלתמס אלזיגה ליוסף אלכ[הן וסאלת ען אלגט אלדי
    4. כתבה להא ללוש הדא ו[קאלת אנהא קד
    5. ודעתה ענד צדקה בן נ[חמן…

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  30. 14180List or tableT-S AS 184.211

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  31. 14181Legal 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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  32. 14182LetterT-S 12.337

    India Book III, 41: Letter from Avraham Ibn Yiju, in Fustat, to his brother, Yosef, in Mazara, Sicily. Dating: September 1153 (Goitein) or 1152 (Friedman). …

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    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבי אלי אכי וסיידי אל עזיז עלי אל את[יר …]
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה וצאנה ווקאה קרב אללה אלאגתמאע
    4. בה עלי אפצל אחואל ואסר אמאל במנה ופצלה לאנה
    5. על…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. This is my letter to you, my dear, nob[le] brother and lord [. . .],
    3. may God prolong your life and preserve you and …

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  33. 14183Legal documentT-S AS 153.374

    Minute fragment with few words, seems to be from a ketubah.

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  34. 14184Literary textT-S AS 149.234

    T-S AS 149.234

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  35. 14185Unknown typeYevr. II A 105

    There are 13 items under this shelfmark. 105/13: Letter of appeal for charity from Ṭoviya Ashkenazi. In Hebrew. Dating: Catalogued as 16th century.

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  36. 14186List or tableT-S AS 181.113

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the years 440–43, so probably written in 443 AH = 1051/52 CE or shortly after.

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  37. 14187List or tableENA NS 7.74

    Verso: accounts, probably. In Arabic script.

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  38. 14188Legal documentT-S Ar.38.27

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. One side: Legal document. Bottom part only. Written on vellum, so the text follows the curve of the fragment. There …

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  39. 14189Legal documentENA NS 52.2

    Bill of divorce (get). Location: Al-Saʿdiyya, a part of Ṣanʿāʾ in Yemen, based on the landmarks listed: בירין דמיין נבעין דילה. This locational designation appears …

    1. ... א]רבעה בשבא דהוא שבעת עסר
    2. ...] בשבא דהוא עסרין ותשעה יומין לירח תשרי שנת תרין
    3. אלפין ועסרין שנין לשטרי במתא אלסעדייה דעל
    4. בירין דמיין נבעין דילה מ…

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  40. 14190Unknown typeT-S J1.36

    Mysterious fragment with a variety of drafted texts and writing exercises. Both in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The dating is early modern (post-1500 CE) and there …

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  41. 14191Unknown typeENA NS 85.1283.2

    Minute fragment of a text in Hebrew script, possibly documentary. Requires further examination.

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  42. 14192Unknown typeT-S AS 183.232

    Small fragment of an Arabic document. Late accounts?

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  43. 14193Unknown typeENA NS 76.292

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  44. 14194Legal documentT-S NS J450

    Document concerning a shiddukh (matchmaking) for a first-time bride in Dammuh, Egypt. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (Gil; Ashur disagrees). Records a fine for the …

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    1. [אברהם הב]חור בר יוסף הזִקִןִ סט מגדיה []
    2. . . . . . [קני]ןִ כהלכה מן מגדיה הדִה בעד צחִהִ אלִ[מערפה בהא ...]
    3. מ עולה סט בר סעדיה ידיע באב…

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  45. 14195LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/53

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Aharon ha-Kohen to the parnas ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen (Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh). Opens with a verse of Arabic poetry …

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    1. בשמך
    2. אן יכן אלאיאם פרק ביננא פמן דא אלדי מן ריבה[[ן]] סלים פארקה
    3. מולאי אלפרנס אלגליל אדאם אללה עזה ועלאה מן תופיקה
    4. לא אכלאה ואלקלוב אליה תאיקה…

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  46. 14196List or tableT-S NS 90.26

    Recto: Halakhic discussion of kil'ayim. Verso: Two lines in Judaeo-Arabic: "R. Yūsuf has four volumes, to the end of אלה תולדות יצחק."

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  47. 14197LetterT-S 12.342

    Letter of recommendation (?). "This note was cut out (?) from the book belonging to the Persian (al-ʿAjamī) staying with the Jew who speaks on …

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  48. 14198Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/44

    Legal document. Cut roughly into the shape of an octagon ("perhaps to make a sign or an amulet"). Dated: Ṭevet 1529 Seleucid, which is 1217/18 …

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  49. 14199Legal documentT-S 10J26.8

    Writ of agency (אביזאריה). Location: Tripoli (Syria). Dated: Monday, 9 Sivan 4839 = 13 May 1079. Between ʿUlla ha-Levi and Yeshuʿa "Pride of the Communities." …

    1. ואו משב[ח] להון או דעביד פשרה בהדיהון או דמשתלם מנהון [ואית ליה]
    2. רשותא לעולה הלוי דנן למכתב להון אביזאריה ולפצויי אינון ולברויי אינון [ ]
    3. אחריות עלא…

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  50. 14200Legal documentT-S AS 146.42

    Recto: legal document, mentioning Surūr, Abū l-Ghayth and [...] b. Yiṣḥaq; dated Nissan 15[..] of the Seleucid Era (12th–13th century, probably second half of that …

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