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  1. 14301List or tableENA NS 77.413

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning a variety of names and figures in Hebrew alphanumerals. The dating is likely 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. The …

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  2. 14302Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 521

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Could be a receipt.

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  3. 14303LetterT-S 13J31.1

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham, Ramla, to Netanel b. Rawḥ, Fustat, July 1039.

    1. נתן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב
    2. בירבי אברהם זכרו לברכה
    3. ליקירנו חשובנו אבירנו גדולנו אצילנו משוש לבנו [חמדת]
    4. נפשנו ערוגת בשמנו מגדלות מרקחנו שושנת ע[מ]קנו מר…

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  4. 14304List or tableT-S Ar.34.19

    Bifolio of neatly written Judaeo-Arabic business accounts. Dating: likely 16th-century based on the paleography. At first glance, the accounts appear to be dated "in 962 …

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  5. 14305LetterT-S NS J131

    Letter from the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Natan (a.k.a. Avraham b. Natan) who is titled Ḥemdat ha-Qahal. Fragment (upper part …

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    1. בשמך
    2. תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלשיך חמדת הקהל אטאל אללה בקאה

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    1. קמוח אלפיום

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    1. כאלק ללקות..יל ..וק
    2. פלא יותד לי אל…

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    1. In Your name
    2. I had previously sent a letter to my lord the elder Dear One of the Community, may God prolong his existence  

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  6. 14306List or tableENA 2700.33

    Recto: List of items from a dowry that have been (a) lost or (b) remain in the husband's house. In the hand of Shelomo b. …

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  7. 14307Unknown typeENA NS 85.1107.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  8. 14308LetterT-S AS 183.152

    Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Recto mentions Aḥmad b. [...] al-Khawlī(?) . . . . wa-l-nawwātiyya (something to do with the sailors?). This is then …

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  9. 14309LetterENA 3616.23

    Letter fragment from Menaḥem to Eliyyahu. Onlly the first few lines are preserved. Verso contains the name Abū l-Faraj in giant faded letters.

    1. אוהבו כנפשו
    2. מנחם
    3. בש רח
    4. וצלנא כתאב חצרה אלמולא אלאגל כבוד
    5. גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא אליהו השר
    6. הנכבד החכם והנבון ישמרו אלהינו ויהיה

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  10. 14310Legal documentT-S AS 180.280

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document.

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  11. 14311Legal documentT-S AS 183.55

    Fragment from the middle of a legal document. Refers to itself as a taṣāduq. Dating: likely late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Refers to rings …

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  12. 14312LetterENA 3903.5

    Business letter. Probably from Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Maghribī al-Tūnisī (upper right of recto). In Arabic script, in an experienced hand. Dating: Possibly Mamluk-era. On …

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  13. 14313List or tableJRL C 104

    Accounts in Arabic on a bifolio from a large ledger. Dated [Dhū] al-Qaʿada 1238 AH which is 1823. Requires further examination for content. MCD.

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  14. 14314List or tableENA 3731.8

    Left fragment: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions wine and raisins. Mentions Ḥakīm. The hand is known from many similar fragments (e.g. JRL B 3671 (PGPID 28594)). …

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  15. 14315Legal documentT-S AS 10.4

    Two witness statements from an Arabic-script legal document. One appears to be called Farrūj b. ʿUṣfūr ("pullet son of songbird")

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  16. 14316Legal documentT-S NS 324.64

    Legal fragment. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. This section contains only the witness signatures: Yefet ha-Ḥazzan b. ʿAmram ha-Ḥazzan; Yosef ha-Levi b. Yefet; ʿOvadya b. Aharon …

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  17. 14317List or tableMoss. VII,65.3

    Table in Judaeo-Arabic. Accounts of some kind. Payments to a communal official? Line 2 reads "ketubbot and sheṭarot: 1 1/4."

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  18. 14318Literary textT-S Ar.38.90

    Recto: poetry or rhymed prose probably by Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī (active ca. 1300). In Arabic script. The content of recto is difficult to figure out …

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  19. 14319LetterT-S 10J16.10

    Letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq al-Andalusi, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1065.

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    1. כתבת אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וחראסתך מן אל
    2. קדס אלמעמור לה בקין מן ניסן ערפך אללה ברכתה ואעאהד עליך
    3. סנין אן בכתרה ואלחאל סלאמה ללה …

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  20. 14320LetterT-S NS 292.13 + T-S NS 31.26

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Reminding the addressee to meet with somebody and ask him a question (or legal query?) and convey the response, whether it was …

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  21. 14321Legal documentT-S AS 173.27

    Legal records or drafts in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly from a court ledger. There are at least two distinct records in at least two distinct hands. (I) …

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  22. 14322Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 658

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  23. 14323LetterT-S NS 297.202

    Poem/letter in Arabic script, probably from a client to a patron expressing gratitude and servitude. Ḥamdala and ḥasbala at the bottom.

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  24. 14324Literary textENA NS 38.15

    Literary. Judaeo-Arabic. This is either Maimonides' introduction to Perek Ḥeleq of Sanhedrin, or a work quoting it. Elaborating the 13 principles of faith; this excerpt …

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  25. 14325State documentENA NS 68.20

    State document, probably Fatimid, in Arabic script. A fiscal document, mentioning several sums of money including 600 dirhams, and "min al-khidma al-saʿīda". On verso, there …

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  26. 14326Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/4

    A confirmation of the Beit Din that there were no obstacles to the marriage between Sālim al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣabbāgh and Sitt al-Kuttāb b. Yefet. Location: Fustat. …

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  27. 14327LetterT-S 8J23.4

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (b. ca. 1310–d. 1355) to the community of Fustat asking them to arrange a charitable collection (Information from …

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    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    3. אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימ[ין
    4. במצר יברכם צורם אנס יעלמו
    5. אן מצות צד[קה] אגרהא עטים בין
    6. ידיה [תע] וכצוצא למן הו עני בח[וסר
    7. כל וזקן ו…

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  28. 14328Legal documentT-S 8J5.12

    Two judges inspect together with two government muhandisīn two houses in the Laban (?) lane (near the synagogues) and find that the house of Hibāt …

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    1. חצרנא אנן חתומי מטה יום אלתלתא שלהי ירח שבט אתמז
    2. מע אבו אלחסן בן חאתם ואלמהנדזין אלמוקופאן מן גהה אלסלטאן
    3. לנטר אלאמלאך ו[בירא אלד]אר אלמערופה ב…

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    We, the undersigned, together with Abu ʾl-Ḥasan b. Ḥātim and the two surveyors provided by the Government for the inspection of properties, wer…

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  29. 14329LetterT-S AS 147.193

    Letter mentioning ‘his son the ḥaver’ or 'the daughter of the ḥaver.' (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 14330Legal documentT-S Ar.38.25

    Legal document(s). In Arabic script. The same block of text seems to be copied at least three times, followed by witness statements. At the far …

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  31. 14331Literary textT-S Ar.5.44

    Page from a literary work on the cantillation (trop) marks, including the division into 'kings' (mulūk, corresponding to Heb. melakhim) and 'servants' (khuddām, corresponding to …

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  32. 14332List or tableENA 2592.17

    Memorials for Avraham ha-rav ha-muvhaq (recto) and ʿOvadya (verso).

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  33. 14333List or tableT-S AS 149.11

    Mostly torn and effaced memorial list of well-known families. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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    1. ] . . . אברהם . . ב . . . . . .
    2. ] בר כגק הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    3. ] . . ב המובהק הפט[יש] החזק הדיין
    4. ] משכיל המופלא המומחה . . . .
    5. ]ומ . …

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  34. 14334List or tableJRL B 4709

    Accounts in Hebrew script.

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  35. 14335LetterT-S NS 162.27

    Verso: Letter from Arye(?) to his 'brother' Eliyya Prianty(?) (these names are probably wrong). In Ladino. In the margin there are accounts in Hebrew script …

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  36. 14336Literary textT-S Misc.24.137.2a

    Liturgical.

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  37. 14337LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/17

    Letter from Ḥiyya b. Yiṣḥaq to Shelomo b. Yehuda ha-Kohen (also called ha-Talmid ha-Navon Segan ha-Kohanim). In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter begins with condolences upon the …

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    1. אטאל אללה בקא אלחצרה אלסאמיה מחמיה(?) אלגואנב מכפיה(?) אלנואגב
    2. אתצל בי אוצל אללה אלי אלחצרה אלמסראת וכפאהא אלחסדאת מא
    3. נפד בה קצא אללה אלמחתום …

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  38. 14338LetterT-S 8J39.3

    Letter from Yaʿaqov to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer had not received a letter from the addressee for some time (arjū shughl khayr). It …

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    1. ] גליל ואדאם עזה ונעמאה
    2. אלדי א]עלמך בה אדאם אללה
    3. כתא]ב ארגו יכון שגל כיר
    4. ] ענד וצול גלאם אלשיך
    5. פ]דכל עלי קלובנא מן גהתך
    6. ] מרץ מרץ שדיד ויסמוה

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  39. 14339Legal documentMoss. VII,80.2

    Bill of divorce. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Elul 1395 Seleucid, which is 1084 CE. Location: Cairo. Husband: Elʿazar b. Avraham. Wife: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yiṣḥaq.

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  40. 14340Legal documentT-S Ar.39.168

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Repurposed for a tax receipt. The document is a fragmentary marriage contract, and mentions the dower (ṣadāq), and some standard …

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  41. 14341LetterCUL Or.1080 J3

    Letter draft. In the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Addressed to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen. Consists solely of poetry and poetic praises.

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  42. 14342Legal documentII Firk. Arab. 3

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 19 Jumādā II 638 AH = 5 January 1241 CE, recording the purchase of the same house as in …

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  43. 14343State documentT-S AS 179.220

    Fragment of a state document. At the top: "ilā l-dīwān li-thaghr(?)..." Underneath: "عمل . . . اضافته الى ذلك والمستخرج... الباقي(؟) على كماله وتمامه...." Reused …

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  44. 14344LetterT-S 12.28

    Letter from an unknown sender to Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: around 1065. The sender asks Nahray to send him money, as he and the people …

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    1. [ ] קבץ    [ ] אלשא[מי]
    2. נ [     ] אלבאקי לה חל דינר [ ]
    3. [ ]ל דינר ונצף אלבאקי לה נצף אלסלפה [ ]
    4. [ ]ב[ ]ל אלבאקי לה [       ]דינר גיר תל…

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    1. .... (4−1) נתקבל .... אלשאמי (?) .... ; היתרה לזכותו: ל"ח דינר .... ל' דינר וחצי; נותרה לזכותו: מחצית מדמי ההובלה... היתרה לזכותו .... דינר פח…

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  45. 14345LetterT-S AS 150.29

    Letter mentioning [Mevorakh?] the Nagid and Yosef the cantor. Possibly a letter of support for this Yosef, stating that he can be trusted to pray …

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  46. 14346List or tableT-S Ar.30.292

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: first half of the 19th century based on the mention of Moshe Ben-Naʿim and the paleography (which …

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  47. 14347Legal documentT-S 8J35.1

    Bottom of a legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 1455 Seleucid = February/March 1144 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Declaration …

    1. דאך אליום כאן קד גרי עליה אלקביח ואקאם בעד דאך מרסם עליה מדה
    2. פלמא אסתדעית מנא הדה אלשהאדה אתבתנאה בחדש אדר אתנה
    3. . . . . ]ת באלפסטאט רשותיה דאדוננו ש…

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  48. 14348Paraliterary textENA 3936.4

    Medical recipe or prescription, in Arabic script, in a very rudimentary hand. Ingredients include purslane seed (bizr rijla), bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr), a type of syrup …

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  49. 14349State documentT-S NS 299.115

    State document in Arabic script. Two lines, huge space between them. ...ḥukmahu wa-qālat lahu mā shi'ta... Reused for piyyutim.

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  50. 14350LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/56

    Letter addressed to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Seʿadya, in Cairo (al-Qāhira al-maḥrūsa bi-l-ʿizz al-dā'im). In Hebrew. Only the introductory blessings and the address are preserved …

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