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  1. 14501Unknown typeT-S AS 207.187

    Document in Arabic on verso, possibly. Medieval-era. The beginning of four lines are visible but the scribal hand is very difficult to decipher. NB: The …

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  2. 14502LetterT-S 16.163

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: August 3, 1063, based on Gil's assessment. …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלמהדיה ה' כלון מן אלול
    2. ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין וצלת כתבך פי אלמראכב …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ממהדייה, בה' באלול.
    2. שלומי טוב, ואני מאושר, תודה לאל ריבון העולמ…

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  3. 14503LetterMoss. II,155.1

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Abū Yaʿqūb Yosef b. Nissim, the arrival of the Kohen, and [Isḥā?]q al-Qābisī.

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  4. 14504Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/14

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract for a second wife. Location: Fustat. Dating: ca. 1165–66 CE, as the reshut clause invokes the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi (1160–66) and the …

    1. למא כאן יום אלאחד א[ל]תאלת מחדש [ ]מצרים דעל נילוס
    2. נהרא מותבה רשותיה דהדרת יקרת[ ]רבינו אדונינו גאונינו
    3. נתנאל הלוי רכב ישראל ופרשיו יחיד הדור [אב המ…

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  5. 14505Paraliterary textT-S Ar.35.206

    Copious jottings in Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and other symbols (all Greek/Coptic numerals?). Some phrases from Tadhkirat al-Kaḥḥālīn by ʿĪsā b. ʿAlī. One of the Judaeo-Arabic …

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  6. 14506Unknown typeT-S AS 181.97

    Document in Arabic script. Reused for jottings. Needs examination.

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  7. 14507List or tableT-S AS 185.107

    Bifolio of accounts with three pages in Judaeo-Arabic and one page mainly in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Most …

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  8. 14508Legal documentMoss. Xa,3.7

    Recto: Legal document (left side only) written on parchment by a Muslim notary, apparently in an official government office in the Sharqiyya district in lower …

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  9. 14509LetterT-S 16.301

    Letter from Shemuel b. Yehuda ha-Bavli to Berakhot he-Haver. Shemuel writes that after searching the book dealers of Egypt for rare titles, he learned in …

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    1. בשם רחמ
    2. שלום משמי שפרה ויד ושם ותפארה וכניעת אויב
    3. ועזרה ויתר ברכות התורה הקדושה הטהורה
    4. כולם יהיו זר ונזר ועטרה וצפירת תפארה
    5. על ראש כגק מר ור ב…

    Translated by Moshe Yagur

    In Your name, O Merciful One.

    Peace from skies of heaven, and a lasting memory and glory, and submission of your enemies, a…

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  10. 14510LetterENA 2804.20 + Moss. Ia,16

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda and nine other Jerusalemites confirming the receipt of ten dinars from Fustat. Dating: approximately 1030 (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 …

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    1. תראינה ירושלם נוה שאנן אהל בל יצען בל יסע יתידותיו לנצ[ח וכל [חבליו]
    2. בל ינתקו ומעט מהרבה נשארנו כי עונותינו גרמו לנו וחטאינו ענו [בנו כי]
    3. פשענו את…

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  11. 14511LetterT-S 12.244

    Fragment of a letter in which a proselyte (from Christian Europe), probably named ʿOvadya, expresses in beautiful Hebrew his thanks to a distinguished woman, who …

    1. האשה החכ]מה היראה את ייי . . . . .
    2. אל גברתי] ואדונתי אכתוב . . . . .
    3. הטובות שעשית ] עמי אין להם מנין ואין לי פה
    4. ]שת עשי
    5. שב]חתיך כי אתיבש (=אתביש) שכ…

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  12. 14512Legal documentT-S AS 178.341

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). Upper right corner.

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  13. 14513Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 549

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Contains a fragmentary basmala.

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  14. 14514Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 767

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script.

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  15. 14515Legal documentAIU VII.D.118

    Fragment from a page about the halakhot and formulae to recite for valid qiddushin.

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  16. 14516LetterT-S AS 200.182

    Letter in Hebrew. Mentions the names ṣefanya and Sar Shalom. Refers to somebody in trouble, whom other people are libeling and "handing over into the …

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  17. 14517List or tableT-S AS 184.119

    Narrative account of commercial expenditures written in a mixture of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Recto lists an expenditure on Friday the 15th of Ṭevet (written in …

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  18. 14518List or tableT-S AS 208.142

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with many abbreviations. Recto is headed "purchases on Sunday." Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. The unit of weight ʿidl (bale) is …

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  19. 14519Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. b 11/14

    Middle fragment: Legal query addressed "our master Moshe," possibly Maimonides (d. 1204). "To have traveled widely was a title of pride. No wonder that some …

    Middle fragment

    1. ומא תקול הדרת אדונינו משה יחי לעד
    2. פי מן יטלע יקרא פי ספר תורה ויב/א/רך
    3. הגומל ומא סאפר למכאן הל הדה
    4. אלברכה להבטלה אם לא יפתינא רבנו
    5.  …

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  20. 14520LetterT-S 8J25.8

    Letter possibly sent to an aunt named Sitt al-Jamāl. The writer complains about not hearing from the addressee for a long time and expresses yearnings. …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]עמתי סת אלגמאל
    2. אדאם אלל]ה סעאדתהא ורזקהא פי אלדארין אדא רדתהא
    3. וינהי בין ידיהא כתרה אלשוק אליהא…

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  21. 14521LetterT-S AS 149.137

    Letter head addressed to Abū Yaḥyā Nahray b. Nissim. (Information from CUDL)

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  22. 14522Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 529

    Unidentified texts, in Arabic script, fragmentary.

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  23. 14523LetterT-S 13J21.14

    Letter from a son to a father. Same writer and recipient as T-S 10J7.3 and T-S 13J21.13 (addressed to Minyat al-Qa'id) and Stras. 4110/90 (see …

    Recto.

    1. בשמך רחמנה
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלואלד אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא
    3. ואדאם תאיידהא ועלאהא וסמוהא וסנאהא ותמכינהא
    4. וכבת אעדאהא ווקפת עליה פאבתהגת שהד אל…

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  24. 14524List or tableT-S NS 190.50

    A late list of names and amounts. The name Moshe Dammuhi is mentioned on the verso.

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  25. 14525Legal documentT-S NS 226.49

    Bottom part of a legal deed written under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (Date: 1127-1139)

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  26. 14526Legal documentT-S Misc.11.146

    Record of a birth of "my son ʿOvadya" on Sunday [...].

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  27. 14527Legal documentT-S AS 178.187

    Unidentified document in Arabic script, possibly state or legal. Mentions a qāḍī. Needs examination.

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  28. 14528Legal documentT-S 8.173

    Small fragment of a marriage contract (ketubba). Likely in the hand of Yefet b. David. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. The delayed marriage payment is 20 …

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  29. 14529LetterENA NS 7.41

    Recto with address on verso: Letter from a woman (ʿammat al-dayyān) to her brother-in-law. In Judaeo-Arabic. She asks him to deliver some goods or money …

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  30. 14530Literary textBL OR 5559D.38 + BL OR 5559D.37

    Literary. Beginning of Chapter 7 from a late ethical treatise ("The letter that Aristotle wrote to Alexander of Macedon on the behavior of kings"). It …

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  31. 14531List or tableT-S J1.26

    Exact account of expenses for a distinguished, sick foreigner, showing also how these expenses were covered. Written by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (active in Fustat …

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    1. שבט
    2. אלדי כרג יום אלגמעה
    3. מזונות ר אלעזר אלגריב
    4. מלחפה ללרפאיד ג ורבע
    5. שראב לגמעה ואלסבת ב
    6. דגאגתין ד דר ורבע
    7. זעפראן רבע דרהם
    8. סקא רבע דרהם
    9. זי…

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  32. 14532LetterENA NS 68.6

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports on receiving authorization (al-ʿalāma) to collect the kharāj tax from the official in charge of estates (ʿāmil al-mawārīth). …

    1. כ]אן פי אלכתאב אלמ[דכור

    2. ]כרג לעאמל אלמוארית בכמסה ועשר[ין דינארא ברסם

    3. אבו אלמפצ̇ל ואכדת אלעלאמה עליהם וסל[מת] אלבר[אה אלי אבו]

    4. אלמפצ̇ל וקבצ̇…

    1. [...] in the af[orementioned] document [...]

    2. it came out to 25 [dīnārs] to the administrator of estates [for]

    3. Abū l-Mufaḍḍal. I obtained the r…

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  33. 14533List or tableENA 3234.4

    List in Arabic. Further examination needed in order to provide a dating estimate and full description.

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  34. 14534Literary textT-S 16.351

    Palimpsest, with Hebrew halakhic midrash over an unidentified Syriac text. Part of the same manuscript as T-S NS 258.140 and T-S 16.327. (Information from CUDL.)

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  35. 14535Legal documentT-S AS 146.452

    Legal document. Fragment (upper left corner). The date is mostly broken off. Mentions [...] b. Shelomo ha-Mashmiaʿ (probably the equivalent of Arabic munādī, "crier") and …

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  36. 14536Literary textMIAC 188

    Pleas and prayers to God for the sake of the people of Israel – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 188) – in …

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  37. 14537List or tableT-S AS 152.233

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  38. 14538Legal documentT-S NS 226.11b

    Fragment bearing the mirror imprint of a legal deed probably written by Halfon b. Menashshe. The year seems to be 1432 Seleucid (1120/21 CE).

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  39. 14539LetterT-S NS 320.4

    Letter from a certain Aharon to Eliyyahu the Judge about a lack of success of a collection made for himself. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  40. 14540Paraliterary textMoss. I,74.1

    Two magical incantations against the evil eye. On the other three pages of the bifolium is a list of Torah and Prophets readings.

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  41. 14541Legal documentNLI 577.1/61

    There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark. All are in Arabic script. Top left - beginning of a legal document. Bottom right is also part …

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  42. 14542LetterT-S NS 305.63

    Letter in Arabic script. Dating: probably Mamluk-era. Mentions a funduq. Covered with later jottings, mainly in Arabic script but with some Hebrew script as well. …

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  43. 14543Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 433

    Possibly astrological prognostications. In Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  44. 14544List or tableENA 2727.32

    Writing exercise in large script. Lists various names, including Abū al-Faraj and Abū ʿAlī. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  45. 14545LetterT-S AS 145.126

    Recto: document mentioning Malīj and Fustat. Verso: letter referring to a letter for ʿAmmār al-Sharābī and requesting a liturgical poem (rahaṭ). (Information in part from …

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  46. 14546Legal documentJRL A 1156

    Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and damaged.

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  47. 14547LetterT-S AS 152.265

    Letter mentioning Abū l-Faraj and a Kohen, al-Bānyāsī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  48. 14548List or tableT-S K6.170

    Booklist? The hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder.

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  49. 14549State documentT-S NS 145.128

    Small fragment from an Arabic official document. The beginnings of 3 lines are preserved: bi-yad mawlāy al-shaykh... wa-aḥdara... lā zāla... Reused for piyyuṭ on recto.

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  50. 14550Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 60/42

    Hebrew poetry.

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