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  1. 101List or tableT-S Misc.28.42

    List of persons, headed by R. Nahray (Nahray), on the payroll of the community. Goitein says: scholars on the payroll of the Cairene commuity. Similar …

    1. ר ניהראי אלדיין אברהם
    2. יוסף שׁלמה ר יוסף אלפרנס
    3. אהרן ר יוסף אבן שׁכניא
    4. אלזמן אבן עלי אבן מרהט
    5. אבן אלעמאני אבן אל
    6. קצאעי אבן אלמנגם
    7. שׁמואל אלברקי
    8. אלחגא…

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  2. 102List or tableENA 2808.63

    Account of the Qodesh: building expenditures, ca. 1040. List of expenses, beautifully written by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Materials for the construction of a …

    Gil, Documents, pp. 187-188 Doc. #18, ENA 2808, f. 63Building expenditures ca. 1040SH [10-24-86]

    1. דרהם תמן סבעה חזם שועב ארבעה עשר דר תמן חזמ[ה]
    2. חבל …

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    1. dirhem. Paid for 7 bundles of twigs, 14 dir. Paid for a bundle 

    2. of ropes, 5 dir. Paid for 6 bundles of palm branches, 3/4 dinar. 

    3. For saw…

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  3. 103Legal documentT-S AS 146.269

    Small fragment of a legal document or letter concerning a legal issue. In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. Mentions anklets (khalākhil) and an oath.

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  4. 104State documentMoss. VIII,141.1

    State document, unidentified genre. The beginnings of six lines are preserved. Dating: mentions the year 421 AH, corresponding to 1030 CE. Possibly a record of …

    1. في جمدى الأول سنة احدى

    2. وذكر ذلك فورد التوقيع ا 

    3. سنة احدى وعشرين اربع مائة ا

    4. والقط (؟) الفرش (؟) الدراحـ[

    5. في ذلك الوقت عن (؟) صه(؟) و

    6. التو…

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  5. 105Legal documentT-S AS 155.224

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, mentioning Shela ha-Levi the elder. See separate entry for verso. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 106Legal documentT-S AS 149.266

    Small fragment of a legal document. Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1435 Seleucid = 1123/24 CE.

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  7. 107State documentENA NS 33.21

    Fragment, concluding 5 lines of what seems a state document in a chancery hand ending with a ṣalwala. Some phrases: "wa l-dukhūl fīhi sana", "in …

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  8. 108Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.8

    Legal record (#14). Deposition in court. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faḍl al-Mustaʿmal b. Natan testifies that Hilāl al-Mustaʿmal b. al-Raṣṣāṣ said to …

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  9. 109List or tableT-S NS 33.181

    Lists of names and amounts (or quantities), One word in Arabic on verso

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  10. 110Legal documentENA NS 67.21

    Recto: Legal document. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency muayyadi. This appears to be a rental contract for a portion …

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  11. 111State documentT-S Misc.25.144

    Report from the period of al-Afḍal, probably. In Arabic script. Nine lines from the middle of the report are nearly completely preserved. Sent from a …

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  12. 112Unknown typeT-S AS 146.151

    Pen trials with the names of R. Hannanel, Menahem and Yeshu'a b. Yosef. AA

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  13. 113LetterENA 2808.27

    Letter in the hand of Avraham b. Farrāḥ of Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination for content. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  14. 114LetterT-S 16.215

    Commercial letter related to the India trade. Dating: 1154–61. Mentions sprinkler bottles (qumqum) for rose water brought by the qāḍī Najm al-Dīn, and ‘pure’ (ṭahor) …

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  15. 115Unknown typeENA NS 85.1088

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  16. 116Legal documentT-S 12.505

    Fol. 1: Legal document. Location: New Cairo. The bottom is missing, but it seems it was also left incomplete since the day of the week …

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  17. 117List or tableT-S AS 146.55

    Small list, probably an inventory of books, containing the name Saʿadya and Mishna Zeraʿim. (Information from CUDL)

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  18. 118LetterAIU VII.E.15

    Letter from [...] b. Labrat, to Ezra (?) b. Isḥāq, al-Mahdiyya. Around 1040. The writer and the addressee are dealing with importing flax and exporting …

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    1. בש כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מן מצר יום אלגמעה

    2. לכמס כלון מן כסליו ען סלאמה וקד [ ] אלפרג תקדם

    3. כתאבי אליך [מע] אלמוסם אל…

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  19. 119LetterT-S AS 158.222

    Damaged letter. Recto is in Judaeo-Arabic, much faded. Mentions dār al-mushārif in the last line. Verso is in Hebrew. The writer is addressing אדוננו ירום …

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  20. 120Legal documentT-S AS 149.9

    Fragment of a will in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, dividing up a store. No names mentioned. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. ] . . . .ו. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ] היה נצפין באלסויה [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. ] להמא הבה מני להם לא יפ[ . . …

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  21. 121List or tableENA 2591.14 + ENA 2591.15

    Accounting for five months, ca. 1230. Two leaves, the first of which has writing on both sides. The first part is an estimate of the …

    1. ת בש רח
    2. תסקיע אלרבע אלמסכון מנה באלאגרה
    3. זקאק אלכניס
    4. אלשיך אבו אלסרור שצ אלשיך אבו אלמפצל
    5. כ בן אכיה שצ יג
    6. טאהר אלקוצי שצ אלשיך אבו אלבקא שצ
    7. ה ען אלכר…

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    1. In Thy Name, oh Merciful!
    2. The accounting of the (part) of the Estate that is inhabited for rent:
    3. The lane of the syna…

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  22. 122Unknown typeENA NS 76.123

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  23. 123LetterT-S AS 128.6

    Original use: Unidentified text in Arabic, likely a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  24. 124Legal documentT-S 12.496

    Deed of release (שטר אביזאריה/פיצוי). Location: Almost certainly Fustat (and not Tiberias as Gil suggested). Dating: Late 10th century. Concerning property in Tiberias. A man …

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    1. ]מצו לא אמרים לא שותפות לא עזכבון וכן נמי דא שכר[ות
    2. ואין לי עליו...ח]רם סתם בין על ידי טענה וכפירה בין על ידי גלגול ש

    ואפילו [נתנו לו בית דין ה…

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  25. 125LetterJRL Gaster ar. 661

    Beginning of a letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Only basmala and a few words preserved.

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  26. 126LetterT-S NS J536

    Family letter addressed to Sulaymān Abū l-Faḍl. in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th century or later. Most of what is preserved consists of greetings.

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  27. 127Legal documentYevr. II A 1270

    Agreement to pay a debt.

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  28. 128Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 13/12

    Legal document. Copy (nuskha) in Hebrew script of an Arabic-script acknowledgement regarding a sale of a store in Tiberias. Dated: middle decade of Shawwāl 425 …

    1. [יקול מן כתב]ת שהאדתה בידה אכר הדא אלכתאב ומן אנכתב ענה פיה שהאדתה
    2. באמרה [ ]ה שהדו גמיעא ופראדא והם יומיד מן אהל אלעלם ואלמערפה בצחה
    3. מא שהד בה אנהם …

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  29. 129LetterT-S AS 179.238

    Possibly a letter or draft of one. In Arabic script. Unusual format. The sender encourages the addressee to come spend Shabbat with them: ... اعلمني …

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  30. 130Legal documentYevr. II A 1305

    Karaite betrothal deed. The groom taking upon himself not to marry another wife for 20 years, but if his wife will become childless he can …

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  31. 131Paraliterary textT-S K2.4

    P1: f. 1r: description of a dream dated 525 AH (= 1130 CE); f. 1v: alchemical recipe called ‘the operation of mixture’; f. 2r: invocation …

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  32. 132Legal documentT-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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  33. 133Legal documentT-S 24.9

    Part of a pre-nuptial agreement. Written by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiʾel. Dated 13th Elul 1[...], in Fusṭāṭ. Issued under the authority of David I Maimonides (1237–1300). …

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  34. 134Legal documentT-S Ar.41.85

    Legal document, dated 5 Jumädä I, A.H. 556 (= 2 May, 1161 C.E.). - needs examination. (FGP)

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  35. 135LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/40

    Bitter letter by a public officer complaining about his lot. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 88, 89)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]יד כלעה פאוצא בכ דינ ננצב
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .].ה הם והדא אלדי ערפת אן כשף
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  36. 136Literary textT-S AS 150.96

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry.

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  37. 137LetterT-S 13J9.4

    Letter from Shimʿon b. Shaʾul b. Yisraʾel ha-Ṭulayṭulī, in Jerusalem, to his sister Ballūṭa in Toledo. Dated at the last line: the month of Marḥeshvan …

    1. בשם רם ונשא
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכתי וחביבה קלבי אטאל אללה בקאך ואוזעני שכרך ואגמע ביני ובינך
    3. פי הדא אלקדס אלמקדס ברחמתה וקד תקדמת לי אליך כתב עדה ולא אעלם …

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    29. Regarding Ibrāhīm b. Fadānj and Ibrāhīm b. al-Harūnī, they arrived in 

    30. Jerusalem from the Christian lands (bilād al-rūm: Byzantium) af…

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  38. 138Legal documentJRL SERIES B 2061

    Two legal documents (or two drafts of the same document?) regarding the widow of Maymūn Boṭon and her sons Shalom and David and Yaʿaqov. A …

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  39. 139LetterENA 4010.16

    Letter of praises for Yehuda b. Saʿadya, mentioning also his brother the future Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya.

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  40. 140Legal documentT-S 24.14

    Deed of a gift or gifts, willed by an old man to be collected after his death. Dated: 1122 CE. The testator is the Tripolitan …

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  41. 141Legal documentT-S NS 305.124

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (left side only). Dated: 7[..] AH, which is the 14th century CE if this has been read correctly. Mentions …

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  42. 142LetterMoss. Ia,25

    Recto: Judaeo-Arabic letter, mentioning Abū Sahl and books, including Kitāb al-Madkhal (of Shemuel b. Hofni) and Halakhot Gedolot. Very faded. Information from FGP. Needs further …

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  43. 143LetterENA NS 28.1

    Recto: Letter fragment (upper right piece). In Judaeo-Arabic. Most of the content is missing; the writer mentions shame/embarrassment, and seems to be apologizing for some …

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  44. 144List or tableDK 36.1

    Notebook, probably belonging to a 15th-century Byzantine merchant, filled with records of various transactions. The language is primarily Hebrew but the months are Julian (אפריל …

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  45. 145Legal documentAIU VII.D.62

    Legal document in Hebrew, investment partnership. Dated 30 Iyyar 5551 AM (June 1791 CE). Location: Cairo. David Kariyo (Carillo) invested quantities of silk, cotton, and …

    1. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר דוד קארייו יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה וכו׳ איך
    2. מסר לו היקר ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר שלמה סימחון יצ׳׳ו המרחץ הידוע לכל
    3. בחארת …

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  46. 146List or tableT-S NS 70.107

    Minute fragment. Few words from a list

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  47. 147Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 308

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script.

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  48. 148Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.36

    Recto: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides? Abū l-Majd is to give 4 dirhams to Namir and 3 dirhams to the Nazir on …

    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
    3. מן גהה וקף אלמהדב [[ען]] סבעה
    4. דרהם לנמר בסבב מרצה
    5. ותלתה ללנזיר אלמריץ

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  49. 149LetterBodl. MS heb. c 27/82

    Letter from Musa b. Yishak b. Hisda from Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. The letter mentions details about shipments from and to …

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    1. ישיכי ורייסי וגלילי וכבירי אטאללה(!) בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וכאן לך וליא ונאצרא וחאפצ'א פי גמיע אמורך [מן] אלמהדיה לו' כלון מן אילול
    2. ען סלאמה לא זל…

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  50. 150LetterT-S 13J16.11

    Letter probably from Sahlan b. Avraham instructing his uncle, Aharon 'the appointed', to make peace between a husband and a wife, or to bring her …

    1. אחינו ותלמידנו ויקירינו מר' ור' אהרן הממונה ישמרך צורנו ויעזרך
    2. ויעודדך לעד .. בא בקא //כהן// בן יוסף לפנינו לבית דין וחמותו
    3. ואפוטרופוס שלאשתו חסן בת…

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