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  1. 101Literary textT-S NS 108.50

    Piyyut by Gamliel b. Moshe on the occasion of Avraham Maimonides's recovery from illness. Goitein: "As was customary at such banquets, poems in honor of …

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  2. 102List or tableT-S AS 208.109

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, very detailed. Dating is likely 16th-century based on the paleography and currencies referenced. There is a full date in the upper left …

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  3. 103LetterT-S 16.292

    Recto: Letter from Ḥananʾel b. Shemuʾel to a certain Shela (and/or David he-Ḥaver?). The opening greetings include a complaint about lack of letters and mention …

    1. כל מעייני נתתי בך ובמודע לבב[י אמצתיך] חקרתיך בעין ל[בי(?)
    2. בניין של קדושים כ מ ורב שילה השר הנכבד החכם הנבו[ן
    3. שצ היב מאת הנכסף לחזותך השמח בחברתך המ…

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  4. 104Unknown typeENA 3970.23

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  5. 105LetterT-S AS 175.114

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. A small portion of four lines from the body are visible and a line of marginal text. The verso has …

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  6. 106Legal query or responsumENA 3793.1

    Legal query addressed to ha-Rav ha-Gadol. Concerning the parnas Yaʿaqov ha-Yerushalmi who died and left behind 4 sons and a daughter. His inheritance included a …

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  7. 107LetterT-S 10J24.2 + CUL Or.1080 J211 + T-S Misc.28.256

    India Book (IB) II,48 and IV,13-14 (ח76). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Dating: October/November 1140 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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    IB IV, 13: T-S 10 J24.2 1r

    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. וצלת כתב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלסייד מולאי אטאל
    3. אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ועלאִה ורפעתה וסנאה ועלוה
    4. וארתקאה ולא עטל…

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    IB IV, 13: T-S 10 J24.2 1r

    1. בשמ[ך] רחמ[נא].
    2. הגיעו המכתבים של הדרת השיך המפואר ביותר, מרי ואדוני, יאריך
    3. ה' את חייו ויתמיד את מעמדו הנכבד ומעלתו…

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  8. 108LetterJRL B 2730

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Salonica and Constantinople. In the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  9. 109Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.63

    Likely a promissory note stating that "I owe" a sum of money to "[...] al-Yahūdī."

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  10. 110LetterT-S AS 116.377

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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  11. 111LetterENA NS 32.2

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with a poetic Hebrew introduction, addressed to a certain Ḥaver. The address is located (unusually) at the bottom. The …

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  12. 112List or tableJRL B 5434

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, maybe ca. 16th century. Mentions various commodities including fish coming in from Rashīd and Abū Qīr. Also mentions "the maghhribīs" …

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  13. 113Literary textT-S Ar.30.113

    Late Judaeo-Arabic rendition of the story of Yūsuf.

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  14. 114Literary textT-S NS 320.129b

    Talmudic discussion.

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  15. 115Legal documentENA NS 77.258

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Regarding the death (and will?) of Menaḥem or …

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  16. 116LetterENA NS 77.284

    Letter fragment, seems to be in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

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  17. 117LetterT-S AS 146.134

    Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a letter/petition addressed to the Nagid. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century. None of the substance is preserved. Reused …

    1. מן ענד . [
    2. ] מן מרינו ורבינו אדונינו ונג[ידנו
    3. צניף תפא]רתינו אור עינינו ומנ[היג] דור[ינו
    4. הו]דינו והדרינו מרדכי הז[מן
    5. ] לא אלמן יהי שמו לעול[ם
    6. וינהי …

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  18. 118Legal documentAIU VII.D.68

    Legal document from Cairo, dated January 1819 CE (Tevet 5579 AM), in which Moshe Ḥafis (?) and his wife Senyora acknowledge their debt of 2085 …

    1. [בע׳׳ה]
    2. [בפ]נינו עדים ח׳׳מ היקרה מרת סינייורה מב׳׳ת ובעלה היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר משה חכים יצ׳׳ו והודאה גמורה שרירא וקיימת
    3. מעכשו מדעתם ורצונם הטוב והגמו׳ בל…

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  19. 119State documentT-S AS 179.115

    Probably a state document in Arabic script. Only a few partial lines are preserved on both recto and verso.

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  20. 120LetterT-S NS 184.83

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon (ca. 1100–38). Very damaged and faded.

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  21. 121Legal documentENA NS 77.216

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Refers to a power of attorney (wakāla) of …

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  22. 122List or tableT-S AS 205.42

    List in Judaeo-Arabic on verso with names and corresponding numerical values (some of which are definitely monetary). Medieval-era. R Mentions names such as ʿImrān al-Sharābī, …

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  23. 123LetterT-S AS 177.52

    Recto: Upper right piece of a letter to a 'brother' in Arabic script. Conveys various pieces of news, including about the sale of a shop. …

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  24. 124Unknown typeENA NS 85.1350

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  25. 125Legal documentENA NS 18.4

    Legal deed in Aramaic. Dated: 133[.] Seleucid = 1018–29 CE. Shemuel b. Avraham ha-Levi ha-Sefaradi is appointing Mevorakh b. Yosef ha-Kohen. as his agent. Above …

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  26. 126Unknown typeT-S NS 264.m

    Minute fragments

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  27. 127LetterT-S 12.420

    Letter from Yaʿaqov Ibn ha-Nagid to a notable named Shelomo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's index card identifies the sender as "Yaʿaqov b. David Maimonides" …

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  28. 128Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 146.16

    An Abū Zikrī Kohen cheque. 15 dirhams are credited to Abū l-Surūr.

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  29. 129Unknown typeENA NS 14.5

    Too faded

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  30. 130LetterHalper 426

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 17th or early 18th century. Mention is made (ll. 17, 21, 25) of The Nazir Joseph ha-Levi (d. …

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  31. 131LetterT-S AS 201.414

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Communal/official. Mentions al-jamāʿa al-maḥrūsa. Not much else is preserved.

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  32. 132LetterT-S 13J26.16

    Letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to the community of Damietta, approximately 1015.

    1. יאשיהו ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב בירבי
    2. שלום בכל מסעדינו וברכות בכל סומכיהם וש[לומות בכל]
    3. עת ורחמים בכל זמן ושם טוב בכל דור ואחרית [טובה]
    4. ושלום לאחינ[ו] יש…

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  33. 133State documentT-S B13.17

    Placeholder [ASE]

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  34. 134Legal query or responsumT-S 12.205

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with his autograph responsum (signed). After a man had given an oath of bankruptcy in Jewish court, he was …

    [Concerning Reube]n [who holds Simeo]n['s IOU for the sum of 500 dirhems] payable in instalments of twenty dirhems per month, some of which has becom…

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  35. 135LetterT-S 20.179

    Recto: Letter from a Karaite in Alexandria to the Karaite Nasi David b. Hasdai, concerning support for the Nasi from the Karaite communities in the …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .המצות המוכיח לרבים . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . סגלה ונשיא כל בני הגולה ירום
    3. הוד…

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  36. 136Legal documentJRL B 5310

    Legal document in Hebrew. Late. Involves [...] b. Shemuel ha-Levi and the payment of the ketubba.

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  37. 137Legal query or responsumT-S 8.250

    Recto: responsa in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic poem and dirge also written by Yosef. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 138Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.132

    A magical spell (ʿazīma).

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  39. 139Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/46

    Court record about the settlement of various claims between Shela b. ʿAyyāsh ha-Kohen and Tiqva b. ʿAmram. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1410 Seleucid = 1098/99 CE. …

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  40. 140Legal documentYevr. II A 1292 + AIU VII.D.99 + BL OR 12369.11

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: end of Sivan 5582 AM, which is June 1822 CE. Dissolution of partnership and settling of accounts between …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. להיות שהיתה חברה ושותפות הכה׳׳ר אליאו ן׳ צהל יצ׳׳ו והכה׳׳ר יעקב הלוי ידיע עכובס והכה׳׳ר מרדכי
    3. קפנטון יצ׳׳ו בעסק הצרפליק וסחורות ופרקמטיאות וכ…

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  41. 141Literary textT-S AS 177.263

    Recto: The poem אֵשׁ תּוּקַד בְּקִרְבִּי whose verses endings alternate between בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם and בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם. Verso: Small fragment of an unidentified document in Arabic …

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  42. 142Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.6

    Bifolium from an Arabic literary treatise, including the pious opening and, on the other two pages, several (al)chemical recipes.

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  43. 143List or tableT-S AS 200.152

    Fragment of a commercial account in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Listing items and prices. Mentions goods such as coral, silk (or possibly …

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  44. 144Legal documentBL OR 5542.3

    Certificate in the hand of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Kislev 1473 Seleucid, which is December 1161 CE, under …

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  45. 145Legal documentBL OR 5542.6 + T-S 20.169 + T-S 10J8.9

    Legal document. Deed of compensation / bill of release. Dated: 1337 Seleucid = 1025–26 CE. Location: Fustat. Written in the hand of Avraham, son of …

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    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנחנו העד[ים ה]חתומים למטה בי[ום שלשנת]
    2. אלף ושלש מאות ושלשים ושבע לשטרות למניין שאנו רגילים למנות בו
    3. בפסטאט מצרים שעל נהר …

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  46. 146State documentT-S AS 178.45

    Small fragment of an official (state-related) letter of praise/recommendation for somebody. Two lines are preserved.

    1. واقواله محمولا في تصرفاته
    2. باذلا نفسه في مصالحنا وقد

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  47. 147Legal documentT-S 12.440

    Ketubba fragment (upper right corner). Location: Cairo. Groom: Hillel the elder. Bride: a widow [...] bt. Elʿazar ha-Kohen. Payments: 7 + 30 = 37 dinars. …

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  48. 148State documentT-S AS 148.96

    State document, in Arabic script. Reused for a medical text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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    1. من الحضرة الـ[
    2. فتمكنه كتـ[

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  49. 149Literary textT-S NS 243.102

    Hebrew literary text. There are annotations in red ink, including some Arabic script in the margins.

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  50. 150LetterT-S 13J15.3

    Letter from Yosef b. Ma'la to Nethanel Abu Sa'id b. Sadaqa. The letter opens with a full-fledged congratulation, referring also to the Feast of Tabernacles …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אהני חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    3. תאיידה ועלאה וסמוה וארתקאה ורפעתה וסנאה ותמכינה
    4. וכבת אעדאה בהדא אלצום אלעטים אלמועדים אל
    5. ש…

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