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  1. 101Legal documentENA 3962.6

    Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script, with an addendum on the back concerning the same case. There are also notes in the margin …

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  2. 102State documentENA 3965.5

    State document, fragment, in a chancery hand with long swoopy letters. Describing an issue/conflict associated with merchants (li dhālik(?) al-amr(?) maʿahu min al-tujjār, l. 2). …

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  3. 103State documentENA 3965.9

    State document(s) in Arabic script. Most likely a fiscal account because of the phrase "mablagh jārī" in v.1. However, it has the petition-like phrase "iḥsānuhu …

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  4. 104LetterENA 3965.14

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (the lower part is missing, and the right margin may be missing if it existed); the letter continues in the …

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  5. 105LetterENA 3970.10

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script.

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  6. 106State documentENA 3970.25

    Tax or provisional receipt. Mention of silver (waraq) and the month Jumād al-Awwāl on verso.

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  7. 107State documentENA 3977.6

    Petition/report in Arabic script, begins with a taqbīl formula. Addressed to [...] b. Muḥammad intriguingly called 'the agent (wakīl) of the sultan.' Dating: probably Mamluk-era …

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  8. 108Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3982.1

    Private accounts. Sums in dinars and qirats. Mentions a dukkān. Needs examination.

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  9. 109State documentENA 3982.9

    Official-looking receipt. Mentions arṭāl Miṣr, the quantity of half raṭl, and the occurrence of the transaction/event in the presence of a judge (bī-ḥuḍūr al-Qāḍī al-ʿazīz).

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  10. 110State documentENA 3982.13

    Fiscal account?

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  11. 111LetterENA 3982.33

    Letter in Arabic script. The portion preserved here consists mostly of greetings, naming people such as Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Ḥādī, Nūr al-Dīn, Quṭb …

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  12. 112LetterENA 3982.34

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment preserving the middle portion of each side, 6–8 lines per side. The sender is worried about the condition of the …

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  13. 113State documentENA 3982.48

    Document in Arabic script. Perhaps accounts or an administrative document. Needs examination.

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  14. 114State documentENA 4015.4

    State document, Fatimid. Two fragmentary lines preserved of a larger document. A partial reading of the first line is as follows: "منها وما معها وبوس(؟) …

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  15. 115State documentENA NS 10.15

    State document, fragmentary. Three and a half lines preserved, difficult to glean context, mentions taking permission, "لانه حين اذن". Reused for a Hebrew text, on …

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  16. 116LetterENA NS 11.6

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. 4 lines preserved, with the continuation written at an angle in the margin. Some phrases: ...فضلا عما . …

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  17. 117State documentENA NS 12.15

    Beginning of a petition addressed to the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir. Beginning lines only. On verso, there is literary text in Hebrew. For the formula "al-ḥaḍra …

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    1. بسـ[ـم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
    2. صلوات الله[وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وسلامه على سيدنا ومولانا الامام]
    3. الظاهر لاعزاز دين الـ[ـله امير المؤمنين وعلى ابائ…

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    1. In the name [of God the merciful and compassionate]
    2. Blessings of God [and his benedictions and increased benefactions and greetings be upon ou…

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  18. 118LetterENA NS 13.15

    Recto (probably the secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of the same supporter of Daniel b. ʿAzarya who also wrote T-S K25.244. Probably …

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  19. 119State documentENA NS 13.15

    Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script in a chancery hand. Fragment from the middle of the document. Refers to the well-known Jewish leader [Daniel …

    1. ] صنعت به عليهم على [دانيال بن
    2. عزريا الداودي في[ ]ته عليهم [
    3. وبسائر اعمال الدولة النبوية وتممت النعمة عـ[ـليهم
    4. بمنشور معظم مقر بدوام نعمة اثباته في …

    1. which was made against them on [Daniel b.

    2. Azarya al-Dāwūdī in [ ] on them [

    3. and through all the enclosures of the Prophetic dynasty and bene…

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  20. 120LetterENA NS 15.15

    Document in Arabic script. Possibly a letter, or possibly a magical text related to verso: wa-yaʿ[..] al-baḥr li-dhālika wa-hāja wa-lā yastaṭīʿ aḥad ʿalayhi. . . …

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  21. 121State documentENA NS 18.27

    Official letter in Arabic script. 4 lines preserved, wide line spacing. Reused for legal documents in Judaeo-Arabic (see separate entry). Seems to be a report/petition …

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    1. جدي وسعد بما حوطه[
    2. وجردت راي في الخدمة بحيث ساء(؟) [. . .] السـ[. . .] دعـ[وة(؟)
    3. على المنابر ونشر الباب كلمة الصدق باعلى المآثر وصرفت
    4. لوا عشير…

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    1. … and fortune in … 

    2. I unsheathed an intent to serve in [...] the mis[sion](?) …

    3. [from] on top of pulpits, and spreading the kernels of th…

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  22. 122State documentENA NS 24.10

    Fragment of correspondence in Arabic script, chancery hand, possibly an official report. The ends of four lines are preserved. Reused between the lines and on …

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  23. 123State 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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  24. 124State documentENA NS 45.23

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, three lines of Arabic in a chancery hand. The date of the tawqīʿ is Dhul Qaʿda (3)70?

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  25. 125State documentENA NS 51.23

    Document in Arabic script, fiscal related. Text is arranged in columns with discrete entries, probably accounts of some sort. Needs examination. On verso there is …

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  26. 126Legal documentENA NS 63.9

    Letter fragment, 20 lines, well preserved. The writer at the beginning of the letter mentions a sale that did not reap any profits (lam yūlij …

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    1. …………………………………………………………………

    2. . ـعه اليه ووجهي منه يسقط حيا{ء} لانه يعلم كيف جرى امره في ابتياعها

    3. وانه لم يولج في شي منها حبة واحدة وبالله لو…

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  27. 127State documentENA NS 63.11

    Fragment of a petition in Arabic script, interspersed with Arabic script in the wide spaces what seems like a draft of a letter or just …

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    1. ]وسعادته لمضافرته ومطالبته؟

    2. ]افدته يعزمه مظهر/بعزمه يظهر لي وله قواها

    3. ] للنجاج باولاها واخراها

    4. ] يعمل عليها وصدره حالا بع…

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  28. 128State 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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  29. 129Literary textENA NS 70.13

    Fragment on verso, possibly poetry (for example line 9&10): "anta rūhī wa inta ___ qalbī" "انت روحي وانت ـــــ؟ قلبي ", "wa yā amīrī wa …

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  30. 130Legal documentENA NS 71.10

    Accounts? on recto (fractions?) mentions rose and sandalwood. Hebrew script on verso.

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  31. 131State documentENA NS 74.3

    Two columns of accounts, business or private, for Naṣr b. Simwāl, one under "lahu" 'he is owed' and second under "ʿalaihi" 'he owes'. 'ʾAjr' in …

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  32. 132Unknown typeENA NS 77.176

    Fragment, 4 lines, very faded, only a few letters legible.

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  33. 133LetterENA NS 77.287

    Fragment, Arabic script, four lines in a chancery hand. Starts with a basmala and ḥamdala and mentions al-Najm al-Yahūdī. " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد …

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  34. 134Unknown typeENA NS 83.67

    Fragment, fainted, and unreadable script. Needs further examination.

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  35. 135State documentENA NS 83.97

    State document, extremely fragmentary, report or petition. Mentions 'al-majlis al-ʿālī' and 'imtathal ilaihi'.

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  36. 136LetterENA NS 83.108

    Letter, fragment, 8 lines in a fainted script. Mentions a congregation (ijtimāʿ). Some lines read as "inna-nī law sirtu ʿalā".

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  37. 137State documentENA NS 83.243

    Tax receipt, in Arabic script. Needs examination. Dated:first quarter of the 11th century.

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  38. 138Legal documentENA NS I.32

    Fragment (bottom) of a document, possibly a legal testimony. Two lines at the bottom of the document indicate witness signatures. The first one reads "shahida …

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  39. 139Paraliterary textENA NS I.36

    Medical recipes: Judaeo-Arabic on one side, Arabic on the other.

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  40. 140LetterENA NS I.72

    Informal note related to business matters. Probably sent from Fustat. In Arabic script. The sender instructs the addressee to acquire a blue Dustarī (=Tustarī) fabric …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ساعة وقوفك يا سيدي اطال الله
    3. بقاك وادام عزك على رقعتي هذه
    4. تجتهد في تحصيل ثوب دستري
    5. ازرق يصلح للطراحات جيد مليح
    6. فان كان لك صعو…

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  41. 141Unknown typeHalper 245

    Document in Arabic script. Wide space between the lines. Miniature طs above certain words (=ihmāl). May simply be pen trials. On verso there are seliḥot.

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  42. 142Literary textHalper 285

    Astrological text, in Arabic script. The first line lists planets and the second line zodiac signs, maybe showing the placement of planets in the zodiac …

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  43. 143Legal documentHalper 413

    An 11th-century deed of sale for a portion of a house, in Arabic script. In between a [...] al-yahūdī al-ḥarīrī (the Jewish silk trader, who …

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  44. 144State documentJRL A 346

    State document, one isolated line with abusive ligatures, in Arabic script. Reused in Hebrew on recto and verso.

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  45. 145State documentJRL A 646

    State document, in Arabic script. Two isolated lines. The first one reads as "والنظر في امرهم بما يقتضي به العناية", "looking into their affairs according …

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  46. 146List or tableJRL B 2002

    Accounts, in Arabic script.

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  47. 147State documentJRL B 2056

    State document, in Arabic script. Dating: probably Fatimid. Not a lot is preserved but the document seems like an internal government memorandum mentioning accounts and …

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  48. 148State documentJRL B 2683

    State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Not much is preserved but what remains reads as prayers and invocations.

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    1. واخصها الله به من المروة والديانة.[
    2. ........اعلى تفضلها في اصدار

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  49. 149LetterJRL B 3609

    Verso: Beginning of a letter in Arabic script from Abū l-Barakāt (Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to the physician (al-ḥakīm) Abū l-Maḥāsin.

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم                      [مملوكـ]ـه ابو البركات
    2. المقر بتفضل مولاه الشيخ الاجل المنعم المحسن المتفضل الموفق الامين المحترم
    3. ا…

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  50. 150List or tableJRL B 3609

    Recto: A short account in Judaeo-Arabic. "That which I still owe Abū l-Barakāt al-Qazzāz b. Sulaymān al-Kohen: 33 dirhams. Of that, he collected 7 dirhams …

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