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  1. 16201Legal documentENA NS 83.88

    Fragment of a legal document in Arabic, probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era.

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  2. 16202LetterT-S 8J22.19

    Letter from Umm Sālim, probably in Fustat, to her sister Umm Salāma, in the house of al-Ḥemdat b. Pinḥas, in New Cairo (based on ENA …

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    My letter to you, oh my sister, the most honored of creatures to me and by me, may God prolong your life and per…

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  3. 16203Legal documentT-S Misc.27.4.26

    Engagement agreement. Fiancé: Ṭāhir b. ʿIwaḍ al-Jazzār. Fiancée: Mudallala bt. Ḥalfon b. Elʿazar. Dated: Wednesday night, 28 Sivan 1581 Seleucid, which is 1270 CE. The …

    TS Misc Box 27, f. 26, ed. Ashtor, Mamluks, vol.3, p. 44 (Doc. #25),Agreement regarding a marital match, 1270 Z.F.11-27-89 {p)

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    1. [למא] כא]ן…

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  4. 16204Legal documentT-S AS 151.127

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning the transfer(?) of money (300 dinars) and Peraḥya and Mevasser. (Information …

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  5. 16205Legal documentHalper 357

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 4 Shawwāl 763 AH = 27 July 1362 CE. A woman named Jamīla has an eye disease and contracts …

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  6. 16206LetterAIU VII.E.99

    Letter in Hebrew from Meʾīr b. Shalōm Ben-Naʿīm to Rabbi Yaʿaqov Molkho (perhaps from Cairo to Dimyāṭ). Dated 5580 AM which is 1819/20 CE. The …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. איש יהודי הודה והדרה ׳׳ איש חיל פעלים במלחמתה של תורה ׳׳
    3. איש הפנים מבין דבר מתוך דבר אכ׳׳א סברא ׳׳ איש זרוע הוא לו זרוע
    4. עם גבורה ׳׳ ה׳׳ה הח׳ ה…

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  7. 16207LetterT-S AS 166.174

    Letter from Abū l-Munā b. Yaʿaqov, unknown location, to an unidentified addressee, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Same writer …

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  8. 16208LetterT-S AS 158.1

    Letter referring to the synagogue and quoting extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Dating: probably ca. 13th–15th century based on hand, layout, and typical abbreviations. May …

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  9. 16209Legal documentENA 2558.14

    Verso: Legal document (bill of sale?) involving a Nubian female slave and the daughter of R. Yosef and someone's wife. Very faded. Dated: 1 Elul …

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  10. 16210Paraliterary textT-S K6.153

    End of a prayer with a colophon. According to the colophon, the prayer was written by a person whose name is hidden in the series …

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  11. 16211Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.26

    Garshuni poem rhymed on -nī (e.g., al-awṭānī, insānī, ikhwānī), each section punctuated by a refrain (qufl). Cf. Kiraz, "Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern …

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  12. 16212Legal documentYevr. II K 69

    Decorated Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Avraham b. Sa'adya. The groom is Esther d. Eliyahu the cantor.

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  13. 16213List or tableT-S AS 137.148

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic. Piyyuṭ on verso.

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  14. 16214LetterMoss. I,80.1

    Recto: a compilation of letter formulae or part of a form letter. In the bottom right-hand corner there is a typical sender’s formula with the …

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  15. 16215LetterT-S 12.311

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin the judge Natan b. Shelomo of Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1140 CE. Very damaged/faded. Mentions …

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  16. 16216LetterT-S Ar.52.248

    Verso (original use): ḥikr (ground-rent) receipt in Arabic script for the Jewish community's properties (املاك) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (the Fortress of the Lamps) in Fustat. …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. صح لمولاي يحيى اليهودي الرباني
    3. عن حكر املاكهم بقصر الشمع بمصر
    4. سنة ست وخمسمىة
    5. من الورق خمسين درهما
    6. نصف ثمن
    7. يهودا بن اب…

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  17. 16217Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 494

    Literary text, medical. Mentions "wa-aʿlam anna l-mizāj", probably humors.

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  18. 16218State documentT-S Ar.39.500

    State document with a header invoking the name of al-Qāḍī al-Ashraf thiqat al-imām. The main text is barely three lines long, followed by sums and …

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  19. 16219State documentT-S AS 177.207

    Small fragment from a Fatimid decree, containing only the phrase "[some verb from the root kharaja/'issue'] the decree/rescript to the Dīwān of [...]."

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  20. 16220Legal documentT-S NS 190.6

    Deed of betrothal (erusin). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dates: 1100–38). Drawn up under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (dates: 1127–39). Fiancée: Malka, …

    1. [... בכל מוד]עין ותנאין וכתבנא וחתמנא
    2. [... וכאן] דלך לילה אלארבעא אל[.]..ִ
    3. [...] פסטאט מצרים רשותיה
    4. [דאדוננו מצליח הכהן ראש ישיב]ת גאון יעקב [..]מד …

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  21. 16221LetterL-G Misc. 116

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …

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  22. 16222Paraliterary textMoss. II,173

    A poem in honor of somebody important, perhaps a groom, since verso also contains (in the same hand) blessings for the bride. In the hand …

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  23. 16223LetterCUL Or.1081 2.28

    Small fragment of a letter. On verso there is a booklist (see separate entry).

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  24. 16224Legal documentT-S AS 147.271

    Legal fragment. Mentions Mubārak b. Avraham and a street in Ḥārat Zuwayla. Probably continues onto verso, where Shelomo b. Kalev ha-Levi is mentioned (the same …

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  25. 16225LetterT-S Ar.39.17

    Verso: Address of a letter in Arabic script. From Wahb b. Barakāt (a.k.a. Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen) to the well-known parnas ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh (a.k.a. …

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  26. 16226Unknown typeENA NS 85.1006

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  27. 16227Legal documentENA 2806.14

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Middle third of Sivan 4895 AM, which is 1135 CE, under the authority of …

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  28. 16228List or tableAIU VII.F.10

    List of donations received arranged according to parshiyot and possibly some commercial accounts (given the mention of shops). Dating: late 18th- or early 19th-century based …

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  29. 16229LetterT-S NS 304.45

    A letter to Ya'aqov Fransin in Rashid Also mentioned Nissim Faranji. 15th century?

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  30. 16230List or tableENA 2715.20 + ENA 2715.19 + ENA 2715.21

    Accounts in Ladino and Hebrew that can be dated through a join's (ENA 2715.19) entry dated 26 Sivan [5]632 or July 2 1872CE. MCD.

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  31. 16231Legal documentT-S NS 297.71 + T-S NS 297.72 + T-S NS 297.73

    Legal document in Arabic script. About 10 lines are preserved and one witness clause. Dated: 13 Dhū l-Qaʿda 957 AH, which is November 1550 CE. …

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  32. 16232LetterT-S AS 150.64

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Barely any content preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  33. 16233State documentT-S Ar.34.282

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, a silk worker (qazzāz) and craftsman (ṣāniʿ). Same payer: T-S Ar.34.224, T-S Ar.34.282 (where …

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  34. 16234List or tableT-S Ar.30.25

    Synagogue accounts. Dating: 18th or 19th century. Probably headed Seder Balaq rather than Seder Kalla (as the Baker/Polliack catalog has it). List of names and …

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  35. 16235Unknown typeENA NS 85.741

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  36. 16236Literary textT-S AS 144.267

    Text in Arabic, continued on verso, mentioning ʿUmar b. Saʿīd and ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmar. Verso: names of months, in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL.)

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  37. 16237Literary textAIU XII.113

    Fragment of a bifolium of an Arabic treatise on physiognomy (ʿilm al-firāsa).

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  38. 16238LetterT-S 20.67

    Letter from R. ʿAzarya Zeʾevi of Jerusalem to R. Yiṣḥaq Castro in Egypt. Dated: 1638 CE (6 Tammuz שע׳׳ך ב׳׳ו = 5398 AM). Should be …

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  39. 16239LetterAIU VII.E.183

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Me'ir ben Naʿim to his son David ben Naʿim, dated 16 June 1820 CE (4 Tammuz 5580 AM).

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  40. 16240Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.30.184.8

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the household of Rīḥān 3 dinars. Dated …

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  41. 16241Legal documentT-S 8J6.22

    Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Sivan 5323 = 8 June 1563 CE. In which Zeraḥ Dammūhī (cf. CUL Or.1081 2.26 + …

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    1. בפנינו עדים חתומי מטה הודה כ׳׳ר זרח דמוהי יצ׳׳ו שקבל מכ׳׳ר
    2. משה מתקן הספרים ידיע מגמגם יצ׳׳ו ארבעה בנאדקה זהב
    3. בהלואה …

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  42. 16242State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 205

    State document in Arabic script. Dated: 1247 AH, which is 1831/32 CE.

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  43. 16243List or tableENA 3945.14

    Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  44. 16244LetterT-S NS 298.11

    Letter in Ladino from a family member to Avraham Shalom: "... Know as it pleases you that Esther married. May you marry your sons with …

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    1.  ליד החכם הנעלה לכבוד ולתהילה
    2. כהר אברהם שלום נרו יאיר אכיר
    3. מצפת תוב 
    4. והלכי(?)
    5. למצרים יעא
    6. וממצרים ישלחנה החכם
    7. הנעלה לכבוד ולתהלה כהה
    8. יהודה קאש…

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  45. 16245LetterT-S 10J11.18

    Letter consisting entirely of blessings for a distinguished addressee. The beginning and the ending are in elegant Arabic script. In between, there are blessings in …

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  46. 16246LetterENA NS 21.14

    IB IV, 72 (*ח24). Verso: Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to an India trader (probably not Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel). Dating: 20 Adar …

    verso (IB IV,72 - *ח24) 

    1. עונך יארב
    2. ובלגני אנה באקי בעידאב אלי אלאן תתפצל
    3. חצרתה ותעלמני אן כאן וצל מנה כתאב ודכר
    4. מן כרג' פי אלכארם טעלמני בה ותעלמני

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    1. בעזרתך, הוי אלי!
    2. ונודע לי שהוא נשאר בעיד'אב עד עכשיו. יואיל
    3. הדרתו להודיעני אם הגיע ממנו מכתב ואם הזכיר
    4. מי שב הביתה ב'כארם'. יודיעני על כך. ויו…

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  47. 16247Paraliterary textT-S AS 184.30

    Magical fragment in Arabic script. Mentions names such as هدرش مهطش منهطورش and invokes the tribes of something (yā maʿāshir al-[...]).

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  48. 16248List or tableT-S Misc.10.200

    Recto: Document in Arabic script, probably an account. Verso: Hebrew Halakhic work.

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  49. 16249Legal documentJRL B 2784

    Recto: Likely a fragment of a legal document in Hebrew, mentioning merchandise and the years 1700/1 and 1701/2 CE (5461 and 5462). Verso: Likely accounts.

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  50. 16250Literary textT-S NS 260.3

    Literary work mentioning commentators including Moshe ibn Jikatilla (גקטלה) and Ibn Balʿam.

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