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  1. 17601Legal documentT-S AS 147.8

    Court record fragment of the sale of a European slave by a mother to her son. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 331, and Goitein's …

    1. מר]ץ ול[א] גיר דלך מן גמיע מפ[סדאת אלשהאדה אנני]
    2. מקרה ענדכם באנני תסלמת מנה ס[ת] ע[שר דינ . . .]
    3. בהא אלממלוך אלדי לי אלרומי [ . . ] אלמדעא במש[
    4. ומשל…

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  2. 17602LetterT-S AS 146.405

    Bottom of a family letter in Hebrew. On parchment. Dating: uncertain, potentially 11th century. Consisting mainly of greetings to and from family members. Specifically mentions …

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  3. 17603LetterT-S AS 173.169

    Address of a letter to the Nagid Shemuel (b. Ḥananya), in Fustat, in the Muṣāṣa neighborhood. In the Arabic-script portion it seems he is referred …

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    1. מושב אדוננו שמואל הנגיד ירו הו[
    2. תובלנה בשמחות וגיל תבואנה בה[יכל מלך
    3. يصل الى مصر المحروسة الى المصاصة الى يد سيد[نا
    4. الريس ريس اليهود سليمان اد…

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  4. 17604List or tableT-S AS 179.114

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Large numbers (in the thousands).

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  5. 17605LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/9 + Bodl. MS heb. d 80/46

    Letter from Tiberias, containing a legal document recording their estate in the Muslim registration of Tiberias, dated 940. Ca. 1020

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    1. [ ] וישועות קרובות
    2. טוב וחנינה וחמלה וטובה מול כל[
    3. מעלה לכב גד קד מרב הלל החבר [
    4. ישמרו וינצרו החכם והנבון ביר [
    5. החזן נוחו בגן גע אלינו מכתבו ו[
    6. אות…

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  6. 17606List or tableENA NS 76.435.1 + ENA NS 76.435.3

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th century. Quite detailed. Not immediately clear if mercantile or communal. Probably communal, since the word "jibāya" (collection) appears. …

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  7. 17607Legal documentCUL Add. 3414.2

    CUL Add.3414 (c?). Noted and copied by Baneth. Goitein looked for this document in 1965 and could not find it; speculated that perhaps it was …

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  8. 17608LetterT-S AS 118.231

    Recto: faded and damaged text in Arabic, possibly part of a letter, mentioning a qāḍī. Verso: piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  9. 17609State documentENA 3940.9

    Black ink (original use): ِFragment of a state document, fiscal related. At the top: thabata ʿindī jamīʿ mā nuṣṣa wa-shuriḥa fīhi... wa-kataba Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm …

    1. ثـ]ـبت عندي جميع ما نص وشرح فيه
    2. ]وكتب محمد بن ابرهيم عبد الله بن حفص بخطه
    3. ]لله امير المومنين صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابايه الطاهرين وابنايه
    4. ]ـي يحيى بن…

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  10. 17610Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#26) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 25-27) Folio 7r

    1. וזכות וחזקת הר׳ יצחק אחיה הנז׳ ובאי כחו לדור ולהשכיר ולמכור ולמשכן ולתת כמתנה ולעשות
    2. בהם כפי חפצו ורצונו ככח המכיר…

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  11. 17611Legal documentT-S AS 151.188

    One or more entries in a court register from Fusṭāṭ, dated Thursday, 28 Adar [1]409 of the Seleucid Era (= 4 March 1098 CE), mentioning …

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  12. 17612List or tableT-S Ar.35.377

    Jottings of business accounts

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  13. 17613State documentT-S NS 153.127

    A few words from the end of a decree: واعـ[ـلم هذا] واعمل عليه وبحسبه وو . . . . Reused for Hebrew liturgy.

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  14. 17614LetterT-S 10J6.5

    Letter from Natan b. Yehuda of Alexandria to Sason b. Meshullam, a judge of Cairo. The letter contains many personal matters that reflect the milieu …

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    1. בש'
    2. לגברא דכולא ביה נהיר וחכים בר אבהן ובר אוריין דחיל חטאין ומהימן דיינא כרב נחמן
    3. כג"ק מר' ור' ששון החכם והנבון נט' רח' וברכיה וסעדיה בכל אור…

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  15. 17615Legal query or responsumBL Or. 5519B.1

    Responsum in the autograph of Maimonides, ca. 1168–1204 CE based on the years when he was active in Egypt.

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  16. 17616List or tableT-S AS 149.18

    Accounts, mentioning Cairo and names such as Ibn Miska, Ibn Abū l-Surūr, Abū l-Khayr and Abū l-Ṭāhir, and quantities of currency. Hebrew numerals. (Information from …

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  17. 17617LetterMoss. II,195

    Letter. A Maghribi Karaite asks his wife in the most humble terms to come back to him in Cairo. Otherwise, he would marry a girl …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. ישא ברכה מאת יי וג' שלום רב לאהבי תורתך
    3. חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלרייס אלאכמל
    4. אלפאצל אלבארע אלנביל אלסדיד פצל בן כלף
    5. אעזה…

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    In Your name, oh Allmerciful. 

    He will receive blessing from the Lord [and vindication from the God of his salvation]. Plenty of peace have tho…

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  18. 17618State documentT-S NS 305.66

    Tax receipt of some kind. The payer is a Jewish man possibly named Bishr b. Bū l-[...]. Dated: 19 Ṣafar 553 AH = 22 March …

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  19. 17619List or tableT-S AS 215.78 + T-S AS 215.216

    List of items, mostly medicinal substances like gum, white sugar, curcuma. Might be connected with T-S AS 215.253

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  20. 17620LetterT-S 8J15.5

    Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Deals with a visit to the synagogue at Dammūh (l. 10) during a time of unrest. The sender …

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  21. 17621LetterT-S 10J10.29

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, probably in Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Around 1046. The writer is about to travel to Palestine. Mentions …

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    1. [כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מו]לאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ו[ מ]ן סיואן ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד

    3. ללה וק[ד כנת אנפדת א]לי מולאי כתב לם אחציהא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך,
    2. .... בסיון. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, תודה
    3. לאל. שלחתי…

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  22. 17622Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 320.24

    Receipt on behalf of the elders of Jerusalem. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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    1. ואוצל
    2. סלאמי לכאלי אלחבר וקול
    3. לה אכי יסלם עליך ועלי ולדך
    4. וקול לי בכם צרפת אלדינאר
    5. חתא אסתהם פי אלדי יתבקא
    6. ואסתפהם מנה בכם באעה
    7. וכאם יפצל לה ואע…

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  23. 17623Legal documentT-S AS 151.279

    Fragment from a trousseau list, mentioning a ketubba and the bridal gift, and typical trousseau items such as a head scarf and several sums of …

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  24. 17624List or tableJRL C 26

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013 AH which is 1605 CE: "אל קעדה ס[נת] יג ואלפ", further down the recto the year [5]364 …

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  25. 17625Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/4

    A confirmation of the Beit Din that there were no obstacles to the marriage between Sālim al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣabbāgh and Sitt al-Kuttāb b. Yefet. Location: Fustat. …

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  26. 17626Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#131) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 42v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated: 29 Elul 5329 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 42v 

    1. מן יצע כטה פיה והכל ש[ריר ובריר וקים (missing entry)
    2. [[ל]] אשהד עליה פרגא׳ אללוי א׳כ׳ר׳ ע׳אלבאקי אללוי יצ׳׳ו אן ליס
    3. ב…

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  27. 17627Legal documentT-S AS 146.415

    End of damaged legal document on parchment from 11th century Fustat. Involving [...] known as al-Ṣāʾigh. Signed by Yeshuʿa b. Yosef and a certain Yefet …

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  28. 17628LetterT-S AS 119.111

    Letter in Hebrew, with part of the address preserved in Arabic script on verso. Mentions Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen ha-Za[qen], the wife of R. Yehuda, and in …

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  29. 17629List or tableT-S AS 204.171

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Currency: ashrafi. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE because the ashrafi was minted first under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year.

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  30. 17630LetterENA 4010.34

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, holograph (Gil). Dating: 1041 (Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based on the years when Shelomo b. Yehuda served as Gaʾon.

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    1. ירפדום ה[      ]
    2. [     ] אולם [            ] את [      ]
    3. [         ]ש את עצמו בה[ 
    4. [ומהאל ה]משאל להקים לע[מו  ]
    5. הברנו ש צור כי אמ[ר     ]
    6. השבה…

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  31. 17631Legal documentJRL B 7223 + T-S NS J335 + T-S AS 85.27 + T-S AS 157.55 + T-S 10J5.2

    IB VI, 5. Legal document. Record of release; partnership renewal. Written in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Amat al-Qādir, widow of …

    1. [............] ... גמיעה ודפ[ע ...............................]

    2. [...]א צחאחא מנהא מאית [...........] . מר יפת .. מאיה דינאר ....

    3. אנ. אמה אלקאדר…

    1. […] … in total and pa[id…]

    2. […] good … from which one hundred […] Mr. Japheth .. hundred dinars …

    3. … Amat al-Qādir concerning the judgment of tha…

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  32. 17632Legal documentT-S NS J465

    Document in the hand of the judge Natan b. Shemuel (fl. 1128–1164 CE) concerning Zikri b. Ḥalfon, who received 50 dinars from funds belonging to …

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    1. [[זכרי בר כלפון נע]]
    2. זכרי בר חלפון נע
    3. יאכד נ דינ
    4. גמלה
    5. מן מאל אלכואת
    6. וישעב(!) אלרבע דאר אלמכתצה בה
    7. אלדי פי דאר סכנה
    8. אללאצקה בדאר יעקוב אלאסכנדר…

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  33. 17633LetterT-S AS 146.165

    Letter fragment (lower left corner of recto) of appeal. The writer describes himself as a poor man (סעלוך) and the tail end of Proverbs 26:3 …

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  34. 17634Unknown typeENA NS 85.664

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  35. 17635List or tableT-S AS 211.69

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Perhaps dated in the upper left corner, but the exact meaning of the month and year unclear. Possibly 962 AH (סבץ).

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  36. 17636Legal documentT-S AS 153.391

    Recto: legal document, mentioning inheritance. Verso: legal document in a different hand. (Information from CUDL)

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  37. 17637Legal documentT-S 10J28.3

    Upper part of a legal document. Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū Mansur al-Kohen, known as Ibn Qasāsa, receives from Avraham b. Masliah and Elʿazar b. Menaḥem …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתימין שהדותנא לתחתא בשטרא
    2. דנן כן הוה חצר אלינא [מר] אבו אלחסן בן אבי מנצור אלכהן דידיע בן קסאסא
    3. וקאל לנא אשהדו עליי ו[…

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  38. 17638Legal documentT-S AS 151.262

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Writing on both sides. (Information from CUDL)

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  39. 17639Legal documentT-S 18J1.8

    Compensation bill from Fustat. Dated: 7 Nisan 4815 AM = April 7 1055 CE. Three witnesses approved (not in front of the court) that Abū …

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    1. בשמ רחמנ

    2. [ישה]דו אלשהוד אלמסמון פי אכר הדה אלבראה חצר מר יהודה אלמכני

    3. אבו זכרי ביר משה נבע הידוע אבן צגמאר וקאל לנא טאיע גיר כארה ולא

    4. מ…

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    1. (1–2) יעידו העדים הנקראים בשמותיהם בסוף כתב הפיצוי הזה, כי בא מ"ר יהודה המכונה 
    2. אבו זכרי בי"ר משה נב"ע הידוע אבן סגמאר, ואמר לנו מרצונו בלא …

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  40. 17640LetterDK 306

    Letter addressed to a certain Daniel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th or 16th century. The sender asks to be forwarded any letter or news …

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  41. 17641Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 1

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān to al-Raṣuy, asking for a loan of thirty dirhams using a turban as collateral. Goitein …

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  42. 17642LetterT-S J2.66

    Memorandum by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The addressee in unknown; it might be Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. Contains instructions about payment deduction …

    Recto, right side

    1. תדכרה' וליה נהראי בן נסים נ'ע' 
    2. וצל כתאב אלאמיר יקול האת מן יגי יקבץ' אלצראר
    3. ואוגבת אלחאל אנחדארי ולם יתפק לי אלאגתמאע במול[אי]
    4. אל…

    Recto, right page, lines 1–9

    This is a memorandum from your close associate Nahray ben Nissim: A letter arrived from the amir saying: ‘Send someone t…

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  43. 17643LetterCUL Or.1080 J146

    Letter from a Qaraite probably of Persian origin. His location is unknown (perhaps Ramla or Fustat), as are the identity of the addressee and his …

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    1. לכבוד גדלת קדושת מעוטר במיני עטורין ומוכתר כתרים כתר כהונה כתר שיבה
    2. וכתר שם טוב על גביהן אהוב לשמים ומכובד לבריות במעשיו הטובים ובדרכיו
    3. הישרות…

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  44. 17644Legal documentT-S 12.454

    Lower left corner of a ketubba for a divorced woman, possibly named Sayyida. Signed by Yosef b. Shemuel.

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  45. 17645Paraliterary textENA 3381.4

    Paraliterary text, in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the recipes for making ink.

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  46. 17646Legal documentT-S 13J8.24

    Prenuptial contract containing a stipulation allowing the bride to opt out of a patrilocal household even without proof that she had been mistreated: “Whenever she …

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    1. בשמרחמ
    2. [...] אלדי אסתקר בינאא מן אלשרוט
    3. מא יאתי דכרה והו
    4. אלמקדם       ארבעין דינארא מתאנא
    5.                    מן וקת אלדכול
    6. אלמוכר        סתי…

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  47. 17647Legal documentT-S 16.70

    Marriage contract between Eli b. Qimoy and Sutayt b. Yair, written by Shemarya b. Elhanan. Dated Shevat 1306/995 (January-February). (Information from Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, p. …

    1. ] יבנו ויצליחו
    2. ]בט שנת אלפא ותלת [מא]ה ושית שנין[
    3. ]בר קימוי אמר לה לסת[ית ב]תולתא בת ר יאיר ב[
    4. ואנא אפ]לח ואיזון ואיי[ק]ר ואיס[ובר י]תיכי כהלכת גברי…

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  48. 17648Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 177.35

    Commercial/state receipt, maybe. (Cf. T-S Ar.34.5 (PGPID 20576) and the list of documents there.) This one has Abū l-Saʿīd — or Dār al-Saʿīda (?) — …

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  49. 17649State documentENA 3971.21

    Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …

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  50. 17650LetterT-S AS 117.229

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter. Recto: piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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