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  1. 17601Legal documentF 1908.44K

    Document date
    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 29 Tammuz 1590 Seleucid = 11 July 1279 CE. Written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active …

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  2. 17602LetterT-S 24.61

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of condolence on the death of the Nasi and Rayyis Sar Shalom (ll. 7, 38). Addressed to another Nasi (al-Rayyis al-Dā'ūdī), with blessings for …

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  3. 17603LetterBodl. MS heb. f 56/130

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a report on measures taken to save pious foundations from the rapacity of the finance minister, known as 'the Monk'' (active 1127-1129). (Information …

    verso

    1. והי סנה מצאדרתהם ללנאס ראי מן אלראי
    2. לא שך בעד משאורה רבינו המעולה
    3. זל אן יחצל הדא אלנצף ללעניים בהדא
    4. אלמבלג פמצא אלוראק אקתרח
    5. עליה באן יכתב פי …

    Verso

    1. that is the year when they dispossessed people he found it proper, 

    2. most probably after having consulted our Master ha-Me‘ullē, 

    3. of bless…

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  4. 17604Literary textENA 3946.1

    Primary language
    Arabo-Hebrew

    Biblical text in Arabic translation. Needs further examination.

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  5. 17605LetterMIAC 136

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    Primary language
    French

    Report of the general association of the Ashkenazi Community in Cairo – 1943CE and concerning the accounts of income and expenses in 1942CE and the …

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  6. 17606Legal documentT-S AS 153.448

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Small fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed. AA

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  7. 17607Legal documentT-S NS J455

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    Court record concerning a divorce. Location: Aleppo. Dated: 18 Adar 4949 AM (1189 CE). The husband, from Fustat but now in Aleppo, divorced his wife …

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    1. בבית דין שבצובה חצר מ ור אברהם התלמיד היקר בר מ ור חננאל [. . .
    2. אלאסכנדראני וא.[. . . .] וכאלה . .ס[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. מטאלבת…
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  8. 17608Legal documentT-S AS 152.198

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    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal fragment (upper right corner). Dated: Iyyar 14[..] Seleucid = 1089–1188 CE. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Acknowledgment made by Abū Saʿd Shemuel ha-Levi. The handwriting is distinctive …

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  9. 17609Paraliterary textT-S AS 169.297

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Medical prescription, apparently topicals for a wound.

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  10. 17610State documentT-S AS 184.425

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Probably official correspondence. Small fragment. The last few words of one line are preserved.

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  11. 17611LetterYevr. II A 1838

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    Hebrew

    Business letter from Shmuel b. Yeshu'a to Ishaq b. Avraham

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  12. 17612LetterT-S AS 103.196

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Unidentified text, possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 17613LetterAIU VII.D.8

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a son to a father. Verso: The page was trimmed and reused for what may be …

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  14. 17614Legal documentT-S AS 148.216

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of a legal document, mentioning a certain Shela. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  15. 17615List or tableT-S Ar.52.247

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto, right side: Account of expenditures in Dammuh (ca. 1182-3) by Sayyid al-Ahl, consisting of a list of disbursements made at the plantation in Dammuh …

    recto, right page

    1. תבת מא אמלאה אלשיך סיד אלאהל בן אל[ ] אנה
    2. אנפקה מן צמאן בסתאן דמוה שנת אתצד [אלמואפ]קה
    3. לסנה תמאן וסבעון וכמס מאיה לתאריך אלערב [וד…

    Recto, right side:

    1. Record, as dictated by al-Shaykh Sayyid al-Ahl b. al- .... 

    2. of expenditures made by him on the account of the plantation at Da…

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  16. 17616Legal query or responsumT-S 10G1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Responsa of Hai b. Sherira Gaon, Baghdad, to Qayrawan, Tunisia, concerning music. (Information from Don Harrán, “What Does Halakhah Say about Music? Two Early Rabbinic …

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  17. 17617LetterENA NS 35.27

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a man to a woman regarding the education of the writer's son, who either lives with or is merely the pupil …

    Verso

    1. בשמך
    2. קד תחקק ענדי מן תפצל אלסת אלגלילה
    3. אלכרימה אדאם אללה עזהא וציאנתהא
    4. וסבק אלי מן גמיל ועדהא פי 
    5. מעני אלצגיר ואנהא תשתמל עליה
    6. ממא ותקת אמאלי …

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  18. 17618LetterENA NS 2.26

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter of Eliyyahu ha-Kohen Gaon b. Shelomo, probably from Tyre. Ca. 1080

    ENA NS 2, f. 26 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, p.31 (Doc. #429), N.H. 10-24-87 N.H. (p) Passage from a letter of Eliyahu Ha-Kohen Gaon b. Solomon, probab…

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  19. 17619Unknown typeENA NS 79.97

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  20. 17620List or tableT-S Ar.34.14

    Primary language
    Arabic

    List of ingredients (or rather commercial goods?) with their weights. In Arabic script. Headed: "suyyira ʿalā yad Zaghlūl" (sent with Zaghlūl). (Information in part from …

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  21. 17621Legal documentT-S 10J2.27

    Document date
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    Aramaic

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 19 Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 20 July 1155 CE. This bill of divorce is one of forty …

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  22. 17622LetterT-S 13K2.6

    Document date
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    Hebrew

    This small fragment includes an excipit, a date, and a signature; the name of the signature is ‘Saadya son of Joseph’. Without much argument or …

    1. כבודך ירב וינושא ויתמך לעדי עד נצח                  ונכתב ביום חמישי בשבת
    2. ביט יום לחודש תמוז שנת אלף רלג
    3. לממשלת חכמים             סעדיה בן
    4. יוסף אלוף…
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  23. 17623State documentT-S Ar.42.93

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State document. An order from the military administration: "min Majlis al-Ḥarb al-Saʿīd." There is an ʿalāma, scribbled out, between lines 1 and 2 of the …

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  24. 17624LetterT-S AS 146.94

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Yeshuʿa and instructions about taking a medicinal syrup. Verso: Order in Arabic script instructing the addressee to give …

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  25. 17625LetterT-S 13J16.13

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Fragment of an opening of a letter by Shelomo b. Ṣemaḥ, Ramla, to the communities of Fustat, probably December 1033.

    1. לאצילי הקהלות אשר בשפריר מ[צרים ]
    2. לטוב ביושר מפעלות לחזק ידים רפו[ת לאמץ ברכים]
    3. כושלות הם הם המהוללות בכל מקה[לות ]
    4. חשובים וחורים ונדיבים הכול למ[ ]
      5. …
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  26. 17626LetterT-S 8J9.16

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of thanks addressed to the Nagid making reference to recommendations granted. The writer uses the phrase “the Mordechai of the age,” a common designation …

    1. יהי ייי אלהיך ברוך
    2. מושב הדרת אדונינו נגידינו עטרת ראשינו
    3. צניף תפארתנו אברהם הרב הפטיש החזק הנגיד
    4. הגדול נגיד הנגידים מרדכי הזמן הנגיד הגדול
    5. ירום הודו…

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  27. 17627LetterT-S AS 148.189

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to ‘[ha-me]ʿ[u]le ba-havura gedol ha-yeshiva’. (Information from CUDL)

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  28. 17628State documentENA 2425.49

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State document, in Arabic script. Decree fragment, four very faded lines with visibly large line spacing. The first word probably reads as "wa l-yujaddid". Needs …

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  29. 17629LetterT-S 20.174

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Shelomo b. Eliyyahu writes to a relative (his father-in-law Abū l-Faraj?) complaining about the behavior of Abū l-Barakāt (Sitt Ghazāl’s paternal uncle and Shelomo’s first …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]ן אעיאן מצר נכשא
    2. אנני אדא בטלת אלצגאר פי מצר מא נציב מתלהם
    3. פי אסכנדריה ואיצא מן גהה אלגאליה אלשאמיה לאן
    4. אלאחואל מש…
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  30. 17630Legal documentENA 4100.9c

    Document date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    The part written with a wider pen resembles business accounts, while the part written with a thinner pen looks like a portion of a legal …

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  31. 17631Literary textMoss. V,336.2

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Faded text in Hebrew, some sort of first-person narrative, likely literary.

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  32. 17632Legal documentENA 2558.6

    Inferred date

    Legal deed written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. On parchment. Almost nothing is left. The name of some of the other signatories may be …

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  33. 17633Legal documentT-S AS 169.61

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Bottom of an Arabic legal document. There are four witness statements stacked on top of each other. The document itself is missing. It may have …

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  34. 17634List or tableENA NS 31.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic and Coptic numerals. Mainly lists foods and materia medica: emblic, barberry, olibanum, hazelnut, coriander, קטונה (legumes?), saffron, a syrup of נופר(?), and …

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  35. 17635Legal documentT-S Ar.39.501 + T-S Ar.35.373

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Muslim marriage contract. In Arabic script. Dating: Unknown. Written in a calligraphic hand, in pairs of two lines separated by moderately wide spaces. For other …

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  36. 17636List or tableMoss. III,254.3

    Primary languages
    Ladino, Western Arabic Numerals

    Booklet containing literary text in Hebrew. One of the blank pages has accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals.

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  37. 17637State documentENA 2859.11

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: One or two damaged lines of Arabic text from a large state document, possibly a decree. Requires further examination.

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  38. 17638Unknown typeENA NS 77.371

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  39. 17639List or tableT-S AS 176.127

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Possibly accounts of a butcher. Listing various names and numbers of lambs associated with each.

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  40. 17640LetterNLI 577.6/23

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. The handwriting may be known. Deals with trade in pepper, brazilwood, saffron (zarnaba), dragon's blood (qāṭir), a …

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  41. 17641Unknown typeBL OR 10126(1).9–10

    Copy of the first verse of Genesis, probably by a child. Interesting because the original binding appears to be preserved.

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  42. 17642Literary textJTS Krengel 117

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Love poetry in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  43. 17643Legal documentT-S 8J6.24

    Document date
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    Hebrew

    Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: 15 Kislev 5562 AM = 20 November 1801 CE. No signatures. Yiṣḥaq Mizraḥi acknowledges an investment of 900 medins from …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הוה היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר יצחק מזרחי יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא ווקיימת מעכשו מדעת
    3. ורצונו הטוב והגמור ב[לי] זכר [ש]ום מין אונס כלל שקיבל מהר׳ מא…
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  44. 17644LetterENA 3901.7

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century. Dealing with various business matters, after a long deferential introduction. Needs further examination.

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  45. 17645State documentT-S AS 181.205

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fiscal accounting. Seems to regard a construction project for a government building (Dār al-Malik and maybe al-ḥujra al-saʿīda are mentioned on recto) and quantities of …

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  46. 17646LetterT-S AS 152.200

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (active 1125–50). Quite damaged. Mentions a document in the handwriting …

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  47. 17647Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 153

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Mentions a few commodities like pepper, eggs and meat. Might be a recipe. Needs examination.

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  48. 17648Unknown typeENA NS 85.1126.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 17649Literary textT-S NS 299.9

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew

    Poetry (ghazal) in Arabic script. On the other side there is piyyuṭ in Hebrew.

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  50. 17650Literary textAIU XII.8

    Primary language
    Arabic

    From a medical treatise in Arabic.

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