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  1. 17901LetterT-S 12.336

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya to a man in Fustat concerning a replacement for the supervisor who was responsible for the butchers in Fustat, after …

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    1. שלום ושלוה יהיה אדם יחידי בה וראה [
    2. ויעמידם על טופס הכתב וייטיבו עצה לראות [
    3. הנזכרות ויתנה עליו מה שחקקנו ויכתוב אל[
    4. שיבדקהו בשחיטה ובדיקה ויר…

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  2. 17902Literary textT-S NS 261.107

    Literary text, probably. Mentions Galen. The word that looks like "jizya" is actually "juzʾiyya."

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  3. 17903Unknown typeJRL A 1353

    Fragment containing a few lines in Judaeo-Arabic, including the phrases "Yehuda the agent" and "on the date [...]"

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  4. 17904State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 88

    Accounting document issued by "al-qism al-awwal Qalyūbiyya," one of the 24 administrative sections of Egypt that were established in the 1820s. In Arabic script. Dated: …

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  5. 17905List or tableBL OR 5566B.11

    Verso: Four (?) interesting accounts in Arabic script, one mentioning "wāṣil al-ḍamān". Dated: Jumādā II 513 AH, which is September 1119 CE. (Information from Goitein's …

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  6. 17906Legal documentYevr. II A 1273

    Karaite betrothal deed. Dated 15 Shevat 5450 AM (1690 CE). Bride: Sulṭāna bt. Yosef ha-Rofe b. Elʿazar ha-Ḥazzan ha-Rofe. Groom: Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham …

    1.                        בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. ביום חמישי בשבוע והוא חמשה עשר יום מחדש שבט שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות וחמשים שנים לבריאת העולם
    3. ואלפים ואחת …

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  7. 17907LetterT-S Ar.31.17

    Letter, in Arabic script. Top part missing. The sender expresses his longing for the addressee. He mentions a paper trail and expresses his happiness on …

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    1. الاجتماع معه على الحال السارة فيه ا[
    2. بمنه وسعة فضله ووصل كتابه ادام الله
    3. حراسته من تنيش(=تنيس) على يد سعادة الغلام
    4. وقراته وابتهجت بما ت…

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  8. 17908Unknown typeT-S NS 224.173

    Mostly a liturgical text, but on verso remains of few words from an Arabic document - needs examination.

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  9. 17909Unknown typeENA NS 85.357

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  10. 17910LetterENA NS 83.107

    Letter in Arabic. The address (recto) states that it is from the younger daughter of Rāfīʿ al-Ḥarīrī, sent to the house of Mukhtār, to be …

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  11. 17911LetterBL OR 10653.11

    Modern note in Hebrew and Yiddish, signed "J. Las[.]", labeled "10 Montefiori Coll."

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  12. 17912Paraliterary textCUL Or.1081 1.74

    Small amulet, probably, for Tamīm b. Hilāla.

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  13. 17913Literary textT-S AS 202.372

    Literary account of a man who was shipwrecked in France and found an 80-year-old man who spoke to him in Hebrew and turned out to …

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  14. 17914Legal documentT-S AS 184.450

    Small fragment of an Arabic document, likely legal.

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  15. 17915State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 74/38

    Fiscal account or receipt dated Muḥarram 437H (July–August 1045). Closing five lines. (MR)

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  16. 17916Unknown typeENA NS 85.386

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  17. 17917Legal documentJRL B 7424

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document in Hebrew. Mentions the name Mordekh[ay] or Mordukh in line 3. Dating: ca. 16th century.

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  18. 17918Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J48

    Recto: Letter of recommendation addressed to Aharon ha-Ḥazzan. In Hebrew, calligraphically written. Headed with the title 'Rosh ha-Seder.' Requesting that Aharon look after a blind …

    ULC Or 1080 J 48 + TS 8 J 22, fol. 14 + ENA 4011, fol. 25, ed. S. D.Goitein, "The Communal activities of Elhanan b. Shemarya" (Hebrew),Joshua Finkel …

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    1. Rosh ha-Seder
    2. Our beloved and eminent ma(ster) and t(eacher) Aaron the cantor the precious one,
    3. may our Rock protect you and increase your wel…

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  19. 17919List or tableT-S NS J575

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  20. 17920Literary textENA 2627.97

    Poems for a groom named Moshe b. Yosef ha-Levi. Dating: Late, based on the hand.

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  21. 17921LetterENA 2557.151

    IB III, 43. Letter from Perahya b. Yosef Ibn Yiju (which he wrote in his and his brother Moshe's name) in Messina to his father …

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    1. פיהא לא מנחה ולא מעריב בציבור וצלאת שחרית יצליוהא
    2. מן קבל טלוע אל פגר מא ינפגר אל צו אלא קד אכמלוהא [אל]נא[ס] ומא
    3. [יט]צי אל אנסאן אלי אלבחר ללת…

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    1. אבי היקר עליי, הנכבד ה[... יאריך] ה' את חייך וישמרך
    2. [ויג]ן עליך ויחסוך ממך את מה שמדאיג אותך וירחיק מ[מך] מה שמצער אותך, ויקרב את הנסיבות
    3. לפגי…

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  22. 17922LetterT-S AS 154.282

    Fragment from a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentioning flax and Nissim and Abū l-Fakhr. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  23. 17923Legal query or responsumAIU VII.D.20bis

    Legal query regarding Reuven from Const[antinople?] who asked his brother Levi of Toledo (?) to serve as his agent for marrying Leah of Toledo (?), …

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  24. 17924Legal documentT-S 13J6.11

    Verso: Addendum to the legal deed on recto. Location: Fustat. Dated: 22 Shevaṭ 1576 Seleucid = 9 February 1265 CE. Written and signed by ʿImmanuel …

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אלואצעין כטוטנא אכר הדה אלשהאדא אן למא
    2. כאן פי אליום אלתאני ואלעשרין מנ שהר שבט אלפא וחמש מאה
    3. ושבעין ושיתא שנין לשטרות חצר אלינא אלשי…

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  25. 17925Legal documentT-S 6J12.10

    Legal document concerning a house, apparently in the quarter of Qaṣr al-Rūm, which includes a lengthy description of the location and conditions of the house. …

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  26. 17926List or tableT-S K15.97

    List of persons in receipt of 5 or 10 (dirhams) or of a felt cloth, with a postscript signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel (the Spaniard, …

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    1. אלצביהאלם[.٠..]יה כמסה {ם}
    2. פי [דא]ראלקודס
    3. מרהאבואלמנא{מו} כמסה
    4. אלעכאנויה]
    5. מעופה בן א[ל]קצאעי[מו} כמסה {٥)
    6. א[מרא]ת {٥}
    7. בןאסחק הדרא׳

    {מו בידי…

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  27. 17927List or tableT-S AS 91.423

    Very damaged late list of items, only few words are preserved– one of which is a shirt (קמיץ).

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  28. 17928State documentMoss. Xa,3.29

    Likely a Fatimid fiscal account. Difficult to read. As of July 2025 this fragment is not conserved and can be seen only in Cambridge.

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  29. 17929LetterT-S Ar.47.1 + T-S Misc.6.79

    Copies of extremely deferent letters, in a mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic script. Written on a bifolium. Specific addressees named include Moshe ha-Sar, Hillel …

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  30. 17930Legal documentBL OR 10653.9

    The poetic introduction of a "Yemenite Ketubba" dated Nisan 1368 (=1057 CE?), see BL OR 10653.8 for transcription.

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  31. 17931State documentT-S Ar.34.149

    Official-looking receipt in Arabic script, unclear for what. Needs examination.

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  32. 17932Legal documentT-S 8.93

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed, written in large characters in very shaky handwriting. Refers to a freedwoman (השפחה המשוחררת). One witness signature …

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  33. 17933Legal documentT-S NS 31.28

    Recto: Fragment of a legal document, comprising the lower right corner. In Hebrew. Dated: Sivan 5343 AM, which is 1583 CE. The remnant of the …

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    [.............................................................................]

    1. ב..[...
    2. עליו בכתובתה [...
    3. כנז׳ הכל וקיימו אותו שניהם [...
    4. שום …

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  34. 17934Legal documentT-S 10J5.1

    Deed of acknowledgment of a debt of 76.25 black dirhams to be repaid in weekly installments by Bū l-Fakhr b. Bū l-Futūḥ al-Levi, who works …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא
    2. כן הוא חצר אלינא אלשיך בו אלפכר אלמתסוק בסוק
    3. אלעטארין בן אלשיך בו אלפתוח אללוי נע פקאל לנא
    4. אקנוא מני ואשהד[ו…

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  35. 17935State documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/4–5

    Chancery or fiscal document, presumably Mamluk period. There are two lines preserved, consisting of a date (22nd Rajab is visible) and the ḥamdala. The text …

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  36. 17936LetterT-S AS 158.142

    Small fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Probably from a letter written on behalf of a poor man (hādha …

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  37. 17937Legal documentT-S 12.605

    Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Dated: [14]57 Seleucid, which is 1145/46 CE. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ gives to his wife Sitt al-[...] …

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  38. 17938List or tableT-S AS 180.136

    Mercantile accounts. Mentions Sayyid al-Mahdiyya (verso, l. 2); Dār al-Wakāla (verso, penultimate line); 4 manns of nutmeg (verso, last line); 7.5 raṭls of galangal (recto, …

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  39. 17939LetterT-S 12.360

    Letter from Abū l-Majd ʿUzziʾel, in Damira, to the judge Moshe b. Peraḥya. Informing him that he would take up the post of teacher in …

    1. צדיקים יירשו ארץ וג עבד עבדו ומודה חסדו
    2. פרי צדיק יהגה חכמה וג השואל לשלומו השואף אל מקומו
    3. תורת אלהיו בלבו לא ימעד(!) עזיאל משרת מרינו ורבינו
    4. רננו צד…

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  40. 17940Legal documentYevr. II A 1289

    Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 23 Tevet 5414 AM, which is 1654 CE. Groom: Yosef ha-Kohen b. Avraham b. Yosef. Bride: Badra bt. …

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    1.                        בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2.                                                   ה׳׳ה דאוד לוי קיים משה ל[...
    3. ביום שני בשבוע והוא של…

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  41. 17941Literary textT-S AS 183.261 + T-S AS 183.262

    Bifolio from a medical textbook, notable for being written in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic.

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  42. 17942List or tableAIU VII.F.99

    Document in Yiddish. Dated: 5637 AM, which is 1876/77 CE. Recto: This fragment is a page of the accounts book of the Bikur Holim [Visiting …

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  43. 17943Legal documentT-S NS 323.25

    Ketubba, very damaged. Names and date are faded. At top is the reshut formula of one of Maimonides' descendants. The hand seems to be identical …

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  44. 17944LetterT-S 13J9.19

    Letter from Moses גליפאפה, in Venice, to his teacher Shemuʾel ben Sīd, in "Alexandria or Cairo." In Hebrew. Dating: Late 17th century (per CUDL) or …

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  45. 17945Legal query or responsumT-S Misc.8.91

    Legal queries addressed to Avraham Maimonides, referenced with the title "Nagid" (post-1213 CE). One involves a man who confesses to adultery with the wife of …

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  46. 17946Legal documentMoss. VII,24

    Bifolium of legal records, one of which is dated 1519 CE (Sivan 1830 Seleucid).

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  47. 17947Legal query or responsumT-S 10J22.8

    Legal query and responsum regarding joint ownership of a house. The person who holds three quarters of the house demands from the man holding one …

    1. מא יקולו חכמי ישראל וגדולהם ירום קודם ויגדל יקרם
    2. פי ראובן ושמעון משתרכין פי מלך לראובן תלאתה ארבעאה
    3. ולשמעון אלרבע אלאכר והו כמאל אלדאר ואן ראובן
    4. טלב…
    1. What do the sages of Israel, may their glory be exalted and their honor increased, say

    2. in regard to the case of Reuben and Shimon, who collective…

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  48. 17948Legal documentT-S Ar.41.126

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 20 Shawwāl 741 AH = 8 April 1341 CE. Seems to be a debt contract in which two people …

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  49. 17949Literary textENA 3982.6

    Arabic, literary.

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  50. 17950List or tableT-S Misc.28.79.22 + T-S Misc.28.79.25

    P22 + P25: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tammuz 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Involves: [Yosef] b. Mevorakh (the …

    T-S Misc.28.79 22

    1. ] ור מבורך הכ[הן ...] נע וצהרה אבו אלכיר ביר סעדיה הזקן סט .
    2. ].. בת מרור יוסף דנן אלתמס ואלדהא נקלתהא מן גואר ואלדתת
    3. ].ה בדלך וקלנ…

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