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  1. 1751State documentENA 4101.14a

    Fragment of a draft (?) of a petition opening with the taqbīl clause repeated twice (once in isolation) and followed by the caliphal honorific titles: …

    1. المملوك يقبل الارض اما 

    2. ….المملوك يقبل الارض امام المقام النبوي الطاهري(الظاهري؟) المعظم الشريف

    3. ضعف الله انواره واعلى لندامته/…اميره(؟)   وبالم…

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  2. 1752LetterT-S AS 146.139 + Moss. IV,77

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sender and addressee are unidentified. Full of expressions of deference. The sender was distressed at 'the calamity' (al-nūba) that befell the addressee …

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  3. 1753List or tableT-S AS 185.217

    Large bifolio of accounts, perhaps from the same scribe as T-S AS 185.158 (PGPID 39885). Dating is likely 16th-17th-century based on the paleography and, crucially, …

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  4. 1754LetterT-S 12.17

    Letter to the Gaon, probably from Aleppo, complaining that the Gaon is paying too much heed to those who slander the writer, approximately 1035. Verso: …

    1. [ ] לב ונפש ומוח [
    2. [ ]ל ונפש אעיד בעצמי לפניו ובנערי [ ]
    3. דב[ ]לפני בוראינו כן לב האדם לאדם מרגישים ומגידים [
    4. ועתה אד גאון [והנ]ה לנצח תריב בלא חטא ו…

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  5. 1755Legal documentT-S NS 224.242

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: Elul 5[...] AM, probably ca. 15th or 16th century.

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  6. 1756Legal documentT-S Ar.54.49

    Declaration about five generations of males and females related by ramified family connections. Dated to the 13th century. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 286)

    1. א]בו אלסרור לה תלת אולאד אוהלם(!) אבו נצר ואלתאני אבו סעד
    2. אלעזר סע . .
    3. ואלתאלת ברכאת ואולאד אבו סעד סתה אולהם מעאני
    4. ואלתאני אבו אלעלא אלתלמיד ואלתאל…

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  7. 1757Unknown typeBodl. MS heb. f 22/42

    Awaiting description (but see description for the whole notebook, Bodl. MS heb. f 22/19–52, PGPID 33686).

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  8. 1758Unknown typeENA NS 85.366

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  9. 1759LetterT-S Ar.42.84

    Note in Arabic script from Hārūn b. Nissim to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Bū l-Majd. Instructing the addressee to immediately deliver a half raṭl of …

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  10. 1760LetterT-S H7.13

    Most of the page contains series of poems. On one page there is a short note addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge from an in-law of …

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  11. 1761Legal documentT-S 12.571 + T-S 10J21.3

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Acknowledgment of debt? Concerns the late Abū Saʿd, who willed half of 50 …

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    1. [ ]ה ו[ ]
    2. אילא כחומר וכחוזק [ ]
    3. בהא לאכתה סת אלאהל ולאבנת[ ]
    4. עלי אסתכלאץ דלך ואנה מעכשו [ ]
    5. ואלדה ואכותה מן גמיע אלדעאוי ואלמ[ ]
    6. ד…

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  12. 1762Paraliterary textBL OR 5547.3

    See also BL OR 5547.2. Recto: technical instructions in Arabic. Verso: the upper block of text appears to be technical instructions in Arabic for an …

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  13. 1763Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. d 66/126

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, who bears the title Nagid (thus, post-1213). Reuven b. Yaʿaqov married a widow. He sickened and died, when she …

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  14. 1764Unknown typeENA NS 85.1283.3

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  15. 1765Legal documentYevr. II K 20

    Karaite ketubba from Cairo. The groom is Aharon b. Moshe b. Ya'aqov. The bride is Esther d. Elisha the physician. AA

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  16. 1766Unknown typeENA NS 79.213

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  17. 1767LetterT-S NS 324.6 + T-S NS J65

    Letter fragment by Shelomo b. Yehuda, who signs with Gaonic honorifics (which support an inferred date range of 1025–1051 CE). Reused on verso for jotted …

    A: TS NS Box 324, f. 6 B: TS NS J 65, ed. Gil, Palestine, p. 273 (Doc. #154), C.B. 02-11-88 (p) Fragment of a letter by Solomon b. Judah. } א ב

    ....

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  18. 1768Legal documentT-S 6J1.26

    Fragment of a legal document. Menahem b. Shemuel mentioned. Avraham b. Shemaya and Avraham b. Natan Av are signatories, which dates this to end of …

    1. דחתימין בחתמות [
    2. מא פי הדא אלכתא[ב
    3. ננ בסימוניהון ומ[
    4. בית דין יפת בר מ[
    5. ולן //חתמות ידיה דמ[// וחתמות ידיה [
    6. מר מנחם בר שמואל [
    7. בר יעקב נע אישרנו [
    8. ו…

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  19. 1769Legal documentT-S 8.218

    Part of a ketubba from Egypt with no names preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 1770LetterT-S 10J19.11 + T-S AS 147.180

    Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Recounting various stages of a dispute involving a borrowed book or ledger (daftar). Mentions what transpired one night …

    1. אן יער[ף. . . . . . . . . . . . ] עני כלאם יצעב [ . .
    2. קלבהא [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] מן מא יעלם לה ד . ת[ .
    3. גיר טלב [ . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  21. 1771Legal documentAIU VII.D.82

    Legal document in which Yaʿaqov Būqīya (?) appoints Yiṣḥaq Khabbāz as his agent to pursue a claim against Moshe b. Shemuel ʿAllūsh.

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  22. 1772LetterT-S AS 145.137

    Letter fragment (bottom) in a neat, distinctive hand. Mentions a courier (raqqas) several times. Also refers to a distressing case involving excommunication and a man …

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  23. 1773List or tableENA 2687.5

    Book list. Published by Alloni, The Jewsih Library, p. 93

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  24. 1774Paraliterary textJRL L 149

    The second block of text appears to be a prophecy attributed to Ibn Ezra regarding a Messiah in the land of Egypt, mentioning the year …

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  25. 1775LetterT-S NS 99.20 + T-S 16.30

    Fragment of a letter written by Daniel b. Azarya, probably in 1051. A complaint about harassment by the brothers Yosef and Eliyyahu ha-Kohanim, sons of …

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    1. [ ]ליה
    2. [ ]שול [
    3. [ ]אפכאם אליהוד שכוא
    4. [ ] אללה תעאלי ענה ואגנאהם כצמהם קד כאן ינזלה
    5. [ ] ערצה לשהואתה אלי אן בלגהא בי אללה
    6. [ ] מא אשך אן כאל…

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  26. 1776LetterCUL Or.1080 J134

    Letter from David al-Qalʿī, perhaps in Minyat Zifta or nearby, to Yosef al-Faranji (it seems his uncle), perhaps in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: mid-16th century, …

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    1. אדוני ומארי ועטרת ראשי אור שמשי וצניף תפארתי כמה"ר     נר"ו
    2. הן זאת להודיע לאדון ממצבינו כי טוב ש"ל כן נשמע נתבשר מכם תמ[יד]    

    3. [א]נ"ס ורוב…

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  27. 1777Literary textENA 2934.23

    Poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. "We ask you, O master of existence (mālik al-wajūd), send us the guide of the Jews (murshid al-yahūd). . . ."

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  28. 1778LetterT-S NS 292.34

    Fragment of a business letter. InJudaeo-Arabic, in an untrained hand. Mentions names such as Abū Saʿīd al-Sūrī (=al-Surrī?), Abū Munā (=Abū l-Munā) al-Skandarānī; and Abū …

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  29. 1779Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 740

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Refers to the angels of the heavens.

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  30. 1780LetterENA NS 17.15

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Yosef (based on the Arabic address). The sender announces the death of a cantor and asks the recipient to send a …

    1. הצור תמים פעלו כי כל [
    2. משפט אל אמונה ואין עול [
    3. כתבת אליך יאסידי ומולאי הדה אלאחרף פי.[
    4. עטם אלפגעה אלדי פגענא פי מרינו ורב ישוע[ה
    5. מחליו ונפטר בקוצר …

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  31. 1781State documentT-S Ar.39.64

    Letter/report from a patron of Abū Zikrī al-Ḥakīm and his father (Eliyyahu the Judge) to a superior (addressed as "al-majlis"). In Arabic script. Dating: 1218–27 …

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  32. 1782State documentENA 4010.1

    Fragment of a state or legal document, reused for Judaeo-Arabic court records. On one side: ḥadara waliyy al-shaykh Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī...... b. al-Surūr...

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  33. 1783Unknown typeENA NS 85.1269

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  34. 1784Legal documentT-S AS 147.34

    Fragment of a legal document, mentioning a dowry with the value of its items. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) In the hand of Yosef b. …

    1. ]א וקימה ען
    2. ש]אוי דינר בדינר קרן
    3. ] כתב אלנדוניא אלמדכורה
    4. ] .א וגבת להמא דלך והדא
    5. ]ן מנהא בלקימה אלתי קווס
    6. ] רבע מלחפה ו[ . . ]יה תלתה
    7. ]ה ללנום דינאר…

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  35. 1785LetterENA 4009.8

    Letter from [...] b. Ghālib to the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef ha-Sefaradi, "may he slaughter his enemies". Only the address and a fairly formulaic opening …

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  36. 1786LetterJRL B 4066

    Business letter in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen informing its recipient of the purchase of a certain commentary ('al-perush') for fifty dirhams. The writer …

    1. בשמ
    2. יא מולאי אלנסכתין ואחד וקד אנפדת לך
    3. אלפירוש בעשרה כמא רסמת ויכון אל
    4. גמיע כמסין דרהם תדפע אנת עשרה
    5. ואנא [[אב]] ארבעין דרהם ערפת חצרתך
    6. דלך ושלום ו…

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  37. 1787LetterT-S NS 324.104

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (r. 1025–1051) to the community of Fustat. Dating: ca. 1025 CE. On verso there is a fable about a …

    TS NS Box 324, f. 104, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.122-124 (Doc. #71), C.B. 03-15-88 (p) Letter to the community of Fustat, approximately 1025. }

    1. אל כל ה…

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  38. 1788Legal documentT-S 16.28

    Copy of an engagement deed dated 1202 in Alexandria, sent to Maimonides with a query over whether the contract was legally binding, and the reply …

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  39. 1789List or tableBL OR 5549.9

    Recto: List of the graves of ṣadiqim visited by Elʿazar ha-Levi of Egypt. Location: Safed. Dated: Pesaḥ Sheni = 14 Iyar 5586 AM, which is …

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  40. 1790LetterT-S NS 264.80

    Verso: fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Similar content as recto. Ordering pepper, a raṭl of marjoram (bardaqūsh), a qadaḥ of anise (anīsūn), a …

    1. ] فلفل ورطل بردقوش
    2. وقدح انيسون وقدح كراويا
    3. والباقي سكر بياض اشتغل بهم
    4. الى جنب الضرابين اعمل وانا ان شا الله
    5. يوم الاحد عندك وان كان عندك

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  41. 1791Literary textT-S NS 260.3

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

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  42. 1792LetterT-S AS 224.40

    Letter in Arabic script. From [...] to Abū l-Khayr(?) al-Mubārak b. Dāʾūd. The upper part of the front and the address on the back are …

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  43. 1793Literary textL-G Bib.VI.52

    Psalms.

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  44. 1794List or tableT-S NS 301.34

    List of names with numbers. Maybe charitable distributions or contributions. On recto there is a Judaeo-Arabic literary text.

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  45. 1795Legal documentT-S AS 146.417

    Fragment from a Karaite betrothal deed. The witnesses to the appointment of the bride’s agent are […] b. Khalaf and Naḥum b. Naḥum. Ca. 11th …

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    1. ... ביום הזה את[נם לה] …
    2. ... [ע]ליו שבעים דרכמונים…
    3. ...[כ]לף ונחום בן נחום ויעידו …
    4. ...לה המ[והר?] ... 
    5. ... כי הפקיד[ה]...
    6. ... הבחור החתן בן .…
    1. ... on this day, I will give [them to her]... 
    2. ... [incumbent] upon him, seventy dinars.... 
    3. ... Khalaf and Naḥūm ben Naḥūm, and testified... 
    4. …for …

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  46. 1796LetterT-S NS 304.31

    Letter from the Jewish physician (al-ḥakīm al-yahūdī) Mūsā b. Nāṣir the perfumer (al-ʿaṭṭār), unknown location, to an unkown addressee, in Fustat, in the perfumers' market …

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  47. 1797Unknown typeT-S NS 297.46

    State document, reused for accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  48. 1798List or tableT-S NS J300

    Shipping certificate of Yosef b. Khalfa. Summer 1062. Details about textile products to send with boxes of crocus. The same goods are mentioned in Bodl. …

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    1. רב סלם ברחמתך ליוסף בן כלפה נ'נ' רזמה פיהא
    2. ל'ב' כסא אטראבלסי וכסאאן חמר ונטעין גלאביב
    3. וארבעין פרכה צקלי מלפופה פי רדא גסיל וארבעה
    4. אספאט זעפראן…

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    1. אלוהים שים שלום, ברחמיך. של יוסף בן כלפה נ"נ, כריכה ובה
    2. ל"ב בגדים 'אטראבלסי' ושני בגדים אדומים ושתי אריזות ובהן שמלות,
    3. וארכעיס יריעות 'סיצילי'…

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  49. 1799Legal documentT-S 8.188

    Small fragment of a ketubba, mentioning ‘golden dinars’. (Information from CUDL)

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  50. 1800Literary textENA 3932.5 + ENA 3932.6

    Long-form work, fragment of a page mentioning (on verso) enslaved people (jawārī). MR

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