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  1. 18751Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J47d

    Legal document. Scribed and witnessed by Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday 10 Tevet 13[..] Seleucid. The body of the document mentions a divorce …

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  2. 18752LetterT-S 6J3.15

    Fragment of a letter from Barakāt Ibn al-ʿAṭṭār to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu ha-Dayyan, conveying greetings and expressing sadness about being separated from the recipient. Likely …

    1. שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב אמר יי ורפאתיו
    2. ואתה שלום וביתך שלום וכל אשר לך שלום
    3. לכבוד גדולת קדושת מר [ור] שלמה //שצ// התלמיד הח[כם
    4. והנבון ירום הודו ויגדל…

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  3. 18753Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#28) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …

    Left side of bifolio 4r (Documents 28-29):

    1. הנ׳ כל ימי חייהם וזה לא יקרב אליהם והאיש אשר בזבון(?)
    2. לפרוץ גבה של תורה לעדוה על ארור מסיג גבול רעהו (דבר…

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  4. 18754LetterT-S Ar.39.254

    Letter fragment. Mainly in Arabic script, with one word in Hebrew script. May mention Bilbays. Refers to "the knowledge of medicine" and perhaps a youth …

    1. . . . . . . . . ويوم الثلثـ[ـا
    2. כרמי من بلبيس يقول ان [
    3. الذي خليته وخرجت هو الذ[ي
    4. تقصرون(؟) بما اعبد(؟) عندكم هـ[
    5. مضيه وانما انكسه(؟) كلام جرى [
    6. علم …

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  5. 18755Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.20

    Possibly a receipt beginning 'tadhkira...'

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  6. 18756List or tableT-S Ar.39.456

    Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Including names, provisions(?) and some numerals often preceded by the word "wa-ʿindahu," arranged in two columns. Mentions …

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  7. 18757LetterYevr. II A 1691

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Shemuel, in Halych, to his son Yosef b. Shemuel in יפה יער(?). In Hebrew. Information from NLI.

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  8. 18758List or tableT-S Ar.4.7

    Four pages of accounts of income from communal houses and stores and of expenses on administration (30 dirhems for the collection of 493 dirhems), repairs, …

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  9. 18759LetterT-S AS 181.48

    Petition/letter of appeal for help. Mostly preserved, but damaged. Needs examination.

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  10. 18760LetterAIU VII.E.186

    Letter in Ladino to Efrayim [...] dated 1806/7 CE (20 Sivan[?] 5567 AM). Requires further examination.

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  11. 18761LetterT-S NS 309.10

    Copy of a the opening of a letter from the head of the Gola (Rosh ha-Gola), ca. 915. Mentions the Gaon of Sura’s Yeshiva, Ya’aqov …

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    1. רב ופקודת רחמים וברכות עצומות 
    2. ושובע שמחות וזרע נכון ועטרת
    3. תורה וכבוד וממשלה ועושר רב ואורך
    4. ימים ושנות חיים ושלום יוסיפו לכם
    5. [ ] ליבנו מכול [ …

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  12. 18762List or tableT-S Ar.35.229

    Tables in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Mainly foods and materia medica and amounts.

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  13. 18763Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 13/37

    General power of attorney. The presiding court is Qaraite (per Goitein). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar II 1396 Seleucid, which is 1085 CE. Abū l-Ḥusayn Manṣūr …

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  14. 18764Legal documentMoss. VII,73

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dating: 12th century, under the reshut of the Gaon Netan'el ha-Levi. Needs examination for content. Witnesses: Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi and …

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  15. 18765Legal documentMoss. VII,64.1

    Recto: Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Apparently a released granted by Muvḥar to Berakhot. Mentions a period of one year from …

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  16. 18766LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/65

    Letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh from Ascalon to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim in Fustat. Dated: 3 Marheshvan 1405 Seleucid (26 October 1093 CE).

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שלום אתוי מארבע פינים וטובות מסביבות מכל ד פנים ושלות השקט ושאנונים עם שאר כל המעוזנים
    3. אשר מאת יי נתנים ליקר כגק מר ור עלי הכהן הפרנס נאמן ב…

    In [your] name, O Merci[ful].

    Greetings from the four corners of the earth and favors from all sides, along with calm, quiet, serenity and other sign…

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  17. 18767LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/139

    IB III, 30. Letter from Perahya b. Yosef in Mazara, Sicily, to Avraham b. Eliyyahu in al-Mahdiyya, inquiring about Perahya's uncle, Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: …

    III, 30: Recto

    1. אלי סיידי וגלילי אדאם אללה סלאמתה וגדד כראמתה וכבת באל דל
    2. חסדתה ואיידה תאייד לא יחיד ען אל סביל אל רשיד לא זאלת נעם
    3. אללה תתואתר עליה …

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    1. I was obliged to write to you, my lord, these few, short
    2. lines, for I heard that you had arrived in your homeland. Therefore, I wish …

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  18. 18768State documentT-S Ar.40.24

    Fiscal document - needs examination.

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  19. 18769LetterT-S AS 181.90

    Brief note in Arabic script, completely preserved and neatly written, but tricky to read. Dating: 13th–15th century.

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  20. 18770LetterENA NS 39.12

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions exchange rates several times; mastic; having purchased cinnabar in partnership with Hārūn b. Nissim; and other names …

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  21. 18771Literary textAIU VIII.B.43 + AIU VIII.B.69

    2 pages from a Hebrew medical treatise on illnesses of the eye, with Arabic translations of some terms.

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  22. 18772Legal documentMoss. VII,8.4

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Separate documents on recto and on verso. The document on recto deals with …

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  23. 18773LetterYevr. II A 1761

    An appeal to the heads of the Karaite leaders in Lithuania

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  24. 18774State documentT-S Ar.30.102

    State document, probably a report, in Arabic script. Mentions the Nile flooding "wafā al-Nīl al-mubārak", and begins with a Quranic verse (32:27). Only four lines …

    1. ] "به زرعا تاكل منه انعامهم وانفسهم افلا

    2. يبصرون"            ا]لطاهرة على سائر الدول بوفا النيل المبارك

    3. و]القتها من عارض بقصة وافته منه فيه هالك…

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  25. 18775State documentT-S Misc.22.299

    Verso: Official letter. Approximately 14 lines are preserved. Dating: No earlier than 1021 CE, since al-Ḥākim was dead at the time of writing. Possibly dating …

    Inverted text (originally meant to be at the bottom)

    …..والحمد لله وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلامه على اله الائمة الطاهرين

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    1. حسب اعتدادي بتط…

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  26. 18776Legal documentT-S NS 224.60

    Opening lines of legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE) regarding the testimony of [...] b. Avraham ha-Levi the elder. Left …

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  27. 18777LetterT-S 8J25.12

    Letter from Ibrahim Ibn al-Ḥaver, probably in Fustat, to Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Melammed, in Malīj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand and spellings. The sender complains that he …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי וסידי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי
    3. אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ונעמאך וגעלני
    4. מן כל סו פדאך וממא אעלמך אן מן
    5. יום גינא דיאר מצר לם יצל…

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  28. 18778State documentENA 2818.46

    Letter/petition in Arabic script. Dating: likely mid- to late 12th century, based on paleographic grounds, the mention of Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Rav who may be …

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  29. 18779LetterCUL Or.1081 2.19

    Letter (opening only) from Shemuel b. Eli gaʾon in the hand of his disciple Yosef b. Yaʿaqov rosh ha-seder. Mentions one of houses of the …

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    1. מרנו ורבנו ואדוננו נשיאנו נסיכנו הו[
    2.              ] הגדול נשיא הנשיאים נכד מלכ[ים
    3.            פשכרוהם [      ] סמעו מנא מן נשר אוצאפה אל[
    4.      …

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  30. 18780Legal documentENA NS 2.38

    Court verdict, probably from Tyre, concerning the inheritance of a woman buried in Tiberias, dated approximately 1015.

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    1. אשר מחוץ והבינו בו והתאמתו [
    2. מיתתה פי טבריה מאיה דינאר וארבע[ה
    3. ואלבאקי לוהב בן אסחק אתניין תמא[ן
    4. דינאר ונצף יציף אליהא וישתרי ארבע[
    5. [ ] מודה די…

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  31. 18781LetterT-S Ar.40.126

    Business letter from ʿUmar b. ʿIwaḍ, in Qalyūb, to the notary and qāḍī Ṣadr al-Dīn, at the Dār al-Wakāla in Fustat. Discussing a shipment of …

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    1. الله خير معين
    2. المملوك عمر بن عوض يخدم مجلس سيدنا ومولانا
    3. المالك صدر الدين اسعده الله وادامه وينهي
    4. ان المملوك توجه لقليوب فلم يجد الوالي
    5. فاجتم…

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    1. God is the best of helpers.

    2. Your servant Omar b. ʿIwaḍ serves the high seat of our master

    3. and lord, my master Ṣadr al-Dīn, may God let hi…

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  32. 18782State documentT-S NS 110.14 + T-S NS 277.168 + T-S K6.33

    State/fiscal document, one of several state documents recycled by ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen, active in Jerusalem, d. ca. 1055, social services officer (parnas) of the …

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  33. 18783Legal documentT-S 16.53

    Marriage contract (ketubba), in the Palestinian style, from Ṣā, Egypt (Sa al Hajar, a village on the east bank of the Rosetta branch of the …

    1. על שמך בריין חתן וכלה יבנו ויצליחו
    2. ביום שני בשבא דהוא תלתא יומין לירח ניסן משנת דתתמא
    3. ל[ב]רית עלמא במדינת צא דעל נילוס מותבה את[כת]ב הדין
    4. [ש]טר פרנא…

    By Your name, our Creator. Groom and bride. May they build and prosper. On the second day of the week, which is the third day of the month of Nisan, …

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  34. 18784Legal documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.8 (Michaelides 8)

    Legal document (iqrār). Receipt of payment in new monies in copper paid to Sayf al-Dīn Ṭūghān by his wife Fāṭimah, dated 29 Ramaḍān 815 [1413]. …

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  35. 18785Legal documentT-S 12.612

    Fragment of a will (upper left corner). Testator: Abū l-Faraj Wahb al-Muʿallim (aka the teacher and ḥaver Natan b. Avraham). No details preserved. (Information from …

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  36. 18786Legal documentT-S 16.63

    Margin of verso: Notation explaining how a document written a hundred years earlier was found again after it had been missing for a long time. …

    1. [א]נה אלאצל אליום ואלתקריר אלמקרר פי כל מוצע ומוצע ומן אוקפה ולאי שי אוקף
    2. [ואנא] אכדתהא מן ורתה אדנינו(!) השר הגדול בישראל נתנאל ראש ישיבה הלוי זל א…

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    1. This is nowadays the original (deed) and the declaration that declares the state of every apartment, (stating) who is the one who dedicated i…

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  37. 18787Unknown typeT-S AS 184.406

    Fragment of an Arabic document, possibly a state document. The ends of three liens are preserved.

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  38. 18788Legal documentT-S 13J1.6

    Document describing a Damascene husband who had settled in Jerusalem and went bankrupt in Ramla, and who was being sued by his Egyptian wife. Her …

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    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנחנו העדים החתומים למטה באחד בשבת בארבעת
    2. ימים בחדש תמוז שנת אלף ושלש מאות ושלשים וחמש לשטרות למינין שאנו
    3. רגילין למנות…

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  39. 18789LetterT-S AS 200.223

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Might be the hand of the clerk of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides. The ends of two lines are preserved: יעלמו לאן …

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  40. 18790Legal documentT-S NS 306.246

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Verso (original use) is a fragment of a deed of sale for a compound (dār). Recto (secondary use) is probably …

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  41. 18791LetterT-S J3.14

    Formulas of letters to VIPs.

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  42. 18792Legal documentT-S NS J185l

    Fragment of a release in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). May have to do with India traders. Release formulae include "and …

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    1. [ ]א יכת[ץ ]
    2. [ ]יר אלאשיא לא ד[ ]
    3. [ ] חגארה ולא שרכה ולא מצארבה
    4. [ ]וד ולא ענבר ולא זבדה
    5. [ ]מאנה ולא כיא[נה] ולא דין
    6. [ ]ק [ו]לא מלבוס לא
    7. [ ]ה ל…

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  43. 18793LetterCUL Or.1080 3.25

    Letter from Shemuʾel b. ʿEli gaʾon, in Baghdad, in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿEli Rosh ha-Seder of Irbīl, second half of the …

    Recto

    1. ענהם ולם יכאפח באלאנכאר אד אלסכט אלדי יחצל בתמייל אלאחכאם יכון עאמא יסתחק בה וקוע אלסיף ואלובא ואלנהב ואלג[וע]
    2. עלי מא קאלו קדמא אלעלמא ז'ל' בע…

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  44. 18794LetterT-S AS 150.174

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Conveys greetings for Abū ʿAlī b. Abū …

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  45. 18795List or tableT-S Ar.39.330

    Accounts in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script, together with Greek/Coptic numerals. In the Judaeo-Arabic section at the top of recto, mentions items such as soap, …

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  46. 18796LetterT-S F4.58

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Very faded. Slightly wide line spacing. May be dealing with communal affairs. Dating: likely 11th or 12th century. Mentions a certain …

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  47. 18797LetterMoss. Va,9

    Letter from Salāma b. Nissim b. Isḥāq al-Barqī, from Būṣīr, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, ca. 1053 (Gil). Contains a list of flax bales that …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך

    2. ונעמתך מן בוציר לי איאם כלון מן שהר מרחשואן בדאה אללה כיר אלבדאיה

    3. וכת…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת חסדו לך, מבוציר, בי' במרחשון, ייתן לו אלוהים התחלה ט…

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  48. 18798Legal documentJRL B 4434

    This very fragmentary legal document mentions a community leader with the Hebrew honorific 'Sar ha-Sarim' ('Prince of Princes'); on the application of this title, first …

    1. ................נ]צף [..]ע[...
    2. ]ה דנ ללעניים ותחת הדא אלכט
    3. ]ריה ושהדו פיה ש[ה]וד במא עלמוה
    4. ]נפסה במתל //מא// [פ]י כט ויקנו מנה
    5. ] בחיר הישיבה נט רח[מ…

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  49. 18799State documentENA NS 77.326

    Verso: Note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. In Arabic script. Mentions the director of a government bureau (mutawallī dīwān al-khāṣṣ, probably) and "the conditions in the …

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  50. 18800State documentNLI 4°8333.27

    Decree fragment, probably Ghaznavid, containing the order clause and the beginning of the date clause; date cut off. From an 11th-century archive or Geniza of …

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