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  1. 1851Legal documentT-S 10J28.15

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the left side). In which a wife releases her husband from …

    Recto

    1. [ ] ..
    2. [ ]עשרין מן חדש
    3. [ ]שהדתנא עלי
    4. [ ]א ואברת זוגהא
    5. [ ]ן קזאזי וככא[ ]
    6. [ ] אלתזמתה פי גמיע
    7. [ ] לעילא ואקנינא מנהא
    8. [ ] מודעין ותנאין וענד
    9. [ ]…
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  2. 1852LetterT-S AS 101.13

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Official letter headed by the ʿalāma (motto) of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355) and written in the typical hand of his clerk (compare …

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  3. 1853Literary textAIU VI.B.183

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    26 pages from a book on divination based on biblical verses.

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  4. 1854Legal documentCUL Or.1081 J56

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Trousseau list. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Fiancé: Seʿadya b. [Avraham]. Fiancée: Jawhara bt. Seʿ[adya known as Abū l-Yumn Ibn al-Baṣal]. This is …

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    8957
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  5. 1855LetterT-S NS J12

    Letter from Barhun b. Salah al-Tāhartī, from Mahdiyya to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1045. Barhun is in the Maghreb and makes business with the …

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    1. [יא סיידי] ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך

    2. [                                   ] מן אלמהדיה לי כלון מן אלול ערפך אללה

    3. [ברכתה ע…

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    1. אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך
    2. .... (אני כותב לך) ממהדייה, בי"ט באלול, יודיעך אלוהים
    3. את ברכתו. שלומי טוב, יה…
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  6. 1856Legal documentYevr. II A 1811

    Document date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Non-Geniza. Two men had arrived to Troki from Brisk to settle ther, without asking the permission of the community pf Troki. They now taking upon …

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  7. 1857Paraliterary textT-S AS 183.115

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Table in Arabic script, likely prognostications or advice based on some algorithm.

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  8. 1858Unknown typeT-S AS 176.23

    Drawing of vines with fruits and leaves.

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  9. 1859LetterT-S 20.135

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj, in Alexandria, to his son-in-law Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. Abū l-Faraj admonishes Shelomo to treat his …

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  10. 1860Unknown typeENA NS 79.176

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  11. 1861Literary textENA NS 79.148

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  12. 1862Unknown typeENA NS 85.1025

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  13. 1863Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.22

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Involves a sum of dinars and a certain Meshullam. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century; the …

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  14. 1864LetterT-S 8J25.7 + T-S 8J16.15

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter concerning business affairs in which the writer describes ships that are about to leave port and references ‘al-ṭārma,’ a small cabin on Nile boats, …

    1. . . . . . . .] אמתחאן ואלתעויץ כי את אשר יאהב
    2. ייי יוכיח פתמאם אגרך אלצבר אללה תעאל(!) ישפיך
    3. באלעאיפה(!) ואן לא יורינא פיך מכרוה דכר מולאי
    4. מא תפצל בה…

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  15. 1865Literary textENA 3919.8

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Unidentified text in Arabic script. Seems to be aphorisms or poetry (or both). Needs further examination.

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    39691
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  16. 1866Unknown typeENA NS 85.1453

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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    PGPID
    14812
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  17. 1867Legal documentENA NS 71.1

    Document date
    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Legal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 25 Shaʿbān 1280 AH, which is 4 February 1864 CE. There is one signature in Hebrew script: הצעיר …

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  18. 1868Legal documentT-S AS 167.52 + T-S AS 167.51

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Two fragments from the bottom of a legal document (or draft) in Judaeo-Arabic, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE). Contains release …

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  19. 1869Literary textT-S K6.52

    Ownership note: Shemuʾel b. Ṭoviyya ha-Levi. Also mentions Tammuz and [...] b. Netanʾel ha-Ḥazzan in a colophon(?) above.

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  20. 1870Legal documentT-S 10J7.6

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. Testimony. Dated: Sivan 1470 Sel. = May-June 1159 CE. Testimony around the engagement of Tamīm b. Abū al-Faraj and Fakhr bt. Yosef, imposing …

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    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אננא ליס נעלם אן עלי תמים בן אבו אלפרג 
    2. ולא פכר בת יוסף עלקה תמנע אחדהמא מן אלזואג פלמא 
    3. אלתמסת מנא הדה אלשהאדה אתבתנאהא בחדש …

    Recto

    1. We, the witnesses, say that we did not know that there was (no impediment or attachment) incumbent upon Tamīm b. Abū al-Faraj
    2. nor upon Fakhr bt…
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  21. 1871List or tableENA NS 19.27a + ENA NS 19.27b

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    List of names with numbers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Many women. Same hand as Stras. 5138/24 (PGPID 28982). See ENA 2713.26 (PGPID 4532).

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  22. 1872LetterT-S 8.69

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB VI, 22a. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to an unknown recipient (the address is cut off). Deals with the Indian Ocean trade. Includes commercial …

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  23. 1873List or tableT-S AS 152.61

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts that mention different quantities of dinars and names such as a qāḍī, Abu l-Ḥasan, Ibrahim and al-Qaysarānī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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    18360
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  24. 1874LetterENA 2736.2

    Letter from X b. Ya’qub from Qayrawan, to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal, Fustat. Describes a dangerous situation in Fustat. Also informs about the passing …

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    1. אטאל אללה] בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ועלוה ותאידה ותסדידה [וכאן] 
    2. ולה וליא וח]אפצ'א כתבת יאשיכי מן אלקירואן ען סלאמה תממהא אללה באלא[גת…

    recto

    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת מעלתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת הדרכתך ויהיה
    2. לך שומר ומגן. אני כותב אדוני מקַיְרַואן…
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  25. 1875Literary textAIU VI.B.80

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Hebrew commentary on the Guide for the Perplexed, including on Part III, chapter I, which prefaces the discussion of Ma'ase ha-Merkava with a discussion of …

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  26. 1876Unknown typeENA NS 85.1467

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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    14826
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  27. 1877List or tableT-S AS 179.201

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  28. 1878Literary textAIU IV.A.241

    Primary language
    Spanish

    Prayerbook in Spanish. 6 folios. Dating: Perhaps 15th or 16th century, based on the langauge.

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  29. 1879List or tableT-S AS 153.438

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Note on parchment concerning a purchase. The main text talks about 25 nuqra coins being given to Najīb for the order of a proper Byzantine …

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  30. 1880LetterNLI 577.1/58

    Primary language
    Arabic

    There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark. (fol.1) - b - Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script.

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  31. 1881LetterMoss. IX,130.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a private letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions financial matters involving ʿUthmān and Ibn al-Sabʿ; al-ʿĀlima(?) Umm Yūsuf and something about a minor daughter, who …

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    1. בעד אלסלאם עליך [
    2. מע עתמן יז ונצף ו . . . [
    3. מנהא בנצף ורבע ורק ודרה[ם
    4. . ימ . א . . עצא(?) לבן אלסבע [
    5. דרהם מא פעל אכתרא [
    6. תצרפנא פי אלדראהם ו…
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  32. 1882LetterT-S NS 98.31

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: letter in Judaeo-Arabic with introductory rhymed praises in Hebrew. Addressed to al-shaykh al-Talmid. Little of the substance is preserved. Mentions ḥannuka and shabbat. Recto: …

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  33. 1883List or tableT-S AS 200.293

    Folio from a communal register, late. See tag.

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  34. 1884Legal documentT-S NS 224.26

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Court record in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Ḥasana bt. Yehuda demands the possessions of her brother Shemarya/Maḥfūẓ from his …

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  35. 1885List or tableT-S AS 212.11

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Minute fragment from a list of contribution to the poor.

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  36. 1886Legal documentT-S 12.150

    Document date
    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew

    Power of attorney. In Hebrew and Aramaic. On parchment. Unsigned. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 26 Nisan 4765 AM = 1316 Seleucid = 9 April 1005 …

    זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו החתומים למטה בשיני בשבת

    בעשרים וששה לירח ניסן שנת ארבעת אלפים ושבע מאות ושש[ים]

    וחמש לבריאת עולם היא שנת אלף ושלש מאות וש…

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  37. 1887Legal documentT-S AS 168.85

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a legal document relating to a partnership.

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  38. 1888Legal documentT-S 16.163

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal settlement in the hand of the addressee, written between the end of the letter and the address. The senior partner Khallūf b. Mūsā the …

    Verso, top region

    1. [      ]ס ומע הדא לם נקדר נביע מן תלך אלכולאן שי לאן קאלו אנמא תצלח ללעינין והדא שי מא יערף אש הו מא יגב
    2. יבאע וכנת ערפתך וצול חסאב…

    verso

    1. אומרים אנחנו העדים ששמותיהם בסוף השטר הזה : בא אלינו ר' משה בר כלף. 
    2. .... סמרקנדי, והוא בריא בנפשו ובגופו, מרצונו, בלי אונס ולא אילוץ
    3. ולא כפיי…
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  39. 1889Legal documentT-S AS 152.307

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document mentioning a ketubba. (Information from CUDL)

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  40. 1890LetterT-S 13J19.17

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB IV, 74 (ח77). Page from a letter sent by Abū Naṣr b. Avraham from Alexandria to Ḥalfon b. Netanel in Cairo on the Alexandria; …

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    1.                      עונך יארב
    2. ולם יתפק לה דכול ענד אחד אלא ענד אלזקן
    3. פי יום ראש השנה קבל אן וקע אלנהי תם
    4. ענד אנסאן יערף בכראם אלשמאע כאן וצל
    5. …

    recto

    1. בעזרתך, הוי אלי!
    2. ולא עלה בידו לבקר בביתו של שום אדם חוץ מביתו של ה'זקן'
    3. ביום ראש השנה, קודם שחל האיסור. וגם
    4. בביתו של אדם הידוע בשם כראם אלשמאע…
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  41. 1891Unknown typeENA NS 77.313

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  42. 1892Literary textT-S AS 157.119

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Judaeo-Arabic literary text in the form of a story composed in a rhymed format, like a maqāma (qasida, قصيدة). The text begins on the verso …

    Recto

    1. מעפ... אלנפס באלמחאל
    2. ......ד  עלאליהוד ללבוארי   
    3. וצאר יכתב מלום .....רי
    4. וקאל אקצֹי מןהם אטוארי
    5. ואכרבן  םנהם  אלדיארי  למא
    6. כלא באלמלך אלצֹלמי …

    Recto

    1. .. the soul is freed in vain...
    2. ... harm upon the Jews to destruction...
    3. And he began to write blameworthy things...
    4. And he said, “I will exha…

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  43. 1893Legal documentENA 4011.62

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Bill of sale for a female slave. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 1155 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel …

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    PGPID
    11413
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  44. 1894Legal documentENA NS 83.155

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era. Mentions al-muʿallim Saʿīd b. [...]. Needs examination.

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  45. 1895Unknown typeT-S NS 220.26 + T-S NS 220.27

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Document in Arabic script. Small fragment.

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  46. 1896Literary textENA NS 76.126

    Probably literary.

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    PGPID
    12935
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  47. 1897LetterT-S Ar.7.25

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic reporting a conversation--likely a disagreement. The writer mentions a warrāq, the fact that he doesn't trust something/someone, and a legal …

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    PGPID
    21292
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  48. 1898Literary textT-S Ar.30.264

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew

    Jewish (not Muslim) religious text. Written mainly in Arabic script but with some Hebrew mixed in. Having to do with the Exodus. Some of the …

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    20383
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  49. 1899List or tableT-S NS 301.59

    Primary language
    Unidentified language and script

    On verso there is a fragment of a list written in some kind of shorthand. On recto there is a Judaeo-Arabic text on linguistics.

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    PGPID
    24947
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  50. 1900LetterBL OR 10578R.51

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto (original use): Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions Alexandria and possibly Fustat in the marginal text. Mentions sending …

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