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  1. 1851State documentENA NS 12.26

    Tax receipt. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  2. 1852LetterENA NS 13.26

    Blessings in large, thick, square letters, with the name "David b. Shekhanya" at the end (יברכהו בקהל עם ד[וי]ד בר שכניה). Dating: probably early 11th …

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  3. 1853Legal documentENA NS 14.26

    Court record(s). Recto mentions [Yi?]sraʾel known as Ibn Efrayim, traveling on business, a paternal uncle, and coming in to Fustat (or Egypt). Likely concerning a …

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  4. 1854Literary textENA NS 15.26

    Literary text, or less likely a letter. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, based on handwriting. Dealing with the relationship between a wife and her husband with …

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  5. 1855LetterENA NS 16.26

    Business letter sent from Tripoli, Lebanon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions terrible economic depression in the Levant and asks the addressee to send …

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  6. 1856Legal query or responsumENA NS 17.26

    Legal query about a business dispute followed by the responsum, signed by Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen the Rav (on whom see T-S 12.397 + T-S …

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  7. 1857State documentENA NS 18.26

    But now someone mentioned in the missing upper portion of the petition, presumably a tax-collector or other local official, has shown "greed toward us" and "strengthened his hand in oppressing us and demanding of us extreme humiliation (or rather: seeking our harm [adhāʾ]) in overcharging jizya payments."

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    1. واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [
    2. وورد السجل المكرم من الحضرة المجيدة يذكر فيه ما
  8. ...This was the reason for hiscovetousnesstoward us, strengthening
  9. his hand in oppressing us, and demanding payment from us through assessment at the highest jizya,
  10. and meanwhile we have receipts going back many years indicating what each person pays.
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  12. 1858Legal documentENA NS 18.26

    Quittance, draft in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE) in which a mother obliges herself to release her son from any lawsuit …

    25. ואני לא טועה לא שוגה לא מוכרחת לא שותה יין לא שו[לה

    26. לא הולה לא אנוסה לא מפותה לא אלא מ[ ]אלפ הודאה גמורה חתו[מה

    27. עדלמה (?) הודאת בארי בלי לב ולב ..[ ]כולם אחד בדיעה [

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  13. 1859List or tableENA NS 19.26

    Bifolio of mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Large and well-preserved. Dating: 11th century. Merits further examination.

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  14. 1860List or tableENA NS 22.26

    List of 39 recipients of 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 1/2 dirhams during the 1020s, a period of famine, and belonging together with Mediterranean Society, II, …

    1. .קיר ב [[א ונצף]]
    2. אבו אלאדקי א ...
    3. אלמקרקרה ן
    4. הרה ובנתהא [.]
    5. בנת באנה [.]
    6. אם חפתן א
    7. סתית ן
    8. אלפקאעיה ובנתהא ב
    9. אלמפלוג א
    10. אלקבס ן
    11. אלשעאב ן
    12. אלעגמה א
    13. אם …

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  15. 1861State documentENA NS 26.8

    Small fragment of official correspondence. Only a few words preserved (...bi-idhn Allāh...).

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  16. 1862Legal documentENA NS 26.32

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. Conveying a first-person narration regarding a journey: فلما ان طال المكث . . . انا ومن معي وهجرت خرجت اما …

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  17. 1863List or tableENA NS 28.26

    Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Mentions names such as Hibatallāh; Hiba Ṣabbāgh; Dāʾud; ṬĀhir and his brother; Abū l-Faḍl; Yaʿqūb; Ṭayyib.

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  18. 1864LetterENA NS 29.26

    Verso: Note in Arabic-script which starts with a taqbīl clause and mentions the arrival of goods from Qūṣ and a donation of (oil?) for the …

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  19. 1865Legal documentENA NS 29.26

    Recto: Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with the title "Nagid" (thus post-1213 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the ransoming of female Jewish captives enslaved by …

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    1. מא יקול מרנו ורבנו אדוננו נגידנו אברהם הרב המובהק
    2. הפטיש החזק הנגיד הגדול ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו

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  20. 1866LetterENA NS 31.26

    Letter from a man to his son Shelomo Skandari. In Hebrew. Dating: End of the 16th century, according to Avraham David. The addressee spent time …

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  21. 1867LetterENA NS 33.26

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting. The name [...]r b. Dā'ūd appears in the address. The body of the letter mentions pullets (farārīj) and a …

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  22. 1868LetterENA NS 35.26

    Complete, but very faded late letter in Hebrew from Jerusalem to ha-Ḥakham ha-Shalem ha-Dayyan ha-Meẓūyan Raysh Metivta Qedishta [...] Shemuel Sid[i?], Fustat. There are several …

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  23. 1869LetterENA NS 36.26

    Letter from a certain Bū l-Fatḥ "al-Malikī al-Kāmilī" to a distinguished physician. No details are preserved beyond the grand titles of the addressee. The sender …

    1. الملكي الكاملي
    2. مملوكه بو الفتح
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. ورد كتاب المولى الحكيم الاجل
    5. العا[لم] الرىيس الاوحد الفاضل
    6. المفضل الاكمل الاسعد الريس جمال
    7. الع…

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  24. 1870Legal documentENA NS 37.26

    Legal deed in Judaeo-Arabic. Involving a divorcee named Miryam bt. Avraham. Little else remains. Dating: ca. 13th century, based on handwriting and the dating of …

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  25. 1871List or tableENA NS 37.26

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 1225 CE, based on the use of Kāmilī (dirhams).

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  26. 1872List or tableENA NS 39.26

    The documentary portion of this shelfmark is the marginal note on the lower fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. "On Sunday morning, I had 2 3/4. On Sunday, …

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  27. 1873Legal documentENA NS 43.26

    Legal records, perhaps. In Judaeo-Arabic. One record states that Ghāliya al-Ḍarīra (the blind) bt. B[...] releases someone. Another involves Nuṣayr b. Thābit and debts owed.

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  28. 1874List or tableENA NS 47.26

    Multi-fragment shelfmark. The verso of the left fragment contains accounts in Judaeo-Arabic that are organized according to the months of the Islamic calendar. The accounting …

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  29. 1875LetterENA NS 48.26

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Describing the horrific tortures inflicted on the writer and his colleagues in the citadel at the hands of four jailers and …

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  30. 1876Legal documentENA NS 49.26

    Trousseau evaluation in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dated: not long before 28 Elul 1594 Seleucid = 21 September 1283 CE, which is set as the …

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  31. 1877LetterENA NS 50.26

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Mentions people such as al-Shaykh al-Makīn, Maḥāsin, and Amīn al-Dawla. Inquires about the price of saffron …

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  32. 1878Paraliterary textENA NS 52.26

    Probably a colophon, but conceivably a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with the titles and names of various distinguished people: the Gaon Rav [...] and al-Rayyis …

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  33. 1879Legal documentENA NS 54.26

    Legal fragment. Mentions a ḥerem stam and coral and various sums of money. Mentions the year 1410 Sel. (1098-1099 CE). Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel. …

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  34. 1880Literary textENA NS 76.126

    Probably literary.

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  35. 1881Literary textENA NS 76.226

    Probably literary.

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  36. 1882Unknown typeENA NS 76.260

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  37. 1883Unknown typeENA NS 76.261

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  38. 1884Unknown typeENA NS 76.264

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  39. 1885Unknown typeENA NS 76.267

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  40. 1886Unknown typeENA NS 76.269

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  41. 1887Unknown typeENA NS 76.326

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  42. 1888Unknown typeENA NS 76.426

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 1889Unknown typeENA NS 76.526

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  44. 1890Unknown typeENA NS 76.626

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  45. 1891Unknown typeENA NS 77.26

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  46. 1892Unknown typeENA NS 77.126

    Fragment of a text in Judaeo-Arabic in a disorderly scribal hand, possibly documentary. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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  47. 1893List or tableENA NS 77.226

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Bāb Zuwayla in Cairo. The heading on the verso is dated in the month of Shaʿabān with a year that incorporates …

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  48. 1894Unknown typeENA NS 77.260

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 1895Unknown typeENA NS 77.261

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  50. 1896Unknown typeENA NS 77.262

    Recto may be a small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic: ולא תגד . . . [ח]אצל ענדי . . . Verso looks like a …

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  51. 1897Literary textENA NS 77.266

    Minute fragment of text in Hebrew, possibly recorded on vellum. The recto and verso are in different scribal hands. Recto mentions a fast, and verso …

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  52. 1898Unknown typeENA NS 77.267

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  53. 1899Unknown typeENA NS 77.268

    Minute fragment. The name Mordekhay is visible, possibly part of a full signature that is missing.

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  54. 1900Legal documentENA NS 77.269

    Small fragment of a legal document. Refers to "his wife Sitt al-Maʿānī."

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