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  1. 19251LetterT-S Ar.39.119

    Letter to a qāḍī (addressed "al-jināb al-ʿālī"). In Arabic script. Dating: Maybe Mamluk-era. The letter concerns a horse that was purchased for 17 dinars; also …

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  2. 19252Legal documentT-S Ar.41.17

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 4 Rajab 596 AH = 20 April 1200 CE. Mentions the name Faḍāʾil(?) b. Manṣūr b. Hilāl. Likely a …

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  3. 19253Paraliterary textT-S Ar.44.54

    Notebook of advice composed in reply to questions about a wide variety of matters, e.g. seeking office, choosing a profession, taking a wife, going on …

    f.3a no.5

    1. אעלם אנך רגל קליל אלעקל לאנך תטלב
    2. סלטנה וליס תצלח לך פאטלב אלרחמה מן אללה
    3. ואגלס פי ביתך כסאיר אלנאס ולא תטלב מא לא יצלח לך

    f.2a no.4

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  4. 19254LetterT-S AS 2.163

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. The sender owes capitation tax (jizya) payments for himself and for his son. …

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  5. 19255LetterT-S AS 86.170

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Dating: 15th–17th century. Addresses Aharon and Mordekhay, one or both of whom may be the sender's maternal uncle (khālī). …

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  6. 19256LetterT-S AS 87.55

    Likely the opening of a communal letter addressed to all the communities of Egypt: . . . ישראל שבארץ מצרים ובכפריה . . . ומדינה …

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  7. 19257Paraliterary textT-S AS 139.33

    Recto: liturgical text in Hebrew, with a colophon in Judaeo-Arabic by the copyist Saʿadya b. Ṣedaqa concerning the owner of the scroll, Yosef b. Moshe. …

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  8. 19258LetterT-S AS 146.101

    Letter fragment (lower right corner of recto). The postscript and margin are written in larger letters and lighter ink. Contains the phrases "[May God] guide …

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  9. 19259LetterT-S AS 148.147

    Fragment of a letter from the Yeshiva in Sura. Regarding donations to the Yeshiva. Mentions the relationships between the community and the Yeshiva in the …

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    1. ה]גיעו לפני מר רב הילאי גאון שלנו בן מר רב נטרונאי גאון שלנו זכרם לברכה תהא נשמתם [ 

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  10. 19260Legal documentT-S AS 148.150

    Top of a legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (1066-1108) or Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). Concerning arrangements upon somebody's death, probably …

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  11. 19261LetterT-S AS 148.159

    Letter addressed to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Salāma b. Hilāl al-Ḥalabī. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Fragmentary (upper left corner of recto). The sender …

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  12. 19262LetterT-S AS 149.65

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th or 14th century. Very distinctive handwriting with crescent-shaped nun sofits. The sender seems disgruntled that someone didn't accept …

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  13. 19263LetterT-S AS 151.193

    Fragment of a business letter from an unknown sender to his brother Abū l-Durr (אבו אלדר), in Fusṭāṭ, in murabbaʿat al-ʿaṭṭārīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning commodities …

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  14. 19264Legal documentT-S AS 153.183

    Legal fragment. Power of attorney mentioning Ibn al-Dimyāṭī, Ibn al-Kuwayyis (see PGPID 9675), Abū l-Munajjā, Ibn Sālim al-Ṣayrafī the perfumer (al-ʿAṭṭār) in zuqāq al-qanādīl, Abū …

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  15. 19265LetterT-S AS 172.211

    Minute fragment of a letter of appeal for charity. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Might be related to T-S AS …

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  16. 19266LetterT-S AS 179.175

    Verso (the earlier text): Fragment of a state-related document referring to "the victorious army" (al-ʿaskar al-manṣūr). The ends of three more lines are preserved. Recto …

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  17. 19267Literary textT-S AS 182.295

    Poem addressed to a waterlily (nūfar). Rough transcription: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم شعر لنوفر رايت في البركة ني نوفر فقلت ما شانك في وصط البرك …

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  18. 19268List or tableT-S AS 186.109

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic listing headings with days of the week and months that may date from the 15th-16th centuries (based on the paleography and number …

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  19. 19269Unknown typeT-S AS 200.448

    Possibly a fragment from a historical chronicle. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Refers to "the son of Khosrow the king of Persia" בן כסרי מלך אלפרס …

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  20. 19270List or tableT-S AS 207.119

    List of Italianate names and corresponding monetary values, perhaps communal contributions. The paleography, ink, and pre-lined paper all point to the nineteenth century as a …

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  21. 19271LetterT-S AS 215.344

    Petition from a woman to a group of men, presumably communal leaders: [...] wa-sādatī wa-l-ʿazīzīn ʿalayya wa-ʿindī. She says "I am perplexed (wa-anā ḥāʾira) and …

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  22. 19272Paraliterary textT-S K5.36

    T-S K5, 16-40. Exercises of children, representing leters in various combinations and copies of the beginnings of the third and the first books of Moses. …

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  23. 19273List or tableT-S K15.17

    Nine entries, names of recipients of alms, on vellum in huge calligraphic letters, such as 'two freed women, two persons from Hijaz, two from Sahrajt …

    1. אבו עלי ג סולימאן ג בנת
    2. מישׁאל א צהרגתיין ב
    3. בנת אלזיק א גאריה חכים
    4. א בן מסלם א עתאקתין ב
    5. חזאנין ו

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  24. 19274Legal documentT-S K23.3.2

    Ketubba, Palestinian, dated to the 10th or early 11th century. Reused for a magical text in Hebrew. Unusually, the later scribe also wrote over the …

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    1. והוות לצלח בר [...]
    2. לה מהר חולקיה [...]
    3. בדרתה דאברהם [ה...] בר חות[ם(?) ...]
    4. צפונה [דמיגו(?)] תרעא אתריה [...]
    5. [ ] רשות הרבים ולעל […
  25. ...and to the sou[th … to]
  26. the east the rooms/apartments of Bar Ṣulḥ b. Š[…]
  27. and the windows(?)
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  29. 19275LetterT-S K25.161

    Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …

    1. רבנו נהראי אדאם אללה תאיידה יחסן אלנטר למ
    2. שמואל החזן המבין פי גד ויכאטב לה אלגמאעה
    3. כתרהא אללה פי שי יסתעין בה עלי עאילתה
    4. ויכון אלמעול עליה ינגז תחצי…

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  30. 19276Legal documentT-S NS 99.5

    Recto (secondary use): Fragment of a Hebrew deed of release in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Might be a draft or …

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  31. 19277List or tableT-S NS 164.146

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic regarding sums of money owed by Umm Waḥsh. There are also jottings of accounts in Arabic script, probably the earlier use of …

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  32. 19278Legal documentT-S NS 224.31

    Legal deed in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Fragment (right side). The beginnings of ~20 lines are preserved. Refers to …

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  33. 19279Legal documentT-S NS 224.56

    Torn and damaged fragment from a court record written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Likely a draft as the date appears to …

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  34. 19280LetterT-S NS 297.245

    Recto: Top part of a letter to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab. In Arabic script. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script, in …

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  35. 19281LetterT-S NS 312.102

    Very damaged fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a letter. The overall appearance and spelling are consistent with a 10th century (or earlier) date. Referring to rent …

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  36. 19282List or tableT-S NS 320.7

    List of deaths in Fustat from the last day of Tevet to the 29th of Nisan 1437 (27 December 1125 - 23 April 1126). By …

    1. ומאת אפרים אבן אבו נצר אלדי כאן יקול אלשיר פי אלכניסה ומאתת
    2. איצ אם אבו אלחסן אלתי(!) כאן עטאר פי סוק אלכביר ולהא אכת ולה
    3. הו איצ אבן ובנת יום אלאחד א…

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  37. 19283LetterT-S NS 327.1a + T-S NS 327.1b

    Letter from Hillel b. Ḥasan, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1070. Two fragments (a, b) of a letter regarding a shipment of …

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    1. [כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיר אטאל אללה בקאה] ואדאם סעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן אלא[סכנדריה

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה
    2. ....

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  38. 19284LetterT-S NS J44

    Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Aden, probably to Ibn Yijū, in India. Fragment, preserving the margins only. Mentions the customs tax (maks), various items …

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  39. 19285Legal documentT-S NS J56

    Bill of divorce given by Ya'ir b. David, known as Ibn Sulimān, to his wife Sitt al-Naẓar bnt. Moshe. Fusṭāṭ, Monday 5th of Shevat 1456 …

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  40. 19286List or tableT-S NS J78

    Inventory of a wine cellar, listing the sales of a retailer who at the opening of the store had 650 tamawiyas (containers for wine) in …

    1. בן משאקה קוי
    2. בן כליל רבע
    3. בן סיננאת יג
    4. . . . . . .] ח
    5. אלא. . . . . י
    1. ביד אלשיך אבו נצר י
    2. וארבע טמאויתכל
    3. ודרהמין עגוה
    4. וארבע דראהם פכאר
    5. זח ען צבי בן …

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  41. 19287LetterT-S NS J216

    Business letter from Abū l-Surūr b. David to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. Fragment. Mentions the late Abū Saʿīd and the Muslims who claimed they …

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  42. 19288List or tableT-S NS J341

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto contains an inventory (thabat) of something. Including items such as spice boxes (zanjala), kohl applicator (mirwad); pillow (mikhadda); and a ring …

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  43. 19289Legal documentT-S NS J401i

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to: a period of one year; an aforementioned document; "that I …

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  44. 19290Legal documentT-S NS J501

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Dealing with mercantile affairs. Mentions Yosef b. Iyov / Yūsuf b. Ayyūb, al-Maḥalla, …

    1. . . . .]ע פי אל. .[. . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . .].ת בהא אבו אל[. . . . . . . . . .
    3. . . .]. מאל ענדה פיהא . .[. . .] ורבע
    4. .] אלי אלוכיל וקאל הי ענד…

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  45. 19291Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 2156

    Karaite bill of debt. Dated Wednesday 23 Iyyar 5410 AM (1650 CE). Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo Levi acknowledges a debt of 4 guruş kilāb (esedi guruş/Lion …

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלארבע תלאתה ועשרין פי
    2. חדש אייר סנה הת׳׳י ליצירה חצר אלאך ר׳ ישועה לוי יצ׳׳ו

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  46. 19292Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/13

    Deed of release. Location: Cairo Dated: Friday, 9 Nisan 1[6]88 Seleucid = 20 March 1377 CE, under the authority of the Nagid ʿAmram. In which …

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך יום אלג'מע אלתאסע מחדש ניסן שנת אלפא
    2. [שית מאה ותמ]נין ותמן שנין לשטרות למניינא דרגילנא לממני
    3. ביה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט…

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  47. 19293LetterBodl. MS Heb. c 56/3

    Letter in Arabic from a father to a son that consists almost entirely of greetings and well-wishes. The family rejoiced to receive his letters from …

    1. . . . . . [اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك]
    2. وسلامتك ونعمتك وعن شوق اليك شديد
    3. اسل الله قرب الاجتماع على اسر حال بمنه وكرمه
    4. انه ولي ذلك والقادر عليه ان شا ال…

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  48. 19294LetterENA 2738.13

    Letter from a husband to his wife and in-laws. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 15th–16th century. Opens with greetings for the sender's brother-in-law, mother-in-law, Sultaniyya, the …

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  49. 19295Legal documentHalper 336

    Record and validation of a deposition regarding a compound partly dedicated to the synagogues. The document bears two dates, 4 Iyyar [1]358 Sel. and 2 …

    1. שהד אלשהוד אלמסמון פי הדא אלכתאב אנהם עאר[פין אן אלדאר]
    2. אלתי פי אלזקאק אלגיר נאפד אלמערוף בזקאק אלמסאכין אלדי [בקצר אלשמע]
    3. אלדי ב[פסט]אט מצר הי אלדא…
  50.  …this deed, on Wednesday, 4 Iyyar . . . . 

  51.  [1]358 of the reckoning to which we are accustomed 

  52.  in Fusṭāṭ Miṣrayim, that is situated on the Nile river, 2 Kislev. 

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  54. 19296LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/2a

    Letter of appeal for charity/assistance. In Judaeo-Arabic. Eloquent, sometimes rhyming. Appeals to ʿaṣabiyya, as a preface to asking for help (אלחצרה אלסאמיה . . . …

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  55. 19297LetterT-S 10J16.12

    Letter addressed to the Jewish community concerning the appointment of David I b. Avraham b. Maimonides as Nagid. Dating: ca. mid-13th century; Goitein suggests 1238 …

    1. אלדי נעלם בה אלמואלי ופקהם אללה אן
    2. אלממאליך גרא להם כל כיר מן ענד אללה
    3. תע וגמיע אגלא אלדולה מסאעדין לנא
    4. פארחין פי תוליה רבינו דויד ירום הודו
    5. ואכר וק…

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  56. 19298Legal documentT-S 13J14.4

    IB VII, 5. A note (ruqʿa) with a merchant's disposition for his property in contemplation of death. He specifies that his daughter should not marry …

    1. אלדי יעמל בעד ופאתי אן זוגתי לא תטאלב בשי מן [גמיע] מא פי אלבית
    2. מן אלמאעון וגירה לא אלדהב אלמצאג פאנה ללצגירה תחת יד אמהא
    3. ולא תזוג אלצביה אלא אן תופ…

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  57. 19299LetterT-S 24.29

    Recto: Letter from the two congregations of Alexandria (No-Amon), led by the judge Yosef b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, to the Jerusalemite congregation in Fustāt, led by …

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  58. 19300Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#19) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 2v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …

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    :Left side of bifolio 2v (Documents 18-19)

    1. ושבעה וששים מאידיש כ[ס]ף וזקפם עליו הר׳ אברהם הנז׳ חוב גמור ומלה (מלוה)
    2. זקופה מעכשו ונתחייב לפרוע ל…

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