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  1. 19301Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#112) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 36v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 16 Iyyar 5327 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 36v

    1. למא] כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלתלאת י (10) פי שהר איר
    2. סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ז׳ ליצירה חצר אלאך ע׳אלואחד אלחכים אבן אלמר׳ …

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  2. 19302LetterAIU VII.A.39

    Letter with the heading 'David son of the exilarch' was preserved in the Geniza collection in Paris (Consist. isr. VII A 39), but it has …

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  3. 19303Legal documentAIU VII.E.115

    Legal document dated June 1802 CE (3 Sivan 5562 AM) involving a partnership in Alexandria between Hayyim ha-Levi, Merkado Karo, Avraham ha-Levi, and Pinhas b. …

    1. ב׳׳ה 
    2. [בהי]ות שהיתה חברה ושותפות בין הכה׳׳ר חיים הלוי יצ׳׳ו והכה׳׳ר מרקאדו קארו יצ׳׳ו והר׳ אברהם הלוי בכ׳׳ר מנחם יצ[׳׳ו ...
    3. הר׳ יום טוב אריפול יצ׳׳ו…

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  4. 19304LetterAIU VII.E.168

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab, perhaps begging for charity. Mentions necessity/want (al-ḍurūra) several times and concludes with, "I have no …

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  5. 19305Literary textBL OR 5560D.1 + BL OR 5560D.2

    Literary. A beautiful and very large (30cm) page from a diwan of R. Moshe ibn 'Ezra. Among the poems preserved: on pens, on a candle, …

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  6. 19306Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/32

    Beautiful calligraphic fragment of deed of sale of a bathhouse in Zawilat al-Mahdiyya, Ifrīqiya, by one Jew to another. The seller describes the bath and …

    1. . . . . . . .]ור אלמסמ[א
    2. מא פי אלחמאם . . .[
    3. אל]די לי פיה הו אל[
    4. . . . .ס פהו שרא אכי בותיקה [
    5. בותיקה בכתאב אלשרי כמא[
    6. ואכתבו ואכתמו ואעטו לר דויד [

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  7. 19307LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/32

    Letter addressed to Abū Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-Fāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. The writer's name may be preserved as well, but the conservators have …

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  8. 19308List or tableBodl. MS heb. d 75/12

    Primary text: Accounts for Dā'ūd b. ʿAmmār b. ʿAzrūn for the year 443H (1051/52 CE). 68 lines spread over 2 pages. In Judaeo-Arabic. Nahray b. …

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  9. 19309LetterBodl. MS heb. e 94/27

    A bashful pauper informs the judge Rabbi Eliyyahu b. Zechariah who was in charge of public charity, that he had not eaten anything for two …

    1. ממלוכה . . .
    2. . הבה.
    3. אלדי יעלם בהי ר אליה הדיי[ן
    4. באן ממלוכה יקים הונא ומא
    5. לי שי יקום בי ולי אליום יומי[ין
    6. מא אכלת שי ואלממלוך [ליס
    7. לה וגה יכלם אחד ול…

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  10. 19310LetterCUL Or.1080 15.73

    Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan al-Mubārak b. [ʿIyad?]. On the death of a woman in his family (אלאשה …

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  11. 19311LetterCUL Or.1080 J85

    Three long drafts of letters in elaborate Hebrew, sent from the court in Fustat. The first deals with the cantor Yiṣḥaq of Ṣahrajt who permitted …

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  12. 19312LetterENA 1822a.59

    Letter from Ibrāhīm b. al-Nuʿmān to Abū Nuʿmān(?) Saʿīd b. Dāwūd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing many details about the pressing of grapes and the making of …

  13. טלבתה פתערפני איש אלסבב פי דלך
  14. אן שא אללה
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    1. ולקד עגבת מן שדה
    2. מערפתך באלזראעה ואלקמח

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  16. 19313LetterENA 2727.41

    Letter from Isma'il b. Yosef b. Abi Aqaba, Damsis (Egypt), to his mother's brother Yusuf b. Awkal, first quarter of the 11th century. Ed. S. …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאסידי ושיכי וגלילי ואלעזיז עלי בקא[ך]

    א:

    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי ונכבדי היקר לי, אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את שלומך ויהיה עמך בכל מעשיך. מכתבי אליך
    3. הוא מדמסיס. שלומי טוב ואני בריא, לאל תודה…

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  17. 19314LetterENA 2738.22

    Upper left fragment: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions: …

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  18. 19315LetterENA 2805.18.1

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yaʿaqov b. Lanjū (al-Mahdiyya) to Nahray b. Nissim (Alexandria). Ca. 1062. Discusses the trade in carnelian, coral, pearls, walnuts, and flax. …

  19. [אטאל אל]לה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאד<ת>ה
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    1. דוכאן אברהים בן אלאסכנדראני

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ממהדייה; שלומי טוב....

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  21. 19316Legal documentENA 3493.15

    Legal document. A damaged bill of release, in late Andalusian or Maghrebi hand. Mentions a payment of 54 peraḥim, which generally refers to the Venetian …

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  22. 19317LetterENA NS 2.9

    Letter in which the judge Avraham b. Natan Av apologizes for being unable to attend a circumcision ceremony in Fustat because he had been scheduled …

    1. אעלמך יא ולדי אפלד אל. . אן חצרה מולאי אלפאר
    2. אלזמתני אלמבית באלקאהרה לאחצר אלמילה פי גד
    3. ענדה ואוגבת אלצורה אן לא אכאלף וקד עז על[י
    4. תאכרי ען חצור אלמ…

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  23. 19318LetterENA NS 2.30

    Letter from Ḥayyim b. 'Ammār, Palermo, to Abu al-Surur, a merchant from Fustat (might be Ishaq b. Barhun al-Tāhartī). September 2, 1056. Mentions the events …

  24. יוסקהא פי

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    1. מרכב אלמורס(?)

    2. וכדאלך תכתב כתאב

    (12–21) אם המשואים נשארו באלכסנדריה או שאדוני אבו אסחק העמיס אותם, כי כאשר עזבתי אותו, התניתי אתו בפירוש שהוא יעמיס אותם

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    (6-1) באוניית אלמורסי(?). כמו כן, כתוב מכתב הביתה וזרז אותם בעניין הנסיעה, ומכתב אל סלימאן, גם כן לשם זירוז.

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  26. 19319Legal documentENA NS 8.15

    Betrothal register from a court book, 1023 (per Friedman, based on comparison to ENA 4010.28 which he identifies as another leaf from the same register, …

    1. [...]ן ....ן .......[...]
    2. [...].ן [. .] חמ[...]
    3. [...] .א......ן בלי עיכוב [...]
    4. [...חס ו]שלום ואעכב ... [...]
    5. [...]קודם הכנסתה יהוי [...]
    6. [...].רה ד…

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  27. 19320LetterENA NS 22.19 + ENA NS 21.13

    Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), regarding evasion of the capitation tax in the community. The previous year they had …

    1. אלתגליק פמא חאגה ללמראסל לאן מא
    2. לכם אלצרב חתי לא תכסרו ואדא . . .
    3. אלחקאיק מא פי אליד. .לה . . . אלחאל
    4. מני ומנכם ומן גירי ותנדמו ולא יבקא
    5. ינפעכם אלנד…

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  28. 19321LetterENA NS 58.10

    Letter fragment addressed to [...] b. Ṣadaqa al-Maghribī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: likely 11th century. The writer sends …

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  29. 19322Legal documentENA NS 83.143

    Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Looks literary at first glance, but mentions a kharājī year (or at least something "al-kharājiyya"), which suggests something to do …

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  30. 19323Literary textJRL A 564

    Narrative literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Or less likely a long letter written in the format of a literary text. Dating: Probably 17th–19th century. Conveying a …

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  31. 19324LetterJRL B 5758

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Sefaradi-influenced hand. Dating: likely 12th century. Mentions not being able to send something until now; a letter for Ibn S[...]; possibly …

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  32. 19325State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 323

    Two very fragmentary lines of a state document, in Arabic script with wide line spacing and large script. A huge margin has been left to …

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  33. 19326LetterMIAC 17

    Invitation from the union of Jewish religious institutions to the general public for the foundation of a cooperative enterprise for kosher meats – 25 April …

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  34. 19327LetterMIAC 80

    Letter of thanks from a son to his father thanking him for his assistance and understanding and his cousins for assisting their aunt – 1947CE …

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  35. 19328LetterMIAC 150

    Commercial letter from the owners of a commercial company in lumber to the Bar Būḥay Institute in the Jewish quarter – November 30 1945CE – …

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  36. 19329LetterMoss. 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

    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 טובה ביותר
    3. ויחתום אותו בחותמו הטוב והמאושר ביותר וייתן בו אושר לנו ולך ויגיענו בו אל הרצוי לנו. 

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  37. 19330State documentMoss. VIII,239.1-3

    State document, in Arabic script. Decrees that the rituals be carried out according to the tradition 'wa-an yakūn al-ʿamal bi l-rusūm' and mentions 'al-dawla al-sharīfa'. …

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  38. 19331LetterT-S 6J9.10 + T-S 6J10.13

    Recto and verso: Begging letter from Baqāʾ the cantor to the Nagid David Maimonides (who served intermittently between 1237–1300 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Touching on various …

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  39. 19332LetterT-S 10J30.15

    Letter from Abū l-Surūr b. Ṭarīf to Abū Naṣr b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that Abū l-Najm Hillel had sent him five jars containing …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אעלם אכי אלשיך אבו נצר אדאם
    3. אללה חראסתה אן וצל אלשיך אבו אלנגם
    4. הלל וכאן אלשיך אבו אלפרג אלעכוי חאצר
    5. וקאל אן ג . [ . . ] ען שי מן אלקטארה
    6. אנפ…

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  40. 19333LetterT-S 12.79

    Recto: the end of a calligraphically-written letter with many signatories, including Sahl b. Mevasser and ʿAmram b. Shabbat. Possibly a letter of introduction, but only …

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  41. 19334LetterT-S 12.303

    Letter from the wife of Shemuel, a poor woman from al-Maḥalla, addressed to the Gaon Maṣliaḥ. She asks for assistance for herself and for her …

    1. אלעב[דה
    2. בש רח
    3. עבדה ה[ד]רת אדוננו גאוננו מצליח הכהן ראש
    4. ישיבת גאון יעקב ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו ויחליף
    5. עליו למען שמו בזכר וימלא בו מקומו לקיים
    6. מקרא שכ …

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    1. The people of al-Maḥalla know how weakened
    2. my situation is and how very poor I am.

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  42. 19335Legal documentT-S 12.440

    Ketubba fragment (upper right corner). Location: Cairo. Groom: Hillel the elder. Bride: a widow [...] bt. Elʿazar ha-Kohen. Payments: 7 + 30 = 37 dinars. …

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  43. 19336Legal documentT-S 12.638

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document on parchment. Faded and damaged. Probably a ketubba, dating to the 13th century or later, based on …

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  44. 19337LetterT-S 13J19.29

    Letter from Efrayim b. Ismail al-Jawhari from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal, Fustat. April 2, 1030 (the addressee received the letter in Rabīʿ …

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    1. כתבת למולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאידה ונעמאה

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  45. 19338LetterT-S 13J22.30

    Letter. Business letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi b. Simḥa al-Nīsābūrī to the parnas ʿŪlla ha-Levi recommending a young Jewish man and describing him as being very …

  46. והם מנתצרין לתעדיה אללה יכתב
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    1. סלאמתהם [ ] אנהם אמא גאני כתאב יצחק נפוסי ואיצא דכר חצרתך פי
    2. כתאבך באנה מסתעגל

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  48. 19339Legal documentT-S 13J30.1

    Recto: statement, dated 1466 of the Seleucid Era (= 1154/55 CE), concerning a debt which Saʿadya b. Yehuda owes to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā the doctor …

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  49. 19340Legal documentT-S 16.81

    Recto: deed of release (שובר) in Hebrew from Yosef b. Bahlūl to an unnamed person. Date, location and witnesses are not preserved. Verso: collection of …

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  50. 19341Legal documentT-S 16.184

    Part of a ketubba for [...] bt. Nuṣayr (נציר) and an unnamed groom. Date and location not preserved. Witnessed by Natan b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi, ʿAmram …

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  51. 19342LetterT-S 18J4.12

    Letter addressed to the Nagid Mevorakh about irregularities and inefficiency in the administration of the synagogue of the Iraqians in Fustat. The writer especially complains …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. אלאמור אלחקיקיאת ואלקואנין אלמרסומאת אטאל אללה בקא חצרה
    3. סיידנא אלרייס אלאגל אלוף הבינות השם הנעים הנכון מעים האלהים
    4. וכגע קץ הקריאה נאמר מפי…

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  52. 19343Legal documentT-S 20.14

    Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (ca. 1066–1108 CE). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar I 1383 Seleucid = January/February 1072 CE. Power of …

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  53. 19344LetterT-S Ar.7.4

    Letter fragment addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps late 12th or early 13th century, based on the handwriting. The writer accuses her of …

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  54. 19345Literary textT-S Ar.30.105

    Mathematical word problem in Judaeo-Arabic: you have an 8-measure vessel full of honey, and you have empty 5-measure and 3-measure vessels, and you wish to …

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  55. 19346List or tableT-S Ar.30.297

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. People include: Abū l-ʿAlā'; the Amir Bayraq Najā(?) (bayraq seems to be a Turkic word for a battle …

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  56. 19347List or tableT-S Ar.34.329

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Consists of rubricated tables filled with names and numbers. The table on recto appears to be headed by …

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  57. 19348State documentT-S Ar.39.38

    Verso: fragment of an account mentioning, at top, the end of the month of Shaʿbān 403; below, after a blank space, a payment of 102⅓ …

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    1. واخرها شعبان سنة ثلث واربعمية

    2. من العين ماية ؟

    3. ثلث

    4. الناىب … الدعوة …

    5. حسبني لحكم العزيز حسابا في الشهر اربع ماىة 

    6.   نصف وثلث

    7. من ج…

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  58. 19349LetterT-S AS 146.159

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, sent from Fustat. "I arrived with seven of the captives..." Verso: possibly address of the letter (mentions a …

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  59. 19350LetterT-S AS 147.272

    Small fragment from the top of a letter from Yosef b. [...] to Ḥalfon b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: likely 11th …

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