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  1. 19401LetterENA 2740.4

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to somebody in Jerusalem. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, as values are given in ashrafīs– which were first minted …

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  2. 19402LetterENA 2740.5

    Letter from 'the representative' (al-Nāʾib), in Minyat Zifta, to the Nagid, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports on previous correspondence and messengers ([...] al-Ḥalabī, …

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    1. ממלוך הד[רת . . . . . .] הנגיד הגדול נגיד . . . . . עם ייי צבאות
    2. יכון כסאו לנצח יקבל קדמיהא וינהי בסאמיה[א . . . . . . .] . . . .

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  3. 19403LetterENA 2748.2

    Letter fragment from ʿAlāʾim bt. Bar[akāt?] to her daughter Umm al-ʿIzz bt. Thābit al-Ṭabīb known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥaqq (or al-Ḥasan?) al-Maghribī, probably the wife …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יא בנתי ואלעזיזה עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך [

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  4. 19404Legal documentENA 3306.2

    Marriage document, bill of conditions שטר תנאים issued in Rashid (Rosetta). Undated, but this document must have been issued at the same time as the …

    1. בס׳׳ד
    2. התנאים שבי[ניה]ם מעשה ידיה לו וכסותה עליו והדירה כדין -
    3. תורה - [וה]ירושה כמנהג מצרים יע׳׳א דהיינו ש[אם] ח׳׳ו תפטר
    4. [הכל]ה ה[נז׳] ו[לא] תשאיר אח…

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  5. 19405Literary textENA 3571.3

    Small fragment, probably from a literary text (astronomical?) in Judaeo-Arabic. The Lieberman catalog (cited in FGP) connects this shelfmark with ENA 3571.2, but the two …

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  6. 19406Legal documentENA 3655.8

    Marriage document. Damaged and creased document. Contains list of items, commonly found in dowry lists included or attached to a ketubah. Here, not as usual, …

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  7. 19407LetterENA 3921.4

    Verso, with the address on recto: Letter in Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Extremely difficult handwriting. Seems to be about business, reporting on …

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  8. 19408List or tableENA 4011.12

    Recto: Table of names in Arabic script, together with sums of money mostly ranging from 1/6 dinar to 1 dinar. (But there are also entries …

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  9. 19409State documentENA NS 30.21

    Recto: Fragment of a Fatimid state report. Mentions: "the blacks (al-sūdān) and those who accompany them from the nomads (al-jawwāla) and the community (al-jamāʿa). . …

    1. السودان ومن يصحبهم من الجوالة والجماعة الذي تطول(؟)
    2. بهم الوسيلة الى الفساد في بلاد السلطان
    3. وذكر العبد سبب صبره على ما يجري منهم ما صدرت
    4. . . . . . . …

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  10. 19410LetterENA NS 35.15

    Letter from Moshe b. Abudarham, probably in Rashīd, to Elʿazar al-Kātib, probably in Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of 16th century, based on Avraham …

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  11. 19411Literary textENA NS 51.27

    Fragment, text on prognostications. Each prediction starts with a new point (al-bāb). Contains some Hebrew script interspersed. Verso conatins a note saying that this paper …

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  12. 19412Legal documentENA NS 54.18

    Legal deed In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tammuz 5353 AM = Shawāl 1001 AH = July 1593 CE. It seems to be the copy of a reconciliation …

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  13. 19413State documentFrankfurt 128

    Fragment of a state document. Wide line spacing. Likely a decree. The beginnings of four lines are preserved. May refer to indigo (al-nīl) and investigating …

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  14. 19414Legal documentJRL B 2413

    Draft of a responsum, in the hand of Avraham ben Yiju. Concerning marriage to a female slave. See also T-S G2.59 (PGPID 5543). This may …

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    1. תם נתכלם פי אלרד עלי מן יקול פי אלשפחה אדא לם

    2. תעתק ואדא לם תגייר אן אלקידושין לא תאתר פיהא שיא

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  15. 19415LetterMIAC 18

    Appeal from a charitable organization for the marriage of poor women to the people of the community – 21 January 1943CE – Museum of Islamic …

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  16. 19416LetterMIAC 52

    Statement from the Jewish hospital in Cairo to a supervisor that the social center in Cairo will not be providing morning meals – June 28 …

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  17. 19417Legal documentMIAC 102

    Payment request by the "Nāmūha" association of a hundred qirsh contribution to the association by the bank "Kobān-Ān"[?] in Jerusalem in Palestine – May 30 …

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  18. 19418LetterMIAC 230

    Announcement by the Holim medical clinic to the Jewish public in the opening of the daily clinic for the service of the poor – Museum …

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  19. 19419LetterMoss. Ia,28

    Letter from Abū l-Surūr and Abū Saʿd to Yakhin b. Netanel. The letter consists almost entirely of congratulations (for a newborn son?) and good wishes …

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  20. 19420LetterMoss. IV,24.1

    Part of a letter, mentioning Abū l-ʿIzz and the sum of 10 dirhams. A note, in a different hand and ink follows and refers to …

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  21. 19421LetterMoss. V,344.2

    Letter possibly addressed to the Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic, written in a crude hand. Fragment (upper left corner). Mentions the arrival of Abū l-Surūr with the …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. ] סידנא אנגיד ישמרו צור אן וצל אבו סרור
    3. ] וצחבתה אתוק/י/ע אלדי אנעמת אל חצרה
    4. ] . . . . . סאל בורי הכל אן יפבת (=יתבת?) גאהך
    5. ] ב . . ם אל …

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  22. 19422Legal documentT-S 6J12.11

    Legal document concerning payments of large sums of money, mentioning precious objects of pearls and gold. The parties are Shemuʾel b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen and Rabbenu …

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  23. 19423LetterT-S 8.73

    Letter from Ḥayyim b. Imanuel b. Kayoma, probably from Mahdiyya, to an unknown addressee. Around 1055. The addressee might be one of the Tāhartī family. …

  24. ינעם עלי

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    1. מתפצל

    2. ואמא אמ[ ]

    מן הבגדים התספריים, עשה עמדי חסד

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    בטובך; ואילו .... מכירת שטיחים ובגדים, ככל שתואיל ותעשה חסד; הכורח וקוצר הזמן לא אפשרו לי ....

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  26. 19424Legal query or responsumT-S 8J7.18

    Recto: Legal query in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE) concerning a carpenter who let his Muslim employees work making doors on …

    1. מא יקול סיידנא אלריס שצ פי רגל סאכן פי דכאן פי סוק אן
    2. שארע פלמא כאן יום אלסבת אלדי הוה וצט אלעיד ראו גמאעה מן
    3. ישראל אלדכאן מפתוחה ופיהא נגארין יעמלו…

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  27. 19425LetterT-S 8J19.4

    Letter from Farah b. Isma’il from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1056. Regarding shipments of money, and a deal with one of the Emirs, …

  28. לבעצהא

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    1. ואסל מולאי אלשיך

    2. יתפצל יתאמל כתאבי

    והרוח הארורה, שכל הזמן כיוונה הוא מן המזרח, אך אין מה לעשות, אלוהים יחליט על ברכה, אבל יש דאגה אחר דאגה.

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    (1–8) אבקש ממך, אדוני ורבי. הואילה לשים לב למכתבי זה לענות לי עליו, ועשה כמנהגך חסד עמנו בכל מה שביקשתי ממך.

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  30. 19426LetterT-S 8J25.4

    Letter to [... b.] Ḥalfon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business issues, mentioning commodities such as gum and walnuts. Containing an order of Abbadani mats, which were …

    1. . . . . .]שלום שלום לר[.]ול[. . . . . . .]וא[. .] ר חלפון
    2. . . . . .]לה תע ורחמתה [. . . .]תה עלי אלש מרדוך שצ
    3. . . . .] אן אלממלוך פרג [. . . . .] יס…

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  31. 19427Legal documentT-S 10J8.8

    Recto: Left side of a letter addressed to a notable certifying the kashrut of the large molds (qawālib kibār) of כיאסי cheese and rennets (manāfīḥ) …

    1. כבוד גדולת קד]ושת מרינו ורבינו ושרינו
    2. ה]שר הנכבד החכם בתורה
    3. בן . . . כבוד] גדולת קדושת מרינו ורבינו
    4.  ה . . . . . בח]בורה זכר צדיק לברכה
    5. אד]אם אללה ע…

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  32. 19428Legal documentT-S 12.134

    Fragment containing the lower section of a ketubba (marriage contract) beginning towards the end of the dowry list, which contains a chest and a case, …

    1. [...] טראבלסיה וצנדוק ותכת תלתה דינרין טאסה ומרפע..[...]
    2. [... ס]לק סכום הנדוניא עמ קדמות מהרה והאוי כללא ת[ל]תין דינ[רין...]
    3. [...].נכה וסטאני פי אלד…

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  33. 19429Legal documentT-S 12.149

    Compensation bill given by Alush b. Yeshua to Shemuel (Isma’il) b. Avraham al-Andalusi, July 24, 1011. The two Spanish merchants (Alush and Shemuel) arrived in …

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    1. [                                 ערכא]ות גויי הארץ [                              ]

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  34. 19430LetterT-S 12.229

    Letter fragment from Isḥāq b. Khalaf, probably from Alexandria, to David b. Shaʿya, probably in Fustat. Around 1060. Mentions the arrival of Byzantine and Andalusī …

  35. [ ]עלה

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    1. [י]גד הנא

    2. כתאן ואן

    כמו כן אינני יודע .... משאוי ....

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    (9-1) .... יעזור אלוהים.... אכתוב לך כל מה .... אפרש לך אותו באריכות.... אקנה לך בהם סחורה ואסדר אותה

    (23-10) באונייה הראשונה.

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  37. 19431Legal documentT-S 12.507

    Fragment of a power of attorney. Location: Ramla. Dated: Monday, 14 Tammuz 4826 AM = 10 July 1066 CE. Written and signed by Eliyyahu Gaʾon, …

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    1. [ ] לא באונס
    2. [ולא חולה ולא שוגא ולא טועה אלא בלב שלם ובנפש חפיצה מודיע אני]
    3. [לכם ] כי הרשיתיו
    4. [והשלטתיו ומ]ניתיו אפי[לו ]
    5. בן ישועה הצובי [ ] שו…

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  38. 19432Legal documentT-S 13J4.1

    Legal document from Minyat Ghamr concerning a debt; during the holiday of Passover 1537 sel., mid-April 1226 CE. Reshut of Abraham Maimonides. Ḥalfon b. Elazar …

    1. קאל מן סי[תב]ת רסם שהאדתה אכר הדא אלמסטור אן למא כאן בחולו
    2. שלחג המצות דשנת אתקלז לשטרות בעיר מניה גמר דעל [נ]ילוס
    3. נהרא מותבה רשותיה דאדוננו אב[ר]הם …

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  39. 19433LetterT-S 13J21.29

    Letter to the teacher Ibn Yosef, informing the writer's mother about an agreement with his future wife and listing several persons on the verso, among …

  40. . . . . . . .]ר כגקה מו יוסף זלו ידיע ליאת
  41. Bottom margin, perpendicular lines.

    1. אלכהן בן ישעיה ש
    2. אללוי קרקשנדי ש

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  42. 19434LetterT-S 13J27.18

    Letter from Salama b. Nissim b. Ishaq al-Barqi of Busir to Abu Ishaq (Barhun) b. Ismail al-Tāhartī, dealing with the production of flax and linen. …

  43. אללה

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    1. בקדר

    2. כ דינ

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ....

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  45. 19435Legal documentT-S 16.85

    Part of a ketubba for an unnamed bride and groom from Qalyūb. Date and names of witnesses are not preserved. The last 3 lines are …

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  46. 19436List or tableT-S Ar.30.9

    Recto: accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. mentioning people, goods, and quantities, but very difficult to read. Verso: four lines in Arabic, headed …

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  47. 19437Legal documentT-S Ar.34.247

    Recto: Fragments and/or copies of documents in both Arabic script and Hebrew script. The Hebrew-script text may be in the hand of Ḥillel b. ʿEli? …

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  48. 19438List or tableT-S Ar.34.341

    Accounts of a merchant or druggist. In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Very extensive, listing dozens of materia medica and related items: zinjār ʿirāqī, sakbīnaj, …

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  49. 19439State documentT-S Ar.35.162

    Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: End of Dhū l-Qaʿda 404. Both the recto …

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  50. 19440State documentT-S Ar.39.54

    Probably a draft for a letter or petition. In Arabic script. The two sides are in different hands, but each contains elaborate titles of important …

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  51. 19441State documentT-S Ar.39.481

    Recto: Chancery exercises. The basmala appears twice, and one line begins, "Qāla Amīr al-Muʾminīn..." Verso: State document, Fatimid. Opens with a reference to an employee …

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  52. 19442State documentT-S Ar.42.173

    Recto (secondary use): Petition draft in Arabic script. The sender thanks the addressee for employing him in government service (khidma). Mentions "al-dawāwīn al-maʿmūra." The variants …

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    1. المملوك يقبل الارض وينهي انه كان انعم عليه بالخدمة في [
    2. طـ[                              ]....للديوان المعمور

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    1. The slave kisses the ground and reports that he [the addressee] showed kindness to him by appointing him in [
    2. [                       ]in the state bureau 
    3. By releasing [         ]in his lofty and prophetic hand, and the hand of those whose
    4. supervision preceded him, and registering it in the state bureau …, and he asks for the issuance of the noble decree
    5. may God increase its glory by notifying what the bureau owes you in that regard
    6. He asks that benefaction be extended to him by adjudicating him according to the testimonies established for him, by showing benefaction on him, and kindness to him
    7. and for the lofty opinions

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  53. 19443List or tableT-S AS 149.61

    Bifolio of accounts, dealing with taxes related to sugar and communal matters. Dating: ca. 13th century. Headings include "the collection of Cairo" (jibāyat al-Qāhira) and …

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  54. 19444LetterT-S AS 151.10

    Fragment of a letter from Labrat b. Moshe b. Sugmar, from Susa, to an unknown addressee. Summer 1056. Details about shipments by the sea, the …

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    1. ואעלמתך אני קד נקל[ת

    2. אל[י     ]יה נע ולא אש[ך

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    .... והודעתי לך שהעברתי .... אל .... נ"ע, ואין לי ספק .... אמר ינבת .... בנוגע אליהם, והשכירות ששילמתי (בעד האונייה) ....

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  55. 19445Legal documentT-S AS 151.259

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Containing prenuptial conditions for a marriage, including that the wife will not …

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  56. 19446LetterT-S AS 152.80

    Informal note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Sadīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reminds him that he owes the sender 40 dirhams and should repay the money before …

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  57. 19447Paraliterary textT-S AS 161.49

    Probably popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th–15th century. Refers to people with silly names such as al-shaykh Qumayqim and al-shaykh Sumaysim. Some related fragments …

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  58. 19448List or tableT-S AS 185.141

    List of food items and kitchenware in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. Medieval-era. Mentions the name Abū l-Faḍl. Some of the items include: a pitcher (ibrīq) for …

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  59. 19449Legal documentT-S AS 219.146

    Fragment from a legal deed, probably a bill of release granted by Zekharya. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). . In the …

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  60. 19450Unknown typeT-S K11.54

    Masṭara or ruling board, made from stacked, glued paper (cardboard) and string. Paper could be pressed over the raised string, leaving the imprint of straight …

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