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  1. 1901LetterT-S AS 152.54

    Letter from Berakha, the wife of Marwān b. Zikrī/Zekharya, to her brother Avraham b. Peraḥya Mahdawī (Ben Yiju). In Judaeo-Arabic. It is unclear if this …

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  2. 1902Unknown typeENA NS 85.1345

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  3. 1903LetterDK 230.2 (alt: II)

    Detailed, beautifully written letter of a silkweaver, Abū Saʿd b. Avraham, to his cousin (ibn ʿamm) Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ, asking for instructions as to the …

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  4. 1904List or tableT-S 16.19

    Book list. Dating: Probably 13th century (per Frenkel, based on the names mentioned; Assaf thought it was 12th century). It lists nine covers as being …

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  5. 1905Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. VII,192.3 + Moss. VII,192.2

    Recto: A table of Psalms. Verso: The same note as on the preceding shelfmark, for Abū l-Najm the Parnas to give bread to the bearer. …

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  6. 1906Legal documentYevr. II A 1418

    Formularies for marriage documents.

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  7. 1907LetterT-S 13J22.32

    Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. VMR

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    1. בש רח
    2. אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל
    3. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה
    4. אעלמה אן וצלת אלי אלאסכנדריה
    5. וגדת אשגאל כתירה וצלתני מן אל
    6. גרב פי כדמה אלנא…

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  8. 1908LetterENA NS 24.38

    Letter fragment addressed to the Nasi Shelomo. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Also mentions various other distinguished people: the judge of judges (qāḍī al-quḍāh) and the …

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  9. 1909Legal documentCUL Add.3339a

    Court record in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu. Location: Bilbays. Dated: middle decade of Adar 1528 Seleucid = end of February 1217 CE. In …

    1. שהדותא דא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא
    2. לתתא כן הוה למא קצא אללה תעאלי באלמחתום עלי בני
    3. אדם ותופי אלשיך חסן אללוי ביר ישמעאל הלוי הזקן הנכבד נע
    4. פ…

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  10. 1910LetterT-S AS 146.36

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (a piece from the right side of recto). The addressee …

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  11. 1911State documentT-S AS 1.190

    Tiny fragment of an Arabic-script document in a chancery hand. Mention a sum of X-hundred dinars and the phrase "...which are mine, and that..." (allatī …

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  12. 1912Unknown typeNLI 577.1/papyrus3

    Awaiting description

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  13. 1913Unknown typeENA NS 85.1004

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  14. 1914Legal documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.24

    Legal document: Bill sale for property to Saqina ibn Yuḥannis by his sister. Buljusuq (Fayyum), early 5th/11th c. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 205 x …

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  15. 1915LetterT-S AS 147.238

    Small fragment of a letter: closing greetings and the phrase "send it to me with whomever..."

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  16. 1916LetterT-S AS 170.278

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Vocalized sparsely with Hebrew vowels. Dating: likely 11th century. The section preserves here opens with a reference to how no person …

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    1. ]ק . . . ולא יסמא אחד
    2. פי דֻעא בל ידעא לבית דויד על אלס ג . ל .
    3. פאעלם דאך ולהדא אלאכר יגרי מדה
    4. וכאן אלאצל פי [אל]אסתגאבה אלי הדא
    5. וְכִיר גרי מן …

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  17. 1917List or tableENA 3910.3

    Accounts in Arabic script. One side begins, "That which is with (or owed by) Sayf al-Dawla b. Tāj al-ʿArab..." There follow various sums of money. …

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  18. 1918Literary textENA 3982.7

    Leaf from a medical treatise in Arabic.

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  19. 1919LetterJRL B 3206

    Fragment (left side of recto, left side of verso) of a letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Not enough remains to make …

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  20. 1920LetterT-S 10J17.17

    Letter with a special request from the addressee to report about his illness. [An assumption that he was ill after not having heard from him …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. קד עלם אללה תעאלי מא [כא]ן
    3. עליה מן אלוחשה ליקירינו
    4. ואהובינו אלשיך אבו אלחסן יעזריהו
    5. קדושינו על דבר כבוד שמו
    6. ומא מנענא אן נכתב אלי חצרתה
    7. רקעה…

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  21. 1921List or tableENA NS 77.337

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late. Currency: banādiqa (=Venetian coins).

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  22. 1922Unknown typeJRL P 276

    Document in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Type and significance unclear.

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  23. 1923Legal documentMoss. I,A.2

    Karaite betrothal deed. Bride: Yamān bat David b. Isaiah, of Egypt. Groom: Shela b. ʿAmram al-Qirqisānī, of Tyre. Both the bride and groom are represented …

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    1. [דרכי האדם והמי]שר ארחותם ומצעדם
    2. […] ישמח צדיק ביי' וחסה בו
    3. [כי מה טובו ומה יופיו] דגן בחורים ותירוש ינובב בתולות :
    4. [וארשתיך לי לעולם וארשתיך …

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    1. [the ways of the man, and who] straightens their path and their steps
    2. … The righteous one shall rejoice in the Lord, and seek refuge in him (P…

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  24. 1924LetterT-S AS 178.110

    Letter addressed to Abū ʿImrān, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Reporting that the addressee's son (also named Abū ʿImrān?) arrived with nothing but [...] and …

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  25. 1925LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/57

    Letter from the judge Eliyyahu, in the Sinai desert, to his son the physician Abū Zikri, in Jerusalem. Eliyyahu admonishes him to live in peace …

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    1. ???
    2. אעלם אלולד אלעזיז אלחכים אבו זכרי ופקה אללה תע
    3. אנני וצלת אלי אלמטילב יום אלגמעה אכר אלנהאר בעד
    4. אן תרכנא אלקאפלה וסרת מע אתנין אעראב ראפקת…

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    (In Your name) 

    This is to inform you, my dear son, the physician Abū Zikri, may God, the ex(alted), grant you success, that I arrived at al-Mu…

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  26. 1926Literary textT-S Ar.44.210

    Bifolium from a Ladino transcription of a medical work by the physician (el diskreto sabio) Arnau de Villanova. Information from http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/judeo-arabe/sites/investigacion.cchs.csic.es.judeo-arabe/files/Genizah-Al-Andalus.pdf.

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  27. 1927LetterJRL A 844

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, a fragment preserving only the margin of recto and part of the address on verso. Sent either to or from Alexandria. The …

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  28. 1928Legal documentT-S 24.35

    Recto: Marriage document (ketubba) in Palestinian style. Dated: [47]40 AM = 979/80 CE. Groom: Efrayim b. [...]. Bride: Khuzayr bt. Ḥusayn. (Information from Friedman, Jewish …

    1. [ ] ומצלחין
    2. [ יומ]ין בה בשתה קדמיתה דשבועה
    3. [ מאו]ון וארבעין שנין לבריתה דעלמה
    4. [ ]ם דעלמה אמרת אנה אפרים
    5. [ בצ]ביוני נפשי דלא אניס ולא עציב
    6. [ ש]לם ובד…

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  29. 1929List or tableT-S AS 181.249

    Accounts in Arabic. Lists many names.

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  30. 1930Legal documentT-S 8.172

    Fragment of an incomplete legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE). There are two lines, mentioning the late Abū l-Faraj …

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  31. 1931LetterT-S AS 147.91

    Letter, introduced by a citation from Psalms 72:7. (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 1932List or tableT-S AS 186.21

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto. Medieval-era.

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  33. 1933LetterENA 3962.4

    Business letter in Arabic script. The sender requests the copper jars and in exchange he will send the qinṭār of sugar cane molasses (quṭāra). Mentions …

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  34. 1934List or tableENA NS 77.325

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, medieval-era. Various quantities of dirhams are mentioned and at least one name, ʿOvadya, which is probably separate from the name crossed out …

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  35. 1935Legal query or responsumMoss. IV,40.3

    Recto: Legal query for a qāḍī in Arabic script regarding a man "known for ḥujaj" (unpaid promissory notes?), and there are several testimonies against him, …

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    1.    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم     
    2. ما يقول مولاي القاضي الفقيه المخلص النبيه جمال العلـ[ـما
    3. وفقه الله لما يرضيه في رجل معترف في حجج معاملـ[ـة
    4. وعلي…

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  36. 1936LetterBL OR 5535.1

    Segment of a letter from Shelomo ha-Kohen Gaon b. Eliyyahu, Damascus, to Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef, Fustat, Dated: 19 Adar 1427 Seleucid = 5 March …

    1. כי רם יו
    2. מן שלמה הכהן הנקרא בגאון יו ונשגב
    3. בשם קדשו משגב לנו אלהי יעקב סלה
    4. ביר גאון נין גאון נכד אהרן קדוש יו זקל
    5. ברכות שמים מעל וברכות תהום רובצת ת…

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  37. 1937LetterT-S NS 38.16

    Verso (earlier use): Letter or letter draft in Arabic script. The addressee is called 'my brother.' Mainly the opening blessings are preserved, and the substance …

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  38. 1938LetterCUL Or.1080 J103

    Appeal for charity by the scholar Mawhūb b. Ḥalfōn ha-Ḥaver Ibn al-Bunduqī (“the son of the Venetian”). The addressee's name is too damaged to read …

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  39. 1939Paraliterary textT-S NS 297.229

    Medical recipes in Arabic script in multiple hands, mentioning ingredients such as Isfahani kohl. Verso might be more of the same and might also contain …

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  40. 1940Paraliterary textHalper 477

    Calendar in Judaeo-Arabic. Including the date 4924 AM, which is 1163/64 CE.

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  41. 1941Legal documentT-S 16.110

    Ketubba. Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 3 Ṭevet 5581 AM = 8 December 1820 CE. Bride: Sūsār (or Sūkār?) bt. Yehuda Nabālī. Groom: Moshe b. Yaʿaqov …

    1. בסט׳׳ו יתן י׳׳י (השם) את האשה הבאה אל ביתך כרחל וכלאה
    2. בששי בשבת בשלשה ימים לחדש טבת שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושמנים ואחת
    3. ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמ…

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  42. 1942List or tableT-S AS 188.80

    Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic with a disorderly scribal hand. A date appears on the recto of 4 Shawwal but no year is …

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  43. 1943Legal documentT-S NS 204.25

    The right page of verso has a block of text in Arabic, which may be a witness statement from a legal document with a name …

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  44. 1944LetterCUL Or.1081 2.57

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (dated, but confusingly) to Ḥayyim ha-Kohen and Ḥayyim Ṭaliṭ(?) or Shlīsh. The date makes use of 1000 symbol V to indicate …

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  45. 1945Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab II 223

    A manuscript of Earlier Prophets (extant from Kings to Isaiah). Dedicated by Ḥusn bnt. Ya'aqov b. Yosef [b. Kushnām "to the qaraite community of Jerusalem... …

    Dedicatory inscription

    1. [......]אים [...
    2. [..]ותו חסן בת יעקב בן יוסף בן [כשנאם
    3. אל על עדת בני מקרא הקראים השו[כנים 
    4. בירושלים עיר הקדש אלהים יכוננה עד

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  46. 1946LetterENA NS 7.57

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Elegant hand. Mentions the town of Ṭanān in the delta and deals with the construction of a dike (jisr) and an irrigation …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ה תלף וחק [
    2. פעאד טלבה תאניא פלם יגד [
    3. שגל ומצי אלי טנאן אכד מ[
    4. ז]מאן פלם יגד ועגב אלממ[ללוך
    5. ואד לם תגדה אשתריה יגמ[

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  47. 1947LetterT-S K25.189

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In a lovely hand; the same scribe seems to have reused numerous Arabic-script documents for literary/liturgical text (see Joins Suggestions). This letter …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. שומר פתאים ייי ברוך הגבר אשר יבטח בייי וג
    3. כתאבי אליך יאואלדי ויאמולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך
    4. ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ונעמתך
    5. ע…

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  48. 1948LetterT-S 10J17.2

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrow paper with widened line spacing; ~10 lines from the middle section are preserved. The sender complains of someone who "took …

    1. אל[ . . . ] אלי דאך חתי אנה קד
    2. אכד קום טואפין יקדמהם
    3. עלי מן לה אלקדמה ואלמיזה
    4. ואמור קד צאק צדרי לאגלהא
    5. ולא כנת אצן אנהא תתם עלי
    6. וחצרתה אלמחרוסה לי ע…

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  49. 1949LetterT-S NS 322.104

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, in the same hand as the nearby fragments: probably Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre, mid-11th century. Needs examination for content.

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  50. 1950Literary textT-S Ar.30.167

    Literary. Sefer Yosippon (Yosef ben Guryon) in Judaeo-Arabic. Information from FGP.

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