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  1. 20901List or tableT-S AS 177.503

    Bifolium of business accounts in (messy) Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  2. 20902Legal documentT-S 13J1.7

    Court deed, in which five representatives of the Alexandrian Jewish community, Yosef b. Avraham (known as ʿIrāqī), Binyamin b. Simḥa, Ṣedaqa b. Yosef, Khallūf b. …

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  3. 20903LetterT-S AS 153.269

    Recto: Lower part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender places an order worth 16 dirhams, including for 1/2 ounce of Iraqi copper sulfate (zinjār). …

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    1. רטל [
    2. ואעלמני תמן אלגמיע [
    3. כל חאגה וכד לי זנגאר עראקי
    4. נצף וקיה גמלה אלדראהם
    5. סתה עשר דרהם ואעלמני
    6. איש גרא לך פי [[הדה]] אלאמר
    7. אלדי תחדתנא פיה ו…

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  4. 20904Legal documentCUL Add.3388

    Marriage contract of a ransomed captive woman, Damascus, possibly [10]82/3 or [11]82/3.

    1. [... חתן וכלה יבנו ויצליחו
    2. [... נ]תשעין וארבע שנין לשטרות בדמשיק מדינתא דעל נהרי אמנה ופרפר
    3. [...]הנעלה כירח יכון עולם ועד בשחק נאמן סלה והדרת אדוננו…

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  5. 20905State documentT-S AS 178.280

    Small fragment possibly from an official letter/report. Mentions "waṣala al-nāṣiḥ/al-nāḍij(?) Masʿūd(?)...."

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  6. 20906Paraliterary textAIU VII.D.5

    Recto: Obscure sentences in Judaeo-Arabic, maybe poetry, written with unusual orthography (e.g., דוכלת for توكّلت) and unusual blocky script. Might be 11th or even 10th …

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  7. 20907LetterT-S Ar.39.6

    Recto: Possibly an account Verso: Possibly a letter- needs examination.

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  8. 20908Legal documentT-S NS 225.25x + T-S NS 224.72

    Minute fragment from engagement deed written by Halfon b. Menashsh Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The groom's name is Shelomo. The bride is a widow, daughter …

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  9. 20909LetterT-S Misc.8.26

    Letter(s) of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are specific stories conveyed here, but the text is written in codex format—so maybe this is a …

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  10. 20910Paraliterary textJRL A 697

    Recto: Geomancy castings. May be related to AIU VII.F.32. Includes two questions about the illness of David b. Esther: Is it earthly or from God? …

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  11. 20911LetterT-S Misc.28.33

    IB VI, 43. Letter probably sent from a man in Alexandria to his brother in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely second half of the 12th …

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  12. 20912List or tableJRL C 67

    List of accounts and calculations in a disorderly format, based on the paleography, likely from the 18th or 19th centuries. There are names here that …

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  13. 20913LetterJRL B 3656 + JRL B 3655

    Almost certainly the address of the letter in the previous shelfmark: from Alexandria (מנאמון) to Cairo (למצרים), to Fratelli Najjar. Again mentions Moshe Castro in …

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  14. 20914Literary textENA 3918.17

    Arabic, literary; unidentified text.

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  15. 20915State documentT-S AS 177.74

    Recto: Bifolio with a state-related document (draft or archival copy?). The main text block on the right states that there is an urgent need (al-ḥāja …

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  16. 20916Literary textENA NS 76.302.1 + ENA NS 76.302.8

    Beginning of Avot.

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  17. 20917LetterT-S 16.336

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. This is a very long vertical strip from the middle of the letter. It was partially cut up, and the beginning of …

    1. ]ראגיא אלפרג באגתמ[אע
    2. א]לצרר ואלאדא ולא [
    3. ]כדני ויכלף אלנאס כתיר [
    4. ] קבל אלפרוץ כמנע [
    5. ] מן אללה עלי יד אכותה [
    6. ] אלגמאעה דאימא ו[
    7. ] מאלה מא כאדה אן…

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  18. 20918Legal documentT-S 13J2.3

    Betrothal record from 1093 in which the obligatory betrothal gift is 4 and one/sixth dinars. The document also stipulates the daughter receives the uppermost floor …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנחנא שהדי ד[ח]תמות ידנא לתתא בשטרא דנן כן הוה
    2. בחד בשבה דהוא תנישר יומין בירח כסליו דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וחמש שנ[ין
    3. למנינא דרגילינ…

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    The following testimony was given before us, the undersigned witnesses of the document:

    On the first day of the week—which is…

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  19. 20919LetterT-S 12.14

    Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. [ ] ואין משדל נשדל לא שמטה
    2. [ ] אשר הם צעקות ברננות
    3. [ ] מכורים ואין מקבל מוספיה
    4. [ ] שקר מכוער לאין חקר כנואם [ ]
    5. [ ]מו וירחם עמ[ו] אשר בחר נאמן …

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  20. 20920LetterT-S NS J361

    Letter from Eli b. Yakhin, probably from Alexandria, to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Aaron, Fustat. Around 1050. Regarding money and payments, including a debt of 50 …

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    1. בשרח
    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמאה
    3. וכבת באלדל אעדאה ומן אחסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה וכאן לה ומעה ולייא
    4. ונאצרא …

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    1. (1–2) בשר"ח. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, יתמיד אלוהים את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך,
    2. ויכה וישפיל את שונאיך ואל ימנע ממך את מיטב המזל וי…

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  21. 20921Legal query or responsumT-S AS 160.242

    Part of a responsum explaining a case of inheritance, mentioning Qayrawan. (Information from CUDL)

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  22. 20922Legal documentHalper 345

    Recto: Legal testimony. Dated: February-March 1160. In the hand of Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din(?). Abū al-Surūr Peraḥya b. Tiqva successfully sues for the …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנו [[הע]] בית דין אבו אלסרור פרחיה בר תק[וה] 
    2. ידיע בן אלאמעט ובידה כמסה דנא דכר אנהא מן גמלה 
    3. אלעקדה אלדי כאנת שרכה בין אבו נצר בן …

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    1. Abū al-Surūr Peraḥya b. Tiq[va] known as (I)bn al-Am‘aṭ came before us—we, the court—
    2. and in his hand were five dina(rs). He said that they wer…

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  23. 20923LetterT-S K3.26

    Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering …

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  24. 20924LetterJRL B 5592

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a chest of coral (3 lines from bottom). Very close to the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū, although does not …

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  25. 20925Legal documentENA 4010.48

    Legal document. Dated: Nisan [13]34 Seleucid, which is 1023 CE. Binyamin b. Yūsuf (probably Ibn ʿAwkal) gives money to Aharon b. Yosef known as al-Ghazāl …

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  26. 20926LetterT-S 13J16.24

    Letter from Yusuf ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, writing from Jerusalem or Ramla, informing the Jewish chief justice of Aleppo that it had taken seven months …

    1. שלום שלום ורוב שלום ועתרת שלום מאדון השלום
    2. לאנשי השלום האוהבי שלום לשפות בינותימו שלום
    3. בשערימו שפוט אמת וש[לום ]ים הלאה אל מקומם להביא שלום
    4. הם המה ה…

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  27. 20927Paraliterary textT-S NS 309.14

    Colophon for a literary text discussing the halakhot of ransoming, written by Tammām b. [...] al-Qarawī.

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  28. 20928State documentT-S AS 184.112

    Tax-related receipt. The main text section is more verbose than usual for jizya receipts, and it mentions the term jahbadh—so something to do with internal …

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  29. 20929Unknown typeENA NS 76.314

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  30. 20930Legal documentT-S 8.152

    Original use: Fragment of a Qaraite ketubba or at least a marriage-related document: "... and they will act in accordance with the traditions of the …

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    1. … [מה]ר הנקוב ונקהו וזכהו מן המ[הר] …
    2. ונפש חפצה וינהגו במנהג בני מקרא …
    3. ישראל ושלא יצאו אל משפטי הגוים …
    4. מה שכתוב ומפורש למעלה בכת[ב] …
    5. אלאהל …

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    1. the agreed upon mohar. And he cleared and released him from the mohar
    2. … and willingly, that they will behave according to the custom of the Ka…

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  31. 20931Literary textT-S J2.10

    Literary. In Hebrew. Dream interpretation. Late.

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  32. 20932LetterT-S 13J25.8

    Letter from Ya’aqov b. Nahum b. Hakhmon, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1060. The letter contains details about goods that arrived …

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    1. עלי אללה וחדה תוכלת

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסעאדתך וכפאיתך

    3. ורע[איתך מ]ן אלמסתקר טר[א]בלס לי איאם בקין…

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    1. (2-1) בוטח אני באלוהים לבדו ; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי ומרי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת סיפוקך
    2. ואת דאגתו לך…

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  33. 20933Legal documentJRL B 8654

    Geṭ. Location: Egypt, somewhere on the Nile. Dated: probably Ṭevet [13]4[.] Seleucid = 1029–39 CE. The father of one of the parties is Ḥusayn. Signed …

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  34. 20934Legal documentENA NS 47.29

    Recto and verso: Court record(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. One side (record #1) consists of a lengthy list of valuable commodities and luxury items, including books and …

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  35. 20935Legal documentENA 2727.10

    Quittance, large but faded, from Yakhin b. Mevorakh ha-Levi. Seven signatures, mostly faded or fragmentary. 11th century.

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  36. 20936Legal documentT-S 8J11.5

    Contract of debt in which Mufaḍḍal b. [...] ha-Kohen acknowledges that he owes a sum of money to someone. (Dating: 13th century. Probably written by …

    1. וקאל לנא אקנו [
    2. ובכל לישאני דזכואתא ואכת[
    3. מפצל הכהן היקר בר כגק מר ור [
    4. לליום ומא בעדה אנני מעתרף ענדי [
    5. ודמתי ודרכי וכאלץ מאלי מן אלעין אלמצ[
    6. מחקקה…

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  37. 20937LetterT-S 13J18.6

    Letter from Toviyya ha-Kohen b. Eli ha-Kohen ha-Me'ulle to his brother-in-law, the judge Natan ha-Kohen he-haver ha-Me'ulle b. Shelomo ha-Kohen he-Hasid, regarding various errands concerning …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב הדרת כגק מרנו ורבנו נתן
    3. הכהן החבר המעולה ישמרו שומר ישראל
    4. ויעזרו וקראתה ופהמת מצמונה וסררת
    5. בסלאמתכם אללה ידימהא ואשתהי מן
    6. תפצלהא אן…

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  38. 20938Literary textUPenn RAR MS 82.313.1.19a-b

    Two folios of a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. The author is discussing education (including language learning, citing the example of an Arab who lives with …

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  39. 20939List or tableT-S Ar.30.141

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, two bifolios. Dated in the upper section of the final image under this shelfmark: Shaʿbān 941 AH (אמץ), which is 1535 CE. …

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  40. 20940State documentENA 2891.39

    Fragment of an official letter, report, or petition from the medieval period. Barely any text is available to discern which of these document types is …

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  41. 20941List or tableT-S AS 149.19

    Recto: document, possibly part of a letter, mentioning different kinds of silk cloth, quantities and prices, and the name Ibn Yosef. Verso: possibly part of …

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  42. 20942Legal documentT-S NS 321.108

    Recto: Legal testimony. Location: [Banhā] al-ʿAsal. Dated: 1584 Seleucid = 1272/73 CE, under the authority of [David I Maimonides]. None of the content of the …

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  43. 20943Legal documentENA 4011.72

    Legal document according to which Efrayim Abu Kathir b. Masliaḥ owes Yosef b. Shelomo 4 dinars, to be repaid 2 dinars per year. Signed by …

    1. אקר פ(!) חצרתנא אנן בי דינא מ אפרים אבו
    2. כתיר בר מ מצליח אן פי דמתה ופי גהתה
    3. וכאלץ מאלה ארבעה דנאניר מעדיה נקד
    4. מ]צר לר יוסף ההימן בר מ שלמה נע ליקום

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  44. 20944LetterENA NS 2.10

    Informal note to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan. The writer was forced to go up to Cairo, so he informs the addressee that he is sending …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי נערף אוהבינו ויקיר[נו
    3. אלשיך אבו אלחסן יעזריהו
    4. מעוזינו על דבר כבוד
    5. שמו אננא בלגנא [מא
    6. אחוגנא אלי אלטלוע
    7. אלי אלקאהרה ועאודנא
    8. טלענא …

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  45. 20945LetterT-S K6.127

    Letter from Munajjā Muqaddasī, who has left Egypt (or Fustat), to a certain al-Shaykh al-Mukarram/Mukrim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century, but this …

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  46. 20946Legal query or responsumT-S AS 153.249

    End of a legal query mentioning a ketubba. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  47. 20947List or tableT-S NS J227

    Secondary use: Bifolio of private accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, for general expenditures, monthly payments to a wife, for a house and qāʿa, and for sales. (Information …

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  48. 20948Legal documentT-S Ar.48.42

    Verso: Draft of a deathbed will in which a man gives two houses to two distant relatives, forestalls the possible claims of two other female …

    1. ווגדנאה מריץ אלגסם תאבת אלעקל
    2. באנני והבת [[מעכשיו]] //במתנה// למלוך בת שלמה //כאלת ואלדתי//הכהן דידיע
    3. ולסת אלכל בת יוסף בן מרא כאלתי גמיעא גמיע אלדא…

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  49. 20949Literary textYevr. II A 2322

    Liturgy, Qaraite. Dating: Catalogued as 19th century.

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  50. 20950LetterENA 2964.19

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness and Manṣūr al-Ḥarīrī. Also mentions Shimʿon and "fulān" suggesting it could be a draft or something legal. On …

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