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  1. 21101LetterJRL A 1192

    Order to a pastry chef: "To the elder Abī Saʿd, may God preserve him: please take two copper coins as a deposit, and give the …

    1. אלשיך אבי סעד שצ יאכד פלסין מתקדמה לה וידפע רטל חליקאת
    2. נאצגה ואן עמל אגדא כעך פיה . . לי רטלין כעיכאת לטאף גדא צגאר

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  2. 21102LetterJRL B 5738

    An unnamed elder (titled 'the most illustrious, solid') directs the beadle Abu al-Tahir to furnish Harun the copyist with a good copy of a Torah …

    1. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלמכין שצ תנעם תקול
    2. ללשמש אבי אלטאהר ידפע ללשיך הארון אלנאסך
    3. נסכה גיידה מחררה מן אלארבעה אלאול ינקל
    4. מנהא והו יחצרהא לה כל יום גמעה …

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  3. 21103Legal documentJRL A 1277

    Late legal document in Hebrew: Shemuel rents a property from Avraham for 4 months for the price of 115 "peraḥim" per month. Information from Avraham …

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  4. 21104Unknown typeENA 3972.16

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  5. 21105List or tableT-S AS 208.65

    Accounts in Ladino. Mentioning gold and silver and R. Shelomo in the heading on the verso: "kedo en poder de R. Shelomo 600 sidres[?] de …

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  6. 21106List or tableCUL Or.1081 1.19

    A few lines in late Hebrew script, possibly Judaeo-Arabic, possibly accounts.

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  7. 21107Unknown typeENA NS 76.292

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  8. 21108LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/10

    Letter from an unknown man, in Damietta, to his mother, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 13th–15th century. …

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  9. 21109LetterT-S 16.318

    Letter from the Babylonian community in Fustat to Hayya Gaon, acknowledging a letter he had previously sent to Avraham (Avraham b. Sahlan). The community refer …

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    1. [               ג]דולה רב האדר גדול הממשלה אשר אדרהו נורא עלילה 
    2. [                 ] מהוללה מסודרה בשפר ובנואי מכוללה ובבינה חדה
    3. [       ]ה וב…

    ע׳׳א [Translation begins in line 15 of recto.]

    1. כתבנו לפני כן אל הדבת גאוננו,
    2. יחי לעד, על ידי מר׳ עטאף הלוי ש׳׳צ בר טוב נ׳׳ע, והתנצלנו על האיחור בחי…

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  10. 21110Legal documentENA NS 15.25

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Dating: possibly 1131/2 CE(?), but very hard to read. On the back of …

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  11. 21111LetterT-S 8J18.31

    Letter from Yeshu‘a b. Ismāʿīl, in Malīj, to Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf b. ʿAlī ha-Kohen. Dating: 11th century. Concerning business matters. The sender delivered something on …

    1. כתאבי יא סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. ונעמאך מן אלמליג ען סלאמה ונעמה למוליהמא ואלשכר דאימא
    3. בעד וצולנא סאלמין ודפעה אלשכירה אלי ס…

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  12. 21112Literary textT-S Ar.30.134

    Leaf 1: In Hebrew characters, the beginning of the same poem by al-Waʿīẓī/al-Baghīḍī (ليس المقام بدار الذل من شيمي) that appears in BL OR 5565G.40 …

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  13. 21113List or tableENA 3039.13

    Several lines of accounting, giving somebody's name (a faqīh? Abū l-Ḥassan b. Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad al-Q[...]?), then several figures in Greek/Coptic numerals, with a grand total …

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  14. 21114List or tableENA 3727.5

    Accounts of a shopkeeper (bookseller?) in Hebrew. Dating: Probably 15th–18th century; this can likely be narrowed based on identifying the people mentioned. Names include Gedalya; …

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  15. 21115Legal documentT-S NS 306.39

    Torn fragment from the top of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). No details preserved.

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  16. 21116State documentT-S AS 184.88

    Receipt ("tadhkira bism...") for the capitation tax of Maʿrūf b. Yahūdhā al-Yahūdī, an indigo merchant (nīlī) and perfumer (ʿattār), in Fustat. See T-S AS 177.105 …

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  17. 21117Legal documentT-S Ar.18(1).26

    Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents (Information from CUDL)

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  18. 21118Unknown typeT-S Ar.43.140

    Verso (original use): Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe official correspondence or legal. The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. Mentions agricultural terms (al-shajara, al-arāḍī, …

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  19. 21119List or tableJRL C 104

    Accounts in Arabic on a bifolio from a large ledger. Dated [Dhū] al-Qaʿada 1238 AH which is 1823. Requires further examination for content. MCD.

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  20. 21120Legal documentT-S 13J5.1 1r-v

    Legal document concerning the long dispute between Avraham b. Shemual al-Andalusi and the gaurdians who executed the will of his father - Yosef b. Binyamin …

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  21. 21121Legal documentENA 3975.4

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). Nearly completely preserved. In Arabic. Dated: 16 Dhū l-Qaʿda 537 AH = 2 June 1143 CE. The declaration is made by …

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  22. 21122LetterT-S NS 321.32

    Letter from a man, probably in Damietta, to his mother, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. To be sent to the …

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  23. 21123Literary textJRL A 1067

    Fragment discussing the calendar and different parshiyot.

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  24. 21124LetterT-S AS 177.158

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script.

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  25. 21125LetterIOM D 55.3

    Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions business in fava beans, vetch, cucumbers, and wheat. Mentions Bilbays. Mentions people such as David ha-Dayyan, …

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  26. 21126Paraliterary textT-S NS 324.61

    Magical recipes to release someone from prison, heal a sick person, make a barren woman pregnant, etc. Information from Gideon Bohak via FGP.

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  27. 21127Legal query or responsumT-S AS 153.45

    Small fragment of a Geonic responsum parallel to Harkavi no. 335. AA

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  28. 21128State documentENA NS 83.215

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Official letter on one side and accounting on the other?

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  29. 21129Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/140

    Testimony in the Jerusalemite synagogue regarding the will and estate of David, a Maghribi pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land whose possessions include …

    1. זכרון עדות
    2. למא כאן יום אלארבעה ראבע חדש אב
    3. יהל שנת אתרנב לשטרות חצרנא //אנן חתומי מטה// פי בית
    4. הכנסת הירושלמית וגדנא שכץ מגרבי
    5. אסמה דוד מריץ ווגדנאה…

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  30. 21130LetterMoss. X,32.1

    Private letter - needs examination. No image

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  31. 21131LetterMoss. II,153.4 + T-S 6J7.26

    Fragment of a letter from Abū l-Thanāʾ to his "father," possibly named Abū Saʿd Ibn [...]. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script (note …

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  32. 21132LetterJRL B 6043

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew (with two words in Arabic script after the basmala). The tone is hostile and sarcastic; the specific issue is difficult …

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  33. 21133Unknown typeT-S AS 185.195

    Illustration of human figures on recto, possibly plants on verso.

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  34. 21134Literary textBodl. MS heb. f 29/65

    Poem for a groom.

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    אחר לחתן

    1. .]. . .ך חתן האל ימהרה לשמוח בארוסתך
    2. שמחה גמורה ילדים תוליד ותגדיל בתורה
    3. . . . .] ותצליחו כאברהם ושרה פז ישמחו
    4. שניהם ויראו בניה…

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  35. 21135Unknown typeMoss. Xa,3.5

    Four lines from the (lower?) left side of an Arabic document. Verso is blank. Needs further examination.

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  36. 21136LetterT-S NS 322.113

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. In Arabic script. T-S NS 322.101–17 all …

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  37. 21137LetterT-S NS 321.57

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Alexandria, to Barhūn and Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Summer 1050 CE. Some of the …

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    1.                 ]רב אלעאל[מין

    2. וצ]לת כתבכם סלמכם אללה מ[

    3.     ] לאן אלקיסאריה מא ק[

    4.                               אעד]אל פי אלמראכב מוקתה…

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    1. (6−1) (...שלומי טוב, תודה לאל) ריבון העולמים .... הגיעו מכתביכם, ייתן לכם אלוהים שלום .... מפני שה'קיסאריה' לא .... משואים באוניות, בזמן שנקבע…

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  38. 21138Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 108/60

    Bill of divorce. Scribed and signed by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Also signed by ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Yaʿish. The husband may be named Ḥal[fon]. …

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  39. 21139LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/43

    Letter to (Eli ha-Kohen) b. Hayyim, a parnas in Fustat, 2nd half of 11th century.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]ה והג. . ל.[
    2. . . .]סדורות ויתן לו אלהי. אחי[.]א[.]קוה ובש.[
    3. .שנים ור.תניטיהא בירבי חיים הכהן המומחה זצ[
    4. גואב וארגו . . …

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  40. 21140LetterT-S 13J23.19

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Sahlan b. Avraham, end of 1042. Detailing "the peace" and the settlement between the Shelomo and Natan b. Avraham …

    1. קדמה אגרת אל אלוף יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו וכבוד והדר יעטרו
    2. וימלא שאלתו ותקותו ושכרו להודיע בקוצר איך נתגלגל השלום באין יגע
    3. ואם לחוק איך היה הרחוק ילאה…

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  41. 21141Literary textBL OR 5554A.39

    List of Talmudic sages.

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  42. 21142Unknown typeT-S AS 187.131

    Minute fragment of an Arabic document, part of a single line is visible. Medieval-era.

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  43. 21143Legal documentMoss. VII,83.1

    Marriage document in Hebrew. Late. Possibly just a formulary, as it is introduced with the header "זהו טופס." Currencies: Venetian peraḥim and muayyadis/medins.

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  44. 21144State documentT-S AS 178.147

    Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains an ʿalāma at the upper right, maybe, and a jahbadh signature at the bottom. Also contains the glyph.

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  45. 21145Legal documentJRL B 6974

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). Involves [...] b. Yakhin

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  46. 21146LetterAIU VII.E.83

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Merkado Karo and Shimʿon Frances (of Karo y Frances & Company). Fragment: missing the lower part.

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  47. 21147Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/39

    Marriage contract. Groom: Yefet b. Saʿadya. Bride: Ḍiyāʾ bt. Yehuda. One of the witnesses is Mevorakh b. ʿElī Ibn Zarʿa. Location: Fustat. Dating: Thursday, 14th …

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  48. 21148Literary textENA NS 76.224.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 21149Legal documentAIU VII.A.38.1

    Clockwise from upper left: (c) Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Almost everything preserved is formulary.

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  50. 21150Legal 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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