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  1. 21351Legal documentT-S AS 145.243

    Bifolium from a book of legal formularies.

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  2. 21352Literary textJRL A 391

    Blessings upon the birth of a daughter? With sundry other jottings. Late.

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  3. 21353List or tableT-S NS J341

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto contains an inventory (thabat) of something. Including items such as spice boxes (zanjala), kohl applicator (mirwad); pillow (mikhadda); and a ring …

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  4. 21354LetterT-S AS 151.282

    Brief letter about payment owed to Ṭoviyya, also giving instructions about making a purchase. In Hebrew. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. On verso there …

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  5. 21355Legal documentT-S NS 297.279

    Probably a bill of divorce, but possibly a deed of manumission. From the cantor Elʿazar b. Yehuda ha-Kohen. Contains the phrase שבוקין כדת משה וישראל. …

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  6. 21356Literary textT-S NS 306.3

    Poem in Judaeo-Persian, edited and translated by Shaked, "פרקים במורשתם הקדומה של יהודי פרס," Peʿamim 1985, 35–37. There are various other text blocks in both …

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  7. 21357Legal documentENA NS 7.98

    Recto: Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Debt contract, specifying a payment by installments. Involves a woman and her husband. Verso: Document in Arabic script. The word …

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  8. 21358Unknown typeENA NS 85.711

    Minute fragment of text, possibly Arabic script.

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  9. 21359Legal documentT-S 10J6.6

    Court record of the settlement of accounts and debts after the death of Moshe b. Isḥāq, written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Moshe …

    1. כי ה . י יובריה במאיה [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. משה בר יקותיאל זה בן דודו [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  10. 21360LetterT-S 10J24.8

    Letter from Yosef b. Gershon (a French scholar appointed by the Nagid Avraham Maimonides to be one of the three judges of the Jewish community …

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  11. 21361Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1381

    Long deed of sale involving many members of the Karaite community in Cairo. Line 13 mentions the communal waqf (qodesh) and much of the document …

    1. במותב בית דין יר׳׳ה
    2. סבב תצטיר האדי אלאחרף ומוגב תחרירהא בחצ'רת כל מן אלמכ'דם אלמחתרם
    3. אלאצטע יוסף אלמזיין יומ יד׳ תאריכה בחארת אליאוד אבן אלמד׳ אלחג …

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  12. 21362Legal documentT-S AS 151.265

    Damaged minute fragment, barely legible, seems to be from a legal deed.

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  13. 21363LetterT-S Ar.40.184

    Letter from a man in Minyat Ghamr to his brother Maḥfūẓ in Fustat. In Arabic script. The writer has been ill, and people tell him …

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    1. מחזור רסג מחס

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    1. من اخوه [. . . . . .]
    2. الذي اعلم به الاخ العزيز محفوض
    3. الله تعالى وينهي ان مملوكه في
    4. منية غمر مريض اليوم من خرج(؟) …

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  14. 21364List or tableT-S H8.82

    List of contributors, on verso of page from a siddur: Musaf rosh hodesh. Coptic figures. Headed by 'our lord R. Avraham' (Maimonides?) (Information from Goitein …

    1. סידנא ר' אברהם .. ר' יעקב
    2. ½ 1 ½ 1

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    1. אבו אלעלא אבו נצר פא[צ]ל
    2. 8/1+ ¼ ¼ + ½ ½ 1
    3. אבו אלמגד ואכוה אבראהים
    4. ½ 1 ¼ + ½
    5. אלחכים ----- -------

    ¼ + ½ …

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  15. 21365LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1864/8

    Letter from Abū ʿAlī to Abū l-Fakhr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the first two lines are preserved.

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  16. 21366LetterT-S 10J11.24

    Letter in Hebrew. The writer of the letter sends his apology and emphasizes he did not intend to offend the addressee. The writer ends (lines …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . בח וה ה . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . . …

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  17. 21367LetterT-S 6J7.8

    Letter mentioning school fee. (Information from Goitein, Education in Muslim Countries, p. 106)

    1. החזן מריות בן אלדיאן יקבל ידי מולאה
    2. אלמהדב שצ ויסאלה אן יחסן עוץ ממלוכה
    3. בכמיס ארבעה אסאביע אלתי אועד בהא
    4. ממלוכה מן אגל אולאד אלתעתוע ואללה
    5. אלעצים לו…

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  18. 21368List or tableBL OR 10128A.1–42

    Ledger of communal accounts and lists. In Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: late 18th- or early 19th-century; the precise date must be written somewhere. …

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  19. 21369List or tableT-S AS 153.102

    Accounts. Probably late. Mentioning Yiṣḥaq, Avraham b. Sīd, Yaʿaqov, Shemuel. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  20. 21370Literary textT-S Ar.34.164

    Literary text in Arabic script with a couple words in Arabo-Hebrew. Maybe a commentary.

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  21. 21371LetterT-S J2.79

    Letter fragment (lower part) from a muqaddam named Moshe (b. Perahya. AA), probably addressed to the dayyanim of Fustat, complaining that after the death of …

    right margin, straight lines, at 90’ to main text

    1. שקר שונאי חנם יקרצו עין [. .].[. .]. . . האח האח ראתה עינינו ואלממלוך
    2. ]ל. לה ולא חיל שיך מריץ אלגס…

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  22. 21372Unknown typeT-S NS 226.142

    Small fragment with a few words in Arabic script.

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  23. 21373List or tableT-S Ar.30.147

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for household expenses (nafaqat al-bayt). Late. Many of the items listed are foodstuffs. There are also pen trials on verso.

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  24. 21374LetterDK 230.1 (alt: 22)

    Letter from Maymūn b. Khalfa, Palermo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. 18 August 1056 (Gil). Describes the movement of goods and ships to and from …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף ענך [אל]אסוא ברחמתה מן אל

    2. מדינה לה כלון מן אלול כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא באחסן כא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו,
    2. מפלרמו, בה' באלול, יחתום אותו אלוהים עלי…

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  25. 21375LetterT-S 13J27.22

    Letter from Toviyya ha-Kohen b. Eli ha-Meulle, a traveling scholar, to his wife, asking her to take good care of their youngest son, Eli, especially …

    1. ] אדאם אללה עזה ואנמאה
    2. ] ומא הדא צואב פלא
    3. ] מנה ויוצא אלמעלם
    4. ]ר וקד אבעתנא לכם
    5. ] או //לעד// כתאן פי מכדה
    6. ה]דה יתעמם בהא
    7. ] אללה יצלה תיאב
    8. ] עליכם וכל…

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  26. 21376LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 744

    Recto (secondary use): Beginning of a letter: "...بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم فان فات عنهم" Verso (original use): Probably a deed of sale for a piece …

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  27. 21377Unknown typeENA 3973.23

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  28. 21378LetterT-S 16.349

    Leaf from a letterbook containing copies of at least three different letters in Ladino. Location: Cairo. Dated: Av 5493 to Tishrei 5494 AM = late …

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  29. 21379Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 176.469

    Receipt.

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  30. 21380LetterT-S AS 200.374

    Business letter from [...] b. Yeḥezqel or possibly b. Yaḥyā. Fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions indigo (nīl) and bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr) and a merchant named Yiṣḥaq.

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  31. 21381LetterT-S 8.68

    Part of a letter, mentioning debts. It probably addresses a community, since the plural address is used. (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 21382LetterT-S Ar.38.56

    Verso: Letter to Abū l-Ḥasan from Abū Ḥājī (?). In Arabic script. The sender instructs the addressee to give the bearer, Durmī al-Qarmaṭī (probably the …

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  33. 21383Legal documentT-S Ar.38.117

    Recto: Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Dating: ca. 530 AH (= 1135/36 CE). (However, Goitein read the year 55[.] AH somewhere, which would be …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2.  [هذ]ا ما اشترى مكارم بن أبي الفرج بن يوسف الـ[ ]

    3. [ السمـ]ـرة واضح الجبهة وبها غضون مقرون خفي وبقرن جبهتيـ[ـه ] 

    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. This is what Makārim ibn Abī al-Faraj ibn Yūsuf the [ … ] bought  [ … ]  

    3. [ … brownness]…

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  34. 21384LetterMoss. Xa,3.24

    Recto: letter (to judge by the words من مولاي), three lines and the top half of a fourth from the right side. Cut and reused …

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  35. 21385LetterENA NS 72.19

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer urges the addressee to help him again with money for rent for the qāʿa where he lives, because his …

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  36. 21386Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/10

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: mentions the end of Dhū l-Qaʿda 563 AH = 1168 CE. Seems to be a commercial contract involving a …

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  37. 21387Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.14

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: 1156. An unsigned and undated non-compete contract between Abū al-Makārim al-Dimashqī Nadiv b. Mevaser and an unnamed party. Nadiv agrees …

    1. יכתב שטר עלי אבו אלמכארם אלדמשקי נדיב בן

    2. מבשר אנה לא יתעארץ לשרי חריר ולא לביעה

    3. לא כאם ולא מצבוג ולא ישארך פיה ולא ירסלה ומתי מא

    4. תביין עליה ש…

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    1. A document was written concerning Abu al-Makārim al-Dimashqī Nadiv b.
    2. Mevaser, that he will compete in neither buying silk or selling it,
    3. neith…

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  38. 21388LetterBL OR 10578H.25

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1764 CE. Mentions numerous names: Yaḥyā b. Hādī, ʿAlī and his brother Ṣāliḥ, ʿAlī Ḥusayn, ʿAzīz b. Sinān, Yūsuf al-ʿAzīzī, …

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  39. 21389LetterENA 2607.25

    Letter fragment from Avraham אלגדיאני. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th century. With greetings to Yosef al-Ashqar (see T-S NS 304.1 (PGPID 24958)).

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  40. 21390LetterT-S 13J18.24

    Document of legal import for a woman who has appointed a wakil. Composed in letter form and addressed to the community in Jerusalem. Probably late …

    1. . . . . . . . ואתם הדבק[ים בד' וג
    2. . . . . . . . אשרי משכיל אל דל וג
    3. שלומי עליון זרע איתנים רחמנים . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . .
    4. תמימים וישרים חסידים…

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  41. 21391LetterT-S Ar.42.168

    Business letter in Arabic script from Avraham b. Isḥaq, Ascalon, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat.

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  42. 21392LetterDK M75

    Fragment of an opening to a letter to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal. The letter was written in Jerusalem. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, …

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    1. ] אחלי שלום ונחלי חכמות וחוסן ויקר ושלות השקט 
    2. וזר]ע נכון ועטרת צבי וצפירת תפארת וחיי בשרים 
    3. ] ורנה ותשועת אלד'ים ועז ותעצומות יהיו ליקירנו 
    4. ]…

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  43. 21393LetterT-S 12.293

    Letter from Sitt Dhahab, in an unknown location, to Abū Naṣr b. Karīm, in Qāʿat al-Fāḍil, Fustat. She refers to herself as his daughter. Goitein …

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    1. בנתה סת דהב געלת פדאה
    2. בשמ רחמ
    3. קד עלם אלכאלק גל תנאה מא עלי //קלבי\\ מן שדה אלשוק ואלוחשה
    4. אלי חצרה מולאי וסיידי וסנדי ואעתמאדי ואעז עלכלק עלי
    5. ו…

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  44. 21394LetterT-S 8.3

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham, probably Fustat, to Mevorakh b. David in Qayrawan, approximately 1037.

    1. שלום בכל אברים וישו[עה ] וברכות בלי מצרים וכלל כל המחמדים להרים
    2. לכבוד יקירנו כבירנו גדול[נו ] השר המכובד והידיד הנכבד אשר לא

    יערכנו

    1. זהב ורב פנינים…

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  45. 21395List or tableJRL C 114

    Communal contribution list in Judaeo-Arabic, the heading mentions the scribe Barūkh Meyuḥas. Dated Elul [55]93 which is 1833 CE. This JRL folder is mostly or …

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  46. 21396Literary textT-S AS 210.76

    Fragment of a literary text in Latin script, probably Spanish ("poder de enemigos... muy gran..."). Needs examination.

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  47. 21397LetterENA 2805.22

    IB II, 4. Letter from Amram b. Yosef to Nahray b. Nissim requesting to forward a letter to Hassan b. Bundar. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 1094–97 …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר אלאגל [גדול הישיבה]
    2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ותאיידה ונע[מתה ען שוק]
    3. שדיד לטאלעתה אלסעידה אחיאהא אללה ק[ד עלם אלכא…

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    1. (1–2) אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר הנכבד גדול הישיבה, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת עזרתו ואת חסדו לך .... מתוך געגועים

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  48. 21398List or tableT-S J1.14

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Header: "The ginger(?) of Rabbenu Nahray." Includes conversion rates for murābiṭī dinars and "the weight of al-Andalus" (וזן לנדלוס).

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  49. 21399LetterT-S 12.57 + T-S AS 150.23

    Letter/petition from a woman to Yakhin Rosh ha-Qehillot. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). She asks for help for her son, …

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    1. אלעבדה תצרני [...........]ה הקדושה
    2. פי אצטנאע [...]ץ [...]ה מנ[...] פי אלנטר
    3. פי חאל הדא אלצבי[.] אלמח[ב]וס אלדי קד ק[...]
    4. אל[...]ף והו מר[...] פ…

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  50. 21400List or tableJRL B 3465

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Many of the people named have Muslim-sounding names (ʿAbd al-Ghanīy, Muḥammad, etc.). The writer also names "Ibn Nissim my brother-in-law."

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