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  1. 2101LetterT-S AS 152.97

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj to his paternal aunt's son Eliyya (probably Eliyyahu the Judge), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. Extremely faded. …

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  2. 2102LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1468

    Letter from Shemuel to his cousin (ibn khāl) ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Consists almost entirely of greetings and updates on the health of …

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  3. 2103Legal documentT-S AS 148.131

    Recto: legal fragment in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108). No names or details clearly preserved. Verso: unidentified document in Arabic script and …

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  4. 2104List or tableT-S AS 188.77

    Accounts in Arabic on recto with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. The text on the verso appears to be one large sequence of Greek/Coptic numerals (perhaps calculations). …

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  5. 2105LetterMoss. IV,83.2

    Letter of appeal for assistance. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 16th–18th century, based on the hand and layout. Needs further examination for content and names.

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  6. 2106Paraliterary textBL OR 5566D.20

    Recto: elegant Judaeo-Arabic rhymed prose on the theme of memento mori, interspersed with verses from Job in Hebrew (21:32: 'For he is borne to the …

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  7. 2107LetterENA NS 77.64

    Fragment of a letter, comprising the upper left corner. Medieval-era. The recipient is addressed in line 1 as "mawlāy al-shaykh al-jalīl." Requires further examination. MCD.

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  8. 2108LetterAIU VII.E.154

    Fragment of a medieval letter in Judaeo-Arabic giving a detailed account of a legal case involving a husband, a wife, her ketubba, sums of 12 …

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  9. 2109State documentT-S Ar.34.241

    Tax receipt, with some less common features. Two of the endorsements at the top mention the dīwān al-iqṭāʿāt al-murtajaʿa (office of reclaimed fiefs), cf. T-S …

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  10. 2110Legal query or responsumT-S NS 313.20

    Fragment of a legal query. Involves a gentile.

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  11. 2111Legal documentT-S AS 147.293

    Legal explanations concerning partnerships of property. (Information from CUDL)

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  12. 2112LetterENA 3982.47

    Letter in Arabic script, in a beautiful hand. Dating: 11th century, based on the reference to the Tustaris. The sender is a professional scribe, probably …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. قد عرف مولاي الشيخ اطال الله بقاه //وادام نعماه وكبت اعداه// شرح حالي مع خصومي على اختلاف احوال المطالبة وصفاتها 

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  13. 2113Legal documentT-S 10K15.1

    Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.

    Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.

    We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …

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  14. 2114LetterENA 2805.14

    Upper fragment: Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Alexandria to his uncle Abū l-Khayr Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: Friday, [probably 25] Nisan …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלפאצל ואדאם עזה וסלאמתה וכבת
    2. חסדתה ועדוה מן אלאסכנדריה יום אלגמעה ל.... בקין מן ניסן [כת]מה אללה
    3. עליה ועלינא …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי האציל, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך, וישמיד
    2. את מקנאיך ואת אויביך, מאלכסנדריה, ביום ו׳, ….…

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  15. 2115Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#29) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 11r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated to the same …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 11r

    1. יוזן(?) אלאשרפי ולא יעמל פיה חילה אן תכון [[בוגה]] מטלקא ודלך מנה [בשבו׳
    2. גמורה בש׳ ית׳ תם אנה בעד דלך אלזם נפסה עלי אנה…

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  16. 2116State documentT-S AS 111.29

    Unidentified text in Arabic script. Probably accounts, possibly fiscal/state. Might mention ʿAbd al-Ṣamad. Reused for a Hebrew literary text. (Information from CUDL)

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  17. 2117Legal 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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  18. 2118List or tableT-S Ar.30.28

    Account recording the receipt of various consignments of dates measured in wayba and irdabb. Some entries have been crossed through. People mentioned include al-Wakīl al-Kabīr; …

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  19. 2119List or tableENA 3944.18

    List or table listing a bunch of names on both sides. Needs examination.

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  20. 2120LetterT-S Ar.35.118

    Recto: An Arabic note with instructions. "Send to Alexandria with the ghulām of Ibn al-Falā[tī?] 5 1/2 manns of aloe wood (ʿūd), to be delivered …

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  21. 2121Legal documentT-S AS 145.41

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment. The bride is named (Sitt al-)Khawāt. The scribe uses the unusual spelling דנאן for דנן, which may help in finding …

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  22. 2122Legal documentT-S AS 205.168

    Bill of partnership, torn at top and bottom, issued in the 16th century regarding production of wine. Four partners: Ya'aqov Ayu, Masʿūd b. Makhlūf, Manṣūr …

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  23. 2123LetterT-S Ar.39.243

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Approximately 8 lines are preserved from the middle, but the context seems too vague to understand much.

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  24. 2124LetterJRL B 5452

    Letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions preparations for the holiday. Reports that Abū l-Murajjā is healthy; wishes health to the shaykh Abū l-Bayān; …

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  25. 2125LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2415

    Eclectic set of documents sharing a single folio. Dating: Early 15th century, probably. Recto: Letter copies. In Hebrew. The first letter mentions the Mourners of …

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  26. 2126Paraliterary textENA 1867.30

    Not clear. very little text remaining. also dots on the verso. Seems to be also from the same fragments. same type of late paper and …

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  27. 2127Unknown typeT-S NS 311.140

    Minute fragment, few words in Arabic and Hebrew - needs examination. The Arabic reads as "bāb aqṭaʿ al-riʿā[.

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  28. 2128State documentAIU XII.51

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Fatimid-era. The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved. Moderately wide line spacing. Includes …

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  29. 2129State documentENA 3969.3

    Tax receipt, Fatimid.

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  30. 2130LetterMoss. II,99.3

    Part of the address from a letter to Shemuʾel b. Sid (probably 16th or 17th century). (Information from CUDL)

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  31. 2131LetterT-S AS 146.368 + T-S AS 146.369

    Letter fragment (part of a few lines of recto. Legible phrases include "I ask my master for help. . . . al-jalīl adām allāh 'izzahu. …

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  32. 2132LetterT-S AS 177.100

    Family letter probably addressed to a woman ("... wa-lā tajlisī..."). The sender apparently wouldn't have traveled if (s)he had known something (...fa-mā kuntu sāfartu wa-lā …

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  33. 2133LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/27

    Copy of a letter from Menaḥem b. Eliyyahu, in an unspecified location near Salonica and Constantinople. In Hebrew, with occasional phrases in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably composed …

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    1. [ ] . . . . לציון כדבר אל . . . [ ]
    2. [ ]ם רבים האומרים תחנף ותחז בציון עינינו
    3. והם לא ידעו מחשבות ייי וג ועדאיין לא נתמלא
    4. הגורן אבל דעו אחינו בר…

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  34. 2134Literary textBL OR 10578D.8

    Literary. The book of Numbers with targum.

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  35. 2135State documentT-S AS 176.91

    Recto: Petition asking for firewood. "انهى ذلك ويقبل الارض بين يديها رايها الصائب في ذلك ان شا الله تعالى". Dating: Probably Mamluk. Verso: Accounts.

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  36. 2136Unknown typeT-S AS 177.248

    Recto: The ends of 3 lines in Hebrew, possibly from a letter. Verso: The name صادوق/Ṣadoq written in Arabic and one other word.

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  37. 2137Unknown typeENA 3966.1

    Arabic script. Dated 1202 AH which is 1787/1788 CE (VMR)

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  38. 2138Legal documentT-S AS 147.120

    Fragment of a Karaite ketubba for […] bat Ṭoviyya and ʿOvadya b. Ṣedaqa b. Ḥalfon b. ʿAlūn. In line 3 the word בת was originally …

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    1. …[ש]לש מאות ו[… ש]נה למספר יונים באר[ץ מצרים] …
    2. … בן כ'ק' צדקה [ב]ן [ח]לפון בן עלון נ'[נ' ו]יאמר היו עלי עדים וק[נ]ו ממנ[י] …
    3. … [נ]פשי נשאתי ו…

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    1. … three hundred […] years of the era of the Greeks, in the Land [of Egypt] …
    2. … son of his Glory, Holiness, Ṣedaqa ben Ḥalfōn ben ᶜElūn, may he…

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  39. 2139LetterT-S NS 342.99

    Fragment from a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

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  40. 2140LetterENA 4046.5

    Letter from David b. Daniel asking to arrange a short meeting. (See Gil, Palestine, volume 1, sec. 905.)

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    1. בן ראש הגולה
    2. ערפת תפצל מולאיי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואד[אם] תאייד[ה]
    3. ונעמתה תשכרת דלך ואעתדדת ואצפתה אלי קדים
    4. איאדיה וסאלף מננה ואגתהדת …

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  41. 2141LetterT-S Ar.40.200

    Recto: Possibly letter (illegible) Verso: Account

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  42. 2142List or tableT-S Ar.34.273

    Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions names such as the wife of Ibn al-Malīḥ(?) (in connection to a gold needle); Abū Isḥāq; …

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  43. 2143Literary textJRL B 8194

    Small fragment containing Hebrew literary text. The transcription of a late legal document in FGP, by Avraham David, belongs with JRL SERIES B 8196 (PGPID …

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  44. 2144State documentT-S H5.178

    Small fragment of a state document, likely a decree. Only two lines are preserved, written in very large letters with huge line spacing between them: …

    1. و[ا]كمل نعمته وافضل امنيته
    2. ]ـــافي ايامـ[]ا[

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    1. و[ا]كمل نعمته وافضل امنيته
    2. ]ـــافي ايامـ[]ا[

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  45. 2145Literary textMIAC 298

    The story of the prophet Joseph and his brothers illustrated in fourteen scenes – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 298) – in …

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  46. 2146Legal documentT-S Ar.38.74

    Deed of sale for a portion of a dār. Recto is the original deed. It opens هذا ما اشترى ابرهيم بن حسن ال . . …

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  47. 2147State documentT-S NS 306.150

    Two partial lines from a large petition in Arabic script. Some phrases: "... bi-waqt al-jibāyāt fī zamānihā(?) mujtahid... wa-yasal wa-yaḍraʿ...." There are also a few …

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  48. 2148Literary textMIAC 98

    Religious topics – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 98) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …

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  49. 2149State documentT-S NS 325.107

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. Wide space between the lines. Fragments of 4 lines are preserved; unclear how much of the substance is preserved. Reused …

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  50. 2150Paraliterary textCUL Or.1081 1.24

    Recto: Commentary on ʿEkev. Verso: Possibly ownership notes for Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Eliyyahu and the Gaʾon Evyatar ha-Kohen (אשר נקרא שם ייי עליו כגאון נין …

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