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  1. 2101Legal documentT-S Ar.38.20

    Recto: Deed of sale, probably. In Arabic script. Contains part of the physical description of one of the parties: [muʿtadi]l al-qāma asmar al-lawn wāḍiḥ al-jabha …

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  2. 2102LetterAIU VII.E.37

    Fragment (first five lines) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter in lovely handwriting to Ibrāhīm al-[...] from his son. The writer received the receipts and tells Ibrāhīm …

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    1. י]צל כתאבי אלי אלואלד אלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאה ונעמאה
    2. ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה ואגמענא ואיאה עלי אסר
    3. חאל אן שא אללה ואלדי נעלמך בה אן מן יום אן …

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  3. 2103List or tableT-S AS 200.293

    Folio from a communal register, late. See tag.

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  4. 2104LetterT-S Ar.34.108

    Letter fragment, possibly the address of a letter that is now lost. From [...] Nissim [...] to Abū l-Khayr Ḥananya (or Shaʿya?) b. Mevorakh. There …

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  5. 2105Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 824

    Literary text, in Arabic script. "اربعة مقدمات". Needs examination.

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  6. 2106State documentT-S NS 305.42

    Tax receipt? - needs examination.

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  7. 2107Unknown typeENA NS 85.1353

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  8. 2108List or tableT-S AS 200.281

    Verso: Unidentified document mainly in Arabic script. Accounts? Mentions Abū l-Faḍl Sahl b. Manṣūr. Mentions the phrase "mutawāliyat al-ashur" followed by the name of the …

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  9. 2109Legal documentT-S NS J332 + T-S AS 167.35 + T-S NS J617 + T-S NS 190.13

    Four fragments comprising most of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely early 16th century, or possibly 15th century. Ashtor edited T-S NS J332 and suggested …

    1. אלדי יחיט בה עלם אלמכדום באני ארסלת לך
    2. כתאבין ואני אעלמך בכל מא יגרא פי אלמדינה
    3. ואני אעלמתך בכל מא גרא ואן מוגב תצטיר
    4. הדה אלכתאב נעלמך באן אכתי ארסל…

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  10. 2110LetterT-S 20.102

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: probably summer 1029 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when …

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    1. אל אחינו וחברנו ואהובנו ויקירנו כגק מר ורב אפרים החבר ה[יקר סגולת]
    2. ישיבת צבי הנשארת עלובה כעקרת עזובה כנגזרת באין [ ]
    3. היות בו נעזרת תחת אשר הי…

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  11. 2111Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1475

    Story in Judaeo-Arabic. Reminiscent of the 1001 Nights, in that they tell of a clever woman in the palace of the king, answering riddles, etc. …

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  12. 2112Legal documentT-S AS 149.178

    Halakhic work, possibly a responsum, concerning betrothal and marriage. Features the proverbial Reuben and Shimon. (Information from CUDL.) Reuven engaged or betrothed the daughter of …

    1. [...]ו
    2. [... הרב המו]בהק
    3. [... נ]ר המערבי
    4. [... יחיד] הדור אור
    5. [העולם ופל]או ממזרח שמש
    6. [ועד מבוא]ו ירום הודו ויגדל
    7. [כבו]דו אמן [נ]צח סלה
    8. [ראובן א]מלך ע…

    1–7. (Introductory phrases in Hebrew addressing the legal expert.) 

    8. [Reuben] engaged/betrothed Shimon's daughter. 

    9. Reuben [demanded] to see Shi…

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  13. 2113Literary textENA NS 29.15

    Popular poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentions the name Abū l-Faraj at the end.

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  14. 2114Legal documentT-S 12.772

    Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Contains part of the dowry list. The dowry is valued at 400-some dinars. (Information …

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  15. 2115Unknown typeENA NS 76.143

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  16. 2116LetterMoss. VII,203

    Interesting letter in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic, probably 15th century or later, full of creative spellings, probably from someone whose mother tongue was not Arabic. The writer …

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  17. 2117Legal documentYevr. II A 1271

    Elaborate Karaite ketubba, dated both according to the creation and to the 'counting of the Greeks'. The groom Yosef b. Mordechai b. Shalom is taking …

    1. ביום ראשון בשבוע והוא שנים ועשרים יום מחודש סנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ותשעים
    2. שנים לבריאת העולם ואלפים ומאה אחד ועאבעים שנים למספר יונים בעיר אלקאהרה …

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  18. 2118Legal documentT-S Misc.34.52

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right piece). Likely the will of a certain Shemuel. Mentions his …

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  19. 2119Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.80

    Note/receipt/account of some kind: "Abū Manṣūr collected 16 dirhams and I collected 20 dirhams," apparently the price of wheat (al-qamḥ al-mabīʿ?).

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  20. 2120Literary textT-S NS 322.35

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry or songs, in a low/folk register. Some of the lines refer to lovesickness, another refers to "like what the Jews do... on Shavuʿot..." …

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  21. 2121List or tableT-S AS 145.179

    List of commodities and values, such as cloth, head covers etc; probably part of a trousseau list. (Information from CUDL)

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  22. 2122Unknown typeENA NS 85.958

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  23. 2123LetterENA 3787.10

    Letter of appeal/recommendation from the community of Damascus to the community of Fustat. The senders are writing on behalf of an ʿaguna who has been …

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  24. 2124Legal documentT-S Ar.6.29

    Recto: Legal query concerning a husband and wife and business and property arrangements. Possibly in the hand of Yosef b. Shemeul b. Seʿadya. Very faded. …

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  25. 2125LetterMoss. IV,17

    Letter from a woman requesting help in receiving her share from her late husband’s inheritance(?), with various signatures of support. Mentions government interference as well …

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  26. 2126Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#43) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 20 Iyyar 5323 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 15v

    1. למא כאן בתאר׳ נהאר אלגמעה עשרין שהר איר סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ג׳ ליצירה חצ'ר
    2. פרג א׳ אללוי אבן אלאך עבד אלבאקי הלוי ואשהד עליה באן ע…

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  27. 2127LetterT-S AS 152.284

    Notes or short letters on both sides, one probably the reply to the other. Giving instructions for cloth tailoring and mentions names such as Muʿammar. …

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  28. 2128List or tableT-S Misc.10.200

    Recto: Document in Arabic script, probably an account. Verso: Hebrew Halakhic work.

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  29. 2129LetterT-S AS 152.4

    Letter in which a patient reports to his physician, describing his illness and asking for a prescription. Full translation by Goitein, Mediterranean Society, V, 105. …

    1. בר
    2. יא מולאי אלרייס אבו אלרצא
    3. תעלם חצרתך ואני נפצתני
    4. אלברד ואלחמא מן יום אלחד
    5. אלי אסעה ותם אני מא אקדר
    6. אדוק מא כלק ואני אמס
    7. אשתה?]ת רוחי לבאבה בחבתין

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  30. 2130Legal documentT-S 13J37.4

    Settlement between Abū l-Munā ʿUlla b. Sibaʿ (known as Ibn al-Dihqān), and Abū l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā b. Shemuel ha-Kohen. The latter owes a debt (figures of …

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  31. 2131LetterT-S AS 153.93

    Note or end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sending regards to somebody and telling the addressee not to forget to write. (Information in part from …

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  32. 2132List or tableT-S J1.40

    Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).

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  33. 2133Legal documentENA NS 18.21

    Ketubba written by Yefet b. David

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  34. 2134State documentT-S AS 150.2

    Verso: Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. The beginnings of ~6 lines are preserved. Contains phrases such as: "wa-l-kashf ʿammā . . . al-sharīfa …

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  35. 2135List or tableT-S Ar.42.40

    Accounts in Arabic script, including merchandise from India and trips to India. Mentions people such as Bundār (several times) and Khalaf. (Information in part from …

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  36. 2136Unknown typeT-S NS 338.31

    Responsum? It discusses ritual purity, but the layout looks like a letter. Needs examination.

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  37. 2137LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1488

    Letter from Faraj Allāh to unknown addressee(s). In Judaeo-Arabic with one line of Arabic script on verso. The letter consists mostly of expressions of concern …

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  38. 2138List or tableT-S NS J548

    List of names in Judaeo-Arabic. They are numbered, from 1 to approximately 28. Several of them are family members of the scribe (e.g., Mūsā the …

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  39. 2139Literary textDK 36.7

    Literary, probably. Very faded. See folio 26 for the probable dating.

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  40. 2140Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 155

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Occult.

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  41. 2141LetterT-S 24.55

    Letter from Natan b. Shelomo ha-Ḥazzan b. Yaʾir, written on behalf of his community, to the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh in Fustat regarding two matters …

    1. בשמ רחמ כי ייי יהיה בכסליך ושמור וג`
    2. אין קד.[....] הדורך על במתי ארץ כי לייי מצוקי ארץ
    3. להשמ[י]ע ...[.] את יושבי הארץ להושיע כל ענוי
    4. ארץ .[.....]מע מ…

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  42. 2142List or tableT-S AS 188.82

    Dowry list, mostly of textiles.

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  43. 2143LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1459

    Letter to Aharon Rofe in Damascus. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer may be writing from Ṣanʿā (penultimate line of recto) where he has traveled …

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  44. 2144List or tableT-S NS 327.35

    Recto (secondary use): Small list (account) of spices and foods in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Verso (original use): Official-looking account in Arabic script. Faded …

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  45. 2145State documentENA 4101.1

    Fatimid decree. Four lines preserved. Dated: 549 AH = 1154/55 CE. Four lines preserved. Seems to be regarding the administration of the dhimmīs who live …

    1. اليهم بالكشف عما يكمل ناحيته من الذمة المستمرين القيام
    2. وما يجدد بها من التـ[]ـس والطاري لسـ[
    3. سنة تسع واربعين وخمس مائة ونظم الاعمال بذلك
    4. والشهادة اخ…

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  46. 2146List or tableT-S NS 99.13

    Verso: Mercantile account, different from recto, and seems to be in a different hand. There are two sections at 180 degrees to each other. Itemizing …

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  47. 2147LetterT-S 13J26.10

    Verso: Letter draft (beginning only) in Arabic script. From a certain Abū l-Ḥasan to "the brothers, the physicians."

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. مملوك الاخلا الاطبا حفظهم الله وابقاهم
    3. العبد الو الحسن

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  48. 2148LetterT-S NS 34.257

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. From Yaʿaqov b. [...]. Mentions Abū Saʿīd and Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf. Very damaged.

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  49. 2149LetterENA NS 2.21

    Letter of request for money addressed to the Qaraite community on occasion of a circumcision. (Information from Goitein's index cards). Goitein may have identified it …

    1. בר
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ייי
    3. ייי אלהי אבתיכם יוסף עליכם ככם אלף פעמים
    4. כנת קד כתבת עדה רקאע ללגמאעה ברוכים
    5. [יהיו] לשמים ערפתהם //פיהא// אח…

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  50. 2150List or tableT-S AS 185.201

    Large cluster of writing exercises, probably from a student's notebook. 7 folios. Dating is 16th-century or late based on the paleography.

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