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  1. 2351LetterT-S NS 38.81

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably from Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1057. Similar to the letter that Barhun’s brother, Yosef, wrote. …

    1.                    ] אן יבקא עליה באלאמ[
    2. נ]שאצר ועקד לה קבצהא [      ] האדא כאמל
    3. …                 ] קבץ סהמך [ ]
    4. מ]א עמל וקד כתבת וסאלת …
    1. ….
    2. (6-3) .... שיישאר חייב ... נשדור, והתחייב לפניו שיקבל אותם .... כך בשלמות .... לקבל את חלקך .... מה שהוא עשה. כבר כתבתי, ושאלתי על זאת את מי ש…

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  2. 2352Legal documentT-S NS 226.39

    Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE)

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  3. 2353List or tableT-S Ar.30.223 + T-S Ar.30.267

    Two bifolios of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Partially written in red ink and with large letters. The Arabic script may be an …

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  4. 2354LetterT-S 8J15.10

    Fragment of a business letter, mentioning Abū al-Muna. (Information from Goitein’s index card). EMS

    1. ]ם אללה בקאך
    2. ]סמווך וכבת חסדתך ואעדאך
    3. ] במנה וכפי לטפה:
    4. ] מע אבולמנא (!) אנא והו
    5. ]דתה ליס ענדה אלא נכוה
    6. ]א כון ענדי גוי אנתכה
    7. ] עמלת מעה אלי כיר ואע…

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  5. 2355Unknown typeENA NS 85.1278

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  6. 2356Unknown typeENA 3969.18

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  7. 2357Legal documentT-S AS 153.410

    Fragment of a deed of sale. Dated: Adar II 1413 Seleucid, which is 1102 CE. for Abū(?) Yaʿaqov. Signed by [...] b. Shemuʾel and Yosef …

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  8. 2358State documentJRL B 5409

    A few words from a state document in Arabic script (... al-dawla ...). Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.

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  9. 2359LetterT-S 12.348

    Letter to a Gaon, according to Goitein, perhaps from the time of Nethanel Gaon (1160), congratulating him on his son's recovery from illness, and complaining …

    1. אכבארהא יגארי זואלהא אללה יגריהא
    2. על גמיל עואידה ואיאדיה אלגמילה
    3. תם אני מהני בכלאץ אדונ גאון שצ
    4. אם העבים סתרו אור השמש הצפוי
    5. והקווי להתגלות ולצאת בגב…

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  10. 2360List or tableT-S Ar.54.92a + T-S Ar.51.118

    Bifolio from the account book of a real estate broker who also kept some agricultural property. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1233–36 CE. Names mentioned: the children …

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  11. 2361Legal documentT-S Ar.4.5

    Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Dating: 1066–1108 CE, but this range can be narrowed further …

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    1. עיון מא וצתה בה
    2. אלוחשה אלדלאלה
    3. ידפע לאכיהא מאיה דינ'
    4. מן ערוץ אלרהון
    5. וזוג חלק מכמס ומלאה דביקי
    6. ולאכתי כמסין דינ' מן ערוץ אלרהו…

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    1. Main Points of the Will

    2. of Wuḥsha, the Broker.

    3. To my brother shall be given one hundred dinars

    4. from the objects given to me as securit…

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  12. 2362LetterT-S NS 226.164

    Letter from a certain Dāʾūd to Eliyya ha-Rav ha-Gadol, probably Eliyyahu the Judge (early 13th century). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions 'a letter for Rabbenu' and a …

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  13. 2363LetterT-S NS 342.137

    Faded fragment of a letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi. The first letters of ~16 lines are preserved along with the one-line …

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  14. 2364LetterT-S 8J13.10

    Polite but firm informal note to a scholar to send two dirhams, which he owes for the price of a book, because the sender needs …

    1. אור זרוע לצדיק ולישרי לב שמחה
    2. לעל יתפצל מולאי אלחבר אלאגל שצ ינפד לי אל
    3. דרהמין אלדי רפההא עלי מן תמן אלדפתר
    4. פאני אחתגת להא מן מטאלב לי פאנעם
    5. בהא ושל…

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  15. 2365LetterT-S 20.130

    IB II, 20. Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Aden, 1132.

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    1. [וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ... וחרס עליה]
    2. צאלח מא או[לאה] ו[…….וכ]בת [ח]ס[דתה ...]
    3. וכאן אסר כתאב ואבהג כטאב וקראה עבדה מסרור בקראת[ה]
    4. ראגב אל…

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    1. [The letter of my lord, the most illustrious sheikh, arrived—may God make permanent your honored position, etc…and bestow upon you] all the g…

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  16. 2366Literary textYevr. II A 216

    Book. Qaraite. May have some contents of documentary significance, including the genealogy (p. 51) of the well-known Shelomo b. David b. Ḥisday (d. 1203/04 CE), …

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  17. 2367LetterT-S AS 168.199

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). Dealing with the silk trade.

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  18. 2368LetterT-S 8.67

    Fragment of a letter from Muvḥar b. Yefet to Natan b. Shemuel ha-Kohen. Greetings to the sender's maternal aunt and her husband, and to Avraham …

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  19. 2369LetterT-S 8J26.12

    Letter from a certain Nissim to Abū Yaʿaqov Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. mentioning the recipient's deliverance from some disaster.

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסיידי ומולאי ואעז אלכלק עלי וע[נדי
    2. אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאיידך וסעאדתך
    3. וסלאמתך ונעמתך ושוק אליך שדיד וממא
    4. אעלמך אנני וצל אפרים אל…

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  20. 2370List or tableT-S AS 209.252

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic listing names and some monetary values. In a rudimentary hand. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th or 14th century.

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  21. 2371Legal documentT-S 16.374

    Marriage contract (ketubba). One of the very few Byzantine ketubbot to have survived. Location: Mastaura, on the Meander River (in Asia Minor). Dated: Friday, 4 …

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    1. בשישי בשבת לירח ניסן בארבעה ימים בו בשנת ארבעת
    2. אלפים ושבע מאות ושמנים ושתים לברית עולם למיניין
    3. דירגילנא לממנא ביה במדינת מסטורא הסמוכה לינהר
    4. מ…

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    1. On Friday, fourth of the month Nisan in year
    2. 4782 of the Creation of the World, by the reckoning

    3. current in the city of Mastaura near the r…

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  22. 2372LetterT-S Ar.39.480

    IB VI, 2. Letter from Ṭāhir, in Qūṣ, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Arabic script; large, very regular characters. Dating: Possibly 11th century. Goitein …

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  23. 2373Unknown typeJRL L 13

    Awaiting description

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  24. 2374Legal query or responsumT-S K27.45

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) concerning the living arrangements for a man and his wife in accordance with the conditions of …

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  25. 2375LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Fol. 1v: Letter in which ʿEli b. ʿAmram invites a scholar to give a lecture in the synagogue on the following Saturday and requests a …

    1. קד כנת גארית מולאי אלחבר אדאם אללה תאידה חיניד . . ת מא . . בה
    2. פי נזולה אלכניסיה לכון אלגמאל בה וסאלתה אן בעד דלך אלכלאם דבר
    3. תורה וסאלת מר ורב דוסא …

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  26. 2376LetterENA NS 8.40 + ENA NS 72.8

    Letter fragments. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably no earlier than 15th century, based on hand and orthography. Dealing with business matters. Mentions 25 qinṭārs of something …

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  27. 2377LetterT-S NS 338.50

    Verso: Letter addressed to a certain Abū l-Faraj. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer has been sick ever since he last saw the addressee, and his illness …

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  28. 2378State documentT-S K24.25

    Fatimid decree. Two lines in huge script with wide spaces between the lines; faded and difficult to decipher. Reused for a text in Judaeo-Arabic that …

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  29. 2379State documentT-S NS 326.68

    State document, fragmentary, in Arabic script. Probably late 12th or 13th C. Mentions tawqīʿ at least twice and the purchase and price of timber (ḥaṭab). …

    1. من العين [  ]وكان الشيخ..[
    2. توقيعا مبلغه دينارين.....[
    3. وسلم اليه بعده توقيعا مبلغه دينارين
    4. لثمن حطب وتسلم منه اثنا عشر جملة
    5. ]لى بقية الحطب فتحي على ع…

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  30. 2380List or tableT-S NS J198

    Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1053. A draft that was copied later. Nahray marked the dinars that he used for payment. (Information …

    Recto, right side

    1. צרה אלעריף [                                     ]
    2. וגהת ביד עקבאן נ' דינ' אלא ט' קר[אריט] נ'ד' דינ' 
    3. [مولاي] الشيخ ابي يحيى نهراي …

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  31. 2381LetterT-S 12.545

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa, from Alexandria, to the Tāhartī family, Fustat. May 27, 1050. ʿAyyāsh returned from Busir where he bought a large amount …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף

    2. אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכריה לג כלון מן סיון ערפך אללה ברכתה

    3. וכתמה עלינא וע…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק 
    2. ממך כל רע ברחמיו, מאלאסכריה, בג' בסיון, יודיעך אלוהים את …

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  32. 2382List or tableT-S AS 186.31

    Accounts in Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era.

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  33. 2383Legal documentENA 3745.10

    Text in Arabic with at least two different scribal hands, medieval-era. One portion opens with "يشهد الشهود" pointing to the likelihood that this is the …

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  34. 2384List or tableT-S AS 203.165

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew alphanumerals. A variety of the entries list quantities of unnamed male and female enslaved people (עבד עביד גארייה). Dated in …

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  35. 2385Legal documentT-S AS 176.207

    Likely the bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  36. 2386Paraliterary textT-S Misc.25.64

    Esoteric instructions for the uses of animal products. To protect yourself from frights and madness and devils: hang a chicken's gizzard stone on your person. …

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  37. 2387List or tableHalper 462

    Genealogy. Dating: 11th century. "A genealogical list of Exilarchs from Zakai ben 'Azariah to David and Adam. Zakai ben 'Azariah is the brother of the …

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  38. 2388List or tableJRL L 58

    Fragment of a beautifully illuminated calendar (?).

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  39. 2389LetterT-S AS 146.93

    Letter addressed to 'Rabbenu [...]' in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a dispute and not being able to put up with a qāḍī (קלת לא נחנא נטיק אלקאטי...); …

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  40. 2390List or tableT-S AS 202.336

    Late account. Names and amount of oil supplied. The surname Gevali (גבאלי) is mentioned at least once in the first line of entries.

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  41. 2391Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.41

    The Arabic title page of the Quran with al-Zamakhsharī's commentary, edited by William Nassau Lees (وليم ناسو ليس الايرلندي), printed in Calcutta, 1856.

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  42. 2392Paraliterary textHalper 453

    Amulet for the synagogue of Qalyūb. In Hebrew. Written in mirror image. The ink seems too distinct to be the imprint of another fragment. Perhaps …

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  43. 2393State documentT-S AS 177.471

    Report or petition draft, but most like the a report due to the verb "فاعلمته" (I inform) followed by the raʾyy clause.

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  44. 2394LetterENA 2607.9

    Letter fragment. A square piece was cut from a personal/commercial letter. Mentions having sent with Aharon ('al-shaykh al-jalīl') something containing two linen cloths. Also contains …

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  45. 2395State documentT-S NS 305.157

    Tax receipt(s)?

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  46. 2396Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J260

    Marriage contract (ketubba). On parchment. Long vertical fragment, 21 in. in height; looks like a backbone. Written and signed by the cantor Hillel b. ʿEli. …

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  47. 2397Legal documentENA 2727.31

    Legal record from the early thirteenth century explicating a communal conflict. The sermon of local Jewish judge describes accusations concerning women in the city lending …

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אלואצעין כטוטנא אספל הדא אל אנה למ[א
    2. כאן יום אלסבת ראש חדש טבת בבית הכנסת אלמעמור בבקי
    3. ישראל כלאמה אן בלגני ען נסוה אנהם
    4. יעאמלוא(!) …

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    1. We, the witnesses placing our signatures at the bottom of this deed, say that when
    2. it was Shabbat Hanukka, the first of the month of Tevet in …

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  48. 2398LetterL-G Misc. 116

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …

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  49. 2399Unknown typeENA NS 76.175

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  50. 2400LetterENA 2727.38

    Letter addressed to Avraham ha-Talmid. Small fragment (upper left corner).

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