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  1. 24151Legal documentT-S 12.437

    Ketubba, nearly complete. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 10 Kislev 5583 AM = 24 November 1822 CE. Between Hayyim b. Shelomo Ḥazzāq and Esther b. Eliyyahu …

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    1. באחד בשבת בעשרה ימים לחדש כסלו שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושמנים ושלשה ליצירה הכא בעיר אל קאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט
    2. מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה אנן סהדי…

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  2. 24152LetterT-S NS 264.22

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Hebrew (verso). From the well-known scribe Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Shelomo b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi; Shelomo was active until ca. 1231 …

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  3. 24153Unknown typeENA NS 85.1273.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  4. 24154LetterT-S 24.46

    Letter to Yaʿir b. Elʿazar (b. Yaʾir ha-Shofeṭ), opening with biblical citations such as Psalms 20:2–5 and 128:5–6, followed by a lengthy Hebrew introduction. He …

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    I tried hard for the year and three months that I have been in Fustat to eke out a living through teaching or …

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  5. 24155List or tableT-S AS 182.99

    List of materia medica (e.g., chicory seed, licorice, mastic, anise) with quantities. For a prescription? In Arabic script.

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  6. 24156LetterT-S AS 151.171

    Letter, quoting Proverbs 3:4. This is a letter of appeal for charity. "God {knows} that I have only sent this petition groveling in shame." (Information …

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  7. 24157Literary textT-S NS 339.69

    Treatise with medical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks quite old (10th or 11th century?).

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  8. 24158LetterT-S NS 304.42

    Fragment of a Maghrebi mercantile letter of the 11th century. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment. Mentions that ʿAyyāsh b. Danūn is in Sicily. Other people …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . .] . . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] . יין ו . [
    2. . . . . . . . . . .]ן ב . . . . . . . ו .…

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  9. 24159LetterT-S 16.276

    Letter containing a complaint about a weak muqaddam (head of a local community). (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. לם ישתכיה בשר פקצי עליה תופא ואפתקד אנ. .[. . . . . . . .
    2. אגתמע גמיע אלעאמה ואסתגאתו אלי מתולי אלוקת לא[. . . .
    3. עאדה אלעואם אומות העולם יסתגיתו אלי …

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  10. 24160State documentT-S AS 148.170

    Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. Small fragment (upper left corner). The addressee's titles include ʿAlam al-Dīn and he is described as a "cave/refuge …

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    1. بـ]ـسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. طول الـ]ـله ايام سعادته[.....]الامير
    3. ]عصم الكباير علم الدين والدنيا
    4. ]كهف الفقرا

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  11. 24161Literary textT-S AS 165.123

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. There is the end of one poem (an elegy) and the beginning of another one "for …

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  12. 24162LetterT-S AS 152.279

    Recto: letter. Verso: part of a note or short letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 24163LetterT-S Ar.18(1).131

    Letter from Muslim/Musallam, reporting the arrival of a letter from Saʿadya the cantor and mentioning business matters and a certain Barukh, who is coming to …

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    1. כאדמהא
    2. מסלם
    3. ב
    4. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך
    5. וצל כתאב מו סעדיה החזין
    6. העניו ושפל רוח וקראתה ופהמת
    7. מצמונה ושכרת אללה תעאלי עאפיתהא
    8. ווצל אלתוב פלא עדמת ת…

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  14. 24164Unknown typeENA NS 76.416

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  15. 24165Unknown typeENA NS 85.1277

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  16. 24166LetterT-S 10J15.14

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Alexandria to Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥananel, known as ʿAwāḍ or ʿIwāḍ, in Fustat, in which the writer asks …

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    1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך מן אלאסכ[נדריה     ]
    2. כלון מן תשרי ערפך אללה ברכתה ואעאדה עלינא ועליך סנין כתירה וג…

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    1. אני כותב, אחי ואדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה….
    2. בתשרי, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ויחדשנו על…

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  17. 24167LetterT-S H3.81

    Huge model of a begging letter. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From one who boasts to have belonged to ‘the owners of money’ (aṣḥāb al-amwāl) and …

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  18. 24168List or tableENA 3466.7

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  19. 24169Legal documentT-S AS 180.275

    Fragment from the bottom of a deed of sale. Mentions [...] the wife of Khalaf. Needs further examination.

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  20. 24170Legal documentT-S Ar.41.50

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: Late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Seems to be a deathbed declaration of a Jewish man. Mentions the Jews of …

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  21. 24171List or tableT-S AS 153.280

    Either part of a genealogical list or a letter.

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  22. 24172Legal documentT-S 12.595 + T-S 12.604

    Ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The bridegroom is possibly Is[aac b. ...]. The name of the bride and further …

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  23. 24173List or tableT-S AS 146.216

    Recto: Judaeo-Arabic accounts, mentioning nutmeg (jawza). Verso: Arabic jottings or small fragment of a document. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  24. 24174List or tableT-S AS 207.127

    Accounts on recto, with many figures expressed in Hebrew and Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. The entries are organized by individual people: "from Yosef," "from al-Ḥajj ..[?]", …

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  25. 24175LetterT-S Ar.48.276

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer defends himself against someone's accusations, extols his own devotion to the halakha, and cites a number of Talmudic passages …

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  26. 24176Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#28) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 10v-11r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Iyyar [5322] AM …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 10v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ נהאר אלכמיס כ׳׳ו שהר אדר סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ב׳ ליצירה חצרו אלגמא׳
    2. בר׳ יה׳ פי (מנזל) אלמולי אלאגל יהודה אלחכים //.הן…

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  27. 24177LetterENA NS 15.15

    Document in Arabic script. Possibly a letter, or possibly a magical text related to verso: wa-yaʿ[..] al-baḥr li-dhālika wa-hāja wa-lā yastaṭīʿ aḥad ʿalayhi. . . …

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  28. 24178Literary textCAJS RAR MS 85.126.21b

    Literary work (biblical commentary?) in Judaeo-Persian.

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  29. 24179List or tableT-S K15.97

    List of persons in receipt of 5 or 10 (dirhams) or of a felt cloth, with a postscript signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel (the Spaniard, …

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    1. אלצביהאלם[.٠..]יה כמסה {ם}
    2. פי [דא]ראלקודס
    3. מרהאבואלמנא{מו} כמסה
    4. אלעכאנויה]
    5. מעופה בן א[ל]קצאעי[מו} כמסה {٥)
    6. א[מרא]ת {٥}
    7. בןאסחק הדרא׳

    {מו בידי…

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  30. 24180LetterT-S 8J23.5

    Letter sent from Fustat by a father to his son, settling business accounts with him. The handwriting is that of the cantor Abu Sahl (Levi), …

    1. בש רח
    2. וצל כתאבך אללה לא יקטעה ומא קאם
    3. אלי מנה צורה ואעלם יא בני אן אמך מא
    4. תסאמח פי חק אחד ואנא קד עלם אללה
    5. ואלנאס ואמך אני אד לם אגור עלי רוחי
    6. מא גו…

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  31. 24181LetterT-S NS 342.99

    Fragment from a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

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  32. 24182Legal documentT-S AS 149.268

    Minute fragment, only few words preserved (one appears to be from the dowry list), probably from a ketubah. AA

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  33. 24183Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1563

    Karaite engagement agreement between Moshe b. Yosef Feyrūz aka Revaḥ and Esther bt. David b. Avraham Feyrūz aka Revaḥ dated Monday 15th Sivan 5153 AM …

    1. סבב תצתיר הדה אלאחרף באן חצרו בעץ' מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל כה׳׳ר דוד יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר
    2. אברהם פירוז ידיע רבאח נ׳׳ע חצר הב׳ משה בכ׳׳ר יוסף פירוז ידיע רבא…

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  34. 24184Paraliterary textT-S 12.105

    Alchemical recipes describing methods of preparation of metals (copper, sulphur), how to burn them, wash them, dry them and grind them. Mentions a crucible, a …

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  35. 24185Unknown typeENA NS 79.39

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  36. 24186Legal documentT-S AS 153.290

    Legal fragment in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya, mentioning Ḥananel ‘the youth’ and someone else "[ha-nadiv] ve-ha-shavaʿ R. A[...]." (Information in part …

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  37. 24187Legal documentT-S 16.340

    Ketubba fragment for Dalāl bt. Yosef and Shelomo b. Natan. Date and location not preserved. Witnessed by Yeshuʿa b. Shabbat (שבאת), Aharon b. Efr[ayim], Ḥalfon …

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  38. 24188Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1564

    Karaite bill of release of a debt, dated 30 Shevat 5594 AM (1734 CE). The document was recorded in the home of the brothers Eliyahu …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך לילה אלכמיס אלמבארך אכ'ר חדש שבט סנת 
    2. ה׳ת׳צ׳ד׳ ליצירה חצ'ר כה׳׳ר אברהם יצ׳׳ו המכונה שבתי ס׳׳ט בן כ׳
    3. כ׳ג׳ק׳ הז׳ הג׳ יוסף הרופא ידיע צע…

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  39. 24189Legal documentT-S AS 147.78

    Bill of rent between Moshe Hakohen and Shemuel. A store owned by a gentile is involved. Signed by Menhaem b. Avraham. The year 53[...] = …

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  40. 24190LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2430

    Letter of appeal for charity. The writer and the addressees do not appear to be named. The writer asks the addressees for help equipping his …

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  41. 24191Paraliterary textT-S AS 184.127

    List of materia medica and quantities, likely a medical prescription.

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  42. 24192Unknown typeDK 223.5

    Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  43. 24193List or tableJRL A 980

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic.Mentions payments associated with different days of the week; a bazzāz; Ibn Luʾluʾ; a qaṣṣār; Bū Saʿd; Abū Manṣūr; a qaṣṣār; potash (ushnān); …

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  44. 24194LetterCUL Or.1080 J225

    IB IV, 10 (ח5). Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salīm to Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Natanʾel in al-Ghuwwa, Yemen, ca. summer 1131, concerning the controversy over the …

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    1. בשמ'
    2. שלום מעולה / וברכה כפולה / וחן וחסד וחמלה / ורווח והצלה / ומילו[י]
    3. כל שאלה / וקיבול כל תפילה / וישור כל מסילה / יאיתיון נצח סלה
    4. מלפני שוכ…

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    1. (1–9) (פתיחה פיוטית בעברית; ראה במקור.) עבד הדרתו שלח את השורות הללו כדי לברך אותו לשלום 
    2. (10–11) ולהתנצל בפניו על מה שאני חיי…

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  45. 24195List or tableT-S Ar.30.69

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  46. 24196Literary textT-S Ar.44.218

    The Book of Musta‘īnī (Kitāb Musta‘īnī, ca. 1106) by Yūsuf Ibn Biklārish al-Isrā’īlī consists of a mostly alphabetical list of 704 medicinal components, identified in …

    Gall of hyena hot, dry in the fourth degree

    The hyena is an animal of the carnivores . . . . Some call it ḍab‘ [or ḍabu‘] and . . . and . . . ḍab‘ is…

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  47. 24197LetterT-S AS 206.89

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. See T-S AS 151.191 + T-S 6J7.16 (PGPID 17147).

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  48. 24198List or tableT-S AS 184.66

    Accounts. Mentions marjoram (mardaqūsh).

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  49. 24199Paraliterary textMoss. VIII,158.1

    Medical prescription in Arabic:. . . سوس من كل واحد ثلثة . . .. كرفس . . . يصفى ويمرس . . . مثقاله . …

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  50. 24200Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J66

    Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Deed of sale for 1/12 of a house located in the ṣuqʿ Maḥras …

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