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  1. 201LetterNLI 577.10/26

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the cantor of Ṣahrajt, Malīj, and the son of the late Abū Yaʿqūb al-Kohen al-Ṭabīb.

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  2. 202LetterNLI 577.10/36

    Letter probably from Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī. Very damaged. Needs examination.

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  3. 203LetterNLI 577.10/40

    Letter from a mother to her daughter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The mother expresses her longing and the fire in her heart, sends regards to Umm Khalaf …

    1. ] . . .
    2. ] ענד אלבנת אלעזיזה ופקהא אללה תע
    3. ת]נהי אלי כדמתהא(?) אנני משתאקה
    4. לנצרכם ויא סבחאן אללה מן  וקת
    5. אן כרגתם מא אבעתתם לי ורקה
    6. באכבארכם פפי קלבי…

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  4. 204Legal documentNLI Ar. 721

    Arabic legal deed concerning a property – a house which includes a stable - outside the walls of Cairo, outside Bāb Zuwayla and Bāb al-Kharq. …

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  5. 205Legal documentNLI Ar. 722

    Arabic legal deed confirming the sale of half of a house from a father to his son, and the son's daughter. The sale was made …

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  6. 206Legal documentNLI Ar. 723

    Deed of sale in Arabic script. A Rabbanite Jew sells to a Qaraite Jew a house in Cairo in the Ḥārat Zuwayla neighborhood, in a …

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  7. 207Legal documentNLI Ar. 724

    Deed of sale in Arabic script. Concerns a ruined house in Fustāt (Miṣr) in the neighborhood of Mamṣūṣa. The date, according to Richards, is 605 …

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  8. 208Legal query or responsumNLI Ar. 725

    A petition to the wazīr al-dawla al-ʿuthmānīyya, to alleviate excess taxed and burdens from the Qaraite community, in relation to their cemetery. Signed by 6 …

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  9. 209Legal documentNLI Ar. 726

    Deed of sale in Arabic script. Concerns a house named "Dār al-Nakhla" in Cairo, in the Ḥārat Zuwayla neighborhood, in a place called Raḥbat Surūr …

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  10. 210Legal documentRNL Arab. D 39

    Deed of purchase of a house in Jerusalem, from the Muslim court of Jerusalem. The buyer is Yūsf b. ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. ʿAbd al-Karīm, the …

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  11. 211Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. I B 19

    A complete manuscript of the Bible, known as "Leningrad Codex", copied and punctuated and added with Masorah notes by the scribe Shemuel b. Yaaqov, a …

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    1. זה המחזור מקרא שלם נכתב ונגמר בנקודות ובמוסרות ומוגה יפה במדינת מצרים
    2. ונשלם בחודש סיון של שנת ארבעת אלפים ושבע מאות ושבעים שנה לבריאת…

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  12. 212Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab I 19

    A manuscript containing Yefet b. Eli's commentary on Deuteronomy. The colophon on the first page documents the dedication of this manuscript by a certain Yefet …

    Dedicatory colophon, page 1

    1. זה הספר יש בו פתרון אלה הדברים קדש
    2. ליי' אלהי ישראל הקדישו הזקן הטוב יפת בן 
    3. מבשר נ'נ' הנודע בן העני ישמרו צורו
    4. וימלא משא…

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  13. 213Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab I 86

    A manuscript which contains part of Yefet b. 'Eli's commentary on Numbers. A colophon details its dedication to the "courtyard of Yosef b. Bakhtawayh ha-Melamed", …

    Dedicatory colophon, page 1

    1. זה הספר יש בו פתרון ויקח קרח עד פרשת פינחס
    2. מפתרון המלמד יפת בן עלי הנכר אלבצרי ז'ל' הקדישה
    3. אותו שרה בת ראובן שנפטרה מן ה…

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  14. 214Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab I 95

    A manuscript which contains parts of Yefet b. 'Eli's commentary on Deuteronoy. Incomplete. On page 87a a dedicatory sentence: "dedicated to God, Lord of Israel, …

    Dedicatory sentence, page 87a

    1. קדש ליי אל[הי ישראל] בחצר יוסף בן בכתויה
    2. ברוך שומרו אמן

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  15. 215Literary textT-S 10J18.20

    Halakhic discussion concerning the arrangements for people who die without relatives (c. 18th century). Information from GRU catalog via FGP.

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  16. 216Legal documentNLI 577.4/100 + Moss. VII,57.1

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Debt contract. Debtor: Ṣibyān b. Abū Ṣaʿd Efrayim b. Ṣibyān ha-Kohen. Creditor: Abū …

    1. ח]תמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא מר ור צביאן הכהן
    2. ] אבו סעד בן צביאן וקאל לנא אשהדו עלי ואקנו מני מעכשו
    3. בגמיע אלאלפאט] אלמחכמה ואלמעאני אלמוכדה וב…

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  17. 217Legal documentNLI CAHJP ET-Ca. 60

    Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. […] The deed is dated 14th of Shawwāl 925 AH (9.10.1519 CE). The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976 CE) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel". https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048420205171/NLI#$FL276082716

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  18. 218Legal documentNLI CAHJP ET-Ca. 61

    Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. […] The document is signed and approved by the governor of Jerusalem, with additional signatures confirming the governor's one, and the date is 11th of Shaʿbān 970 AH (5.4.1563 CE). The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel". https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048430205171/NLI#$FL276083466

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  19. 219Legal documentNLI CAHJP ET-Ca. 62

    Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. II, pp. 337-365. The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel". nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048440205171/NLI

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  20. 220Legal documentNLI CAHJP ET-Ca. 63

    Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. It might be related to the circumstances detailed in the description of PGPID 40643 , PGPID 40644 , PGPID 40645. […] The two persons mentioned in this document are also mentioned in a document from the Jerusalem Muslim court Sijjil from 1584 CE, published by Amnon Cohen (no. 373 in his volume on the 16th century), where they are also in dispute over dwelling rights and compensations for investments in an endowed property, in a location close by, which also seems to be one of the endowed properties described in PGPID 40644. nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048450205171/NLI

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  21. 221Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.2

    For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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  22. 222Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.3

    For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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  23. 223Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.5

    Salmūn al-Skandarī (the same as in NLI Ms. Ar. 276.15 (PGPID 40142)) purchases from the Rabbanite Jewish man Yūsuf b. […] Interestingly, the Judaeo-Arabic one refers to the property as a "synagogue" (kanīs) for the first time: - כניס דרב קציב - حجة بسطان(؟) بدرب قضيب بحارة اليهود باسم المعلم سلمون For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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  24. 224Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.10

    Rethinking the Relationship of Islamic Law and Contextual Reality (Wāqiʿ). Die Welt des Islams, 63(2), 184–212. The document then describes the location of the shops. […] There are several filing notes on verso in both Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic, as follows: - حجة حبيبة وقف عبد القادر السماك - حجة بحانوتين بحارة اليهود بجوار الصهريج بالقرب من سوق السمك باسم حبيبة - חוגת מושתרא אל דוכאניין מן נשֿמה - משה כלפון (it's not clear what this is referring to) For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337. NLI Ms. Ar. 276.10 corresponds to images 1–2 at the link above.

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  25. 225Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.14

    On verso there are two filing notes in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script as follows: - חגת אל תבקתין בחוש נאיב אלשאם באל מושתרא - حجة بمنفعة الخلو والسكنى بالطائفة الربانية(؟) بحارة زويلة بحارة اليهود باسم يوسف ولد شالوم For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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  26. 226Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.15

    Mūsā al-Iskandarī (the same as in NLI Ms. Ar. 276.5 (PGPID 40141)). The case involves two shops (ḥānutayn) located in Cairo, in ḥārat al-yahūd. […] وقف احمد افندي ابن شعبان For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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  27. 227Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.20

    For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

    Recto

    1. حي الله وك.ي

    2. ..را فية عنه …إليه سبحانه

    3. عثمان بن احمد المنهاج(؟) الحنبلي

    4. (seal)

    5. بالباب العالي اعلاه الله تعالى وشرفه بالقاهرة المحروسة…

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  28. 228Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 25

    A partial manuscript of the Latter Prophets, commissioned by Babshād b. David, a known qaraite dignitary in early 11th century Fusṭāṭ. His son David, also …

    Colophon

    1. [זה המ]צחף ארבעה [נביאים] האחרונים קדש ליהוה אלהי ישראל
    2. [הק]דיש אתו הזקן באבשאד הכהן בן דויד בן שלמה בן אברהם בן
    3. [..]ריאל בן אבזון בן בזרגו…

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  29. 229Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 42

    A manuscript which contains the end of Deutronomy, and the haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets) according to the old Palestinian rite. A dedication colophon …

    A shortened version of the colophon (a draft?), same hand as in RNL Yevr. II B 79 colophons

    1. קודש ליי'
    2. לשער הכהן
    3. ישוכלל הקדיש

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  30. 230Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 42

    A manuscript which contains the end of Deutronomy, and the haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets) according to the old Palestinian rite. A dedication colophon …

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  31. 231Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 79

    A manuscript of the Five Books of Moses (incomplete), which was once continued in RNL Yevr. II B 42 (PGPID 38536). Three colophons, one at …

    Dedicatory inscription, end of Genesis (p. 52)

    1. ]ליי אלהי ישראל לירושלים עיר הקודש תב' במ' הקדיש אותו
    2. ]בר יצחק הנודע חדיד נוחם בג' עד' על ידי שלושת ה…

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  32. 232Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 94

    A (partial) manuscript of Prophets and Hagiographa. A dedicatory colophon in the first page dedicates it to the qaraite community of Egypt, "for reading in …

    Dedicatory colophon

    1. זה המקרא כולה קדש
    2. [ליי] על כת הקראיין
    3. שבארץ מצרים לקרות
    4. בו בדירת ההקדש 
    5. הקדיש אותו מר' ור'
    6. יוסף הזקן בר מר'
    7. ור' אהרן הידוע אלגזי

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  33. 233Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 159

    Manuscripts were dedicated and kept in his courtyard/house also long after he died, as this was probably a qaraite library and study center.

    Copyist's colophon, top-right corner

    1. אני יצחק הכהן בירבי יוחיי
    2. הכהן החבר נ'נ' גמרתי את
    3. התורה הזאת לקץ
    4. ארבעת אלפים ושבע
    5. מאות ושלש שנים
    6. לבריות עולם : …

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  34. 234Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 1283

    A manuscript of segments of Latter Prophets, with a colophon at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel, which mention its commissioner - Marwan b. …

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  35. 235Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 1283

    A manuscript of segments of Latter Prophets, with a colophon at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel, which mention its commissioner - Marwān b. …

    Colophon

    1. מה שקנה זה המחזור שיש בו
    2. ארבעה ספרים האחרונים כ'ג'ק'
    3. מר' ור' מרואן הזקן היקר בן כ'ג'ק'
    4. מר' ור' סוקיר הזקן היקר נוחו
    5. בגן עדן במדינת ירושלם ע…

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  36. 236Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II C1

    An almost complete manuscript of the pentatueuch, with Sa'adya's Tafsīr and masoretic annotations, copied in the early years of the eleventh century. A series of …

    Copyist colophon on first page

    1. זאת התורה לשלמה בן אברהם
    2. שלומו וטובו ירבה ותהיה זו תרומיה
    3. ויעוז בטוב יי' וברכת רב העליליה

    1. אני שמואל בן יעקב
    2. כתבתי…

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  37. 237Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab II 223

    A manuscript of Earlier Prophets (extant from Kings to Isaiah). Dedicated by Ḥusn bnt. Ya'aqov b. Yosef [b. Kushnām "to the qaraite community of Jerusalem... …

    Dedicatory inscription

    1. [......]אים [...
    2. [..]ותו חסן בת יעקב בן יוסף בן [כשנאם
    3. אל על עדת בני מקרא הקראים השו[כנים 
    4. בירושלים עיר הקדש אלהים יכוננה עד

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  38. 238Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab II 225

    A manuscript of Later Prophets (partial). Dedicated by Ḥusn bnt. Ya'aqov b. Yosef [b. Kushnām "to the qaraite community of Jerusalem... to be kept in …

    Dedicatory inscription

    1. זה ספר ארבעה הנביאים האחרונים הקדישה
    2. אותו חסן בת יעקב בן יוסף בן כשנאם ירחמהו
    3. אל על עדת בני מקרא הקראים השוכנים 
    4. בירושלים עיר…

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  39. 239Legal documentRNL Yevr.-Arab. I 4816 fol. 205

    Birth record. On the final page of a copy of copy of Kitāb al-Tawriyyah, the Book of Covert Ambiguity, by the 11th-century Qaraite scholar Jeshuʿah …

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    1. בשם אל[     ]עת רצון מיי֗י
    2. נולד בן לאלע[זר] הלוי בן חלפון
    3. הלוי בן נחמאל הלוי נ֗נ֗ ושמו דוד
    4. הלוי ישימהו אלהינו לברכה בקרב
    5. הארץ אמן. ביום ראשון …

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    1. In the name of God [                ]  at a moment favoured by God
    2. a son was born to Elʿazar ha-Levi b. Ḥalfon
    3. ha-Levi b. Neḥamʾel ha-Levi, ma…

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  40. 240LetterT-S 8.22 + NLI 577.10/1

    Description from NLI 577.10/1: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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    1. לאנה כאן פי אלאתנין ובאע(?) נקץ(?) פטן(?) אל[שי]ך אבו אלכיר א . . .  פי אלא . . ואלאשראף(?)
    2. פיתפק ראיך וראי רבינו פי ביעהם אמא גמלה ואנא מפרק…

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  41. 241LetterT-S AS 151.85 + NLI 577.10/37

    Letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif. Opens with blessings for Yom Kippur. He thanks Peraḥya for …

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  42. 242Legal documentT-S 8J18.23

    agreement between Nathan ha-Kohen and ʿArūs, regulating what happens if the partners die, etc. (Information from CUDL)

    1. [[ ן עדהא ]]
    2. [[יעלהא]] בראה לא רגעה לי אנא נתן ולא לוראתי בעדי עלי // ערוס פי

    חי/ו/אתי // ולא עלי וראתה[

    1. במטאלבה לי פי הדא אלארגואן ולא פי גירה בר…

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  43. 243Paraliterary textRNL Ms Yevr. Antonin B 154, verso right

    Paraliterary text. Very early calendar calculation using the fixed rabbinic calendar. Dating: 842-843 CE, based on the example year given in the calculations. "This text …

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    1.             הרוצה לידע בכמה בחדש תהיה התקופה מחשב
    2. שנים משנברא העולם ועד עכשיו וטול ימים הנותרים
    3. בין שני חמה ל…

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    1. Whoever wants to know the date of the tequfah should calculate
    2. the number of years from the creation of the w…

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  44. 244Legal documentNLI 577.6/9 + T-S 8.153 + BL OR 12299.15

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Three fragments from the lower part of the document. Dated: Ṭevet 1435 Seleucid, which is December …

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  45. 245Legal documentT-S AS 153.394

    Making provisions for somebody's wife if he should die. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  46. 246Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Misc.28.29

    Receipt in Arabic and Hebrew script for a purse full of coins from Nahray b. Nissim to Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy in Alexandria.

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  47. 247Legal documentJRL P 1070

    Zurayq and a loan of golden coins. Someone says that something 'is [written?]

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  48. 248LetterT-S 8J21.2

    The letter contains details about shipments of coins, including coins that Nahray ordered from Alexandria and needs to pay for their exchange.

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    1. קד אסתכרת אללה גל תנאיה וחמלת למא קבל מולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאיידה וסעאדתה

    2. עלי יד מוצל רקעתי הדה צרה דנ מכסרה אלוזן צ דינ יכון תמנהא ד…

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    1. ביקשתי את חסדי אלוהים, יפואר שבחו, ושלחתי אליך אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת אושרך,
    2. בידי מביא פתק זה שלי, כיס דינרי…

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  49. 249Legal documentJRL B 4461

    ham b. ʿAllān; six gold coins that had been deposited with someone; ʿAṭiyya ha-Sh[...]; Salmān.

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  50. 250Legal documentJRL B 5845

    Mentions the dowry (nedunya) and 80 gold coins.

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