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  1. 201List or tableT-S NS 297.252

    Commercial accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals (with the name of the month מרחשון written in Hebrew script three times). Written on cloth. The …

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  2. 202LetterT-S NS 305.54

    Letter in Arabic script. Tall and skinny. Damaged at the beginning. Dating: Perhaps 12th century. The sender is evidently a merchant en route to India: …

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  3. 203Legal documentT-S NS 324.97

    Fragment of a bill of acknowledgement of a debt by Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel ha-Levi to Abu l-ʿAlā. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138). …

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  4. 204Paraliterary textT-S NS 324.111 + T-S AS 146.92

    Secondary use (probably): Calendar in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū for the years 1463–68 Seleucid (=1151–57 CE). Resembling Ibn Yijū's other calendars but with …

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  5. 205Literary textT-S NS 324.136

    Talmudic Commentaries: Might be by the hand of Halfon b. Netan'el Halevi. Needs further examination

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  6. 206LetterT-S NS 327.133

    Business letter in Arabic script containing an order for lac and pepper. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Naṣr al-Ṣārifī, Masʿūd, and ʿAbd al-Karīm. Also requests …

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  7. 207Legal documentT-S NS J577

    Legal document(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Netanel (identification provided by Amir Ashur). It looks like there are portions of at least three …

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  8. 208LetterAIU XII.116

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Arabic script. Relatively large (the bottom 22 lines are preserved + 4 lines in the margin + remnants of …

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  9. 209Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 10112D.24

    Order of payment of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to give the bearer a half pound of soap (ṣābūn), an eighth of lye (ghāsūl), and …

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  10. 210LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/72

    Letter from a certain Khalaf b. Isḥāq to someone whose name includes Shemaʿya, sent to the house of Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Qudsī, in Fustat. In …

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  11. 211List or tableCUL Or.1080 15.70

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mainly concerning transactions with Abū l-Surūr Ibn Yijū; this must be the father (rather than …

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  12. 212List or tableENA 1822a.25

    List of debts. In the first line Abū Saʿīd al-Dimyāṭī (= Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi) is mentioned as owing a debt of 20 dinars. Should …

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  13. 213Legal query or responsumENA 2167.13

    Two pages containing an end of a responsa, a legal query and the beginning of the responsa. AA .

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  14. 214Legal documentENA 2558.14

    Verso: Legal document (bill of sale?) involving a Nubian female slave and the daughter of R. Yosef and someone's wife. Very faded. Dated: 1 Elul …

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  15. 215List or tableENA 2591.8 + ENA 2591.11

    List in large, beautiful Arabic script (perhaps of the judge Shemuel b. Saadya ha-Levi?), containing about 55 names, followed by a column in Hebrew characters …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. الشيخ بو السرور                                   اخوه بو نصر
    3. الكوهان سعد . . . .
    4. بو الفضائل الطبيب   …

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  16. 216LetterENA 2744.5

    Letter from Hārūn b. Binyām to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen. Same sender and addressee as T-S AS 153.193 (PGPID 17823). He states that …

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  17. 217Legal query or responsumENA 3082.2 + ENA 3082.3

    Legal query written by Halfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi sent to Elʿazar al-Qasabi. Addendum to India Book IV. AA

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  18. 218LetterENA 3363.2

    Letters of thanks, drafts, mostly in rhymed prose, to Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq and his cousin Yosef b. Avraham, Aden, for their gifts and loyalty to …

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  19. 219Legal documentENA 4011.62

    Recto: Bill of sale for a female slave. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 1155 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel …

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  20. 220LetterENA NS 20.5

    Letter in the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā, possibly in Alexandria, addressed to Fustat, al-ʿAṭṭārīn, the shop of Muslim/Musallam al-Kaʿkī. Written in Judaeo-Arabic with the …

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  21. 221LetterENA NS 39.11

    Letter fragment by a certain Yaʿaqov recounting the episode that led him to break off his partnership with others in a wine press. While he …

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    1. ] סלאמה ואלעאפיה וגעלני מן כל [
    2. ] תבארך ותעאלי יגמע אלשמל בה קריב במנה ו[פצלה]
    3. אנה ולי דלך ואלקאדר עליה אן שא אללה וצול אלשיך אבו
    4. אלחסן ישמרו…

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  22. 222LetterENA NS 45.30

    Letter fragment from Khiyār b. Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 11th century. Reused for business accounts on verso. On …

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  23. 223Legal documentENA NS 64.8

    Court ledger in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment of a bifolio; three columns of text are partially preserved. Recto: …

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  24. 224LetterJRL AF 41

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen the descendant of Yehosef ha-Kohen Bet Din. Mentions a suftaja; 30 dinars; possibly …

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  25. 225LetterJRL B 4037

    Letter from Allush ('Lamb') b. Makhlūf al-Nafusi to M[ahr]uz ben Yaʿaqov. Dating: 1130s or 1140s. Business letter concerning payments involving and owed to various merchants, …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא חצרה מולאי אלשיך
    2. ואדאם עזה ונעמתה וכבת אעדאה א.ל[...
    3. וצל אלשיך אבו סעיד מכלוף ואעלמ[......
    4. אגתמע מע אכי יצחק ועז עלי דלך ו…

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  26. 226Legal query or responsumJRL B 5610

    Responsum of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237). Autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioned in India Book I, p. 276.

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  27. 227LetterJRL B 7510

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only a thin vertical sliver is preserved. Mentions Fustat (or Egypt) four lines from the end and Almeria three lines from …

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  28. 228Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Ar. I.59

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out three ūqiyyas of lemon drink. (Information from CUDL)

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  29. 229Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Ar. I.62

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out a raṭl of lemon juice and three dirhams. (Information from …

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  30. 230LetterT-S 8J9.1

    Recto and verso (secondary use): Letter recounting a dispute. In the hand of Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel ha-Levi (compare T-S 13J19.13 (PGPID 9120)). The sender is …

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  31. 231LetterT-S 8J20.4

    Letter from Perahya b. Yosef, the learned nephew of the India trader Avraham Ibn Yiju, beginning with Bible verses, including Job 23:28. (S. D. Goitein, …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה שלום וביתך שלום
    3. וכל אשר לך שלום והגזר אומר ויקם לך
    4. ועל דרכיך נגה אור כי יי יהיה בכסליך…

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  32. 232LetterT-S 8J20.11

    Letter from Zekharya b. Ḥayyim, in Palermo ("al-Madīna"), to Abū l-Fakhr Saʿadya b. Avraham (Ibn al-Amshāṭī), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: end of Elul (4)932 …

    1. כתבת לחצרה סיידי אלשיך אלאגל אלאמגד אלאכרם אלאוחד אלעזיז עלי אלאתיר
    2. לדי אלאחב מן נפסי אלי חרס אללה מהגתה ונוך בהגתה ותאבע מסרתה
    3. וגבטתה וקד עלם אללה …

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  33. 233LetterT-S 8J27.8

    Recommendation letter in the hand of Peraḥya b. Yosef, mentioning Abū l-Makārim, Avraham and his brother Ḥananʾel, Abū Isḥāq, Moshe (Maimonides), Rabbenu al-Maskil, and Sitt …

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    1. [ . . . ] . . . מן . [ . . . . . . . ] דתהא פי אכתר אלאוקאת
    2. וכדלך מולאי אלשיך אבי אלמכארם ואכותהא אלהי
    3. ישראל יחמדהם אלעאקבה פי אנפסהם ופי אלחצ…

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  34. 234Legal documentT-S 13J3.3

    Deathbed will of a rich woman, made during the absence of her husband. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 26 Iyyar 1454 Seleucid, which is 13 April …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף צואה דא כן היה פי
    2. יום אלארבעא אלסאדס ואלעשרין מן אייר דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וחמשין וארבע שנין
    3. לשטרות …
    1. This testimony was given in our presence, we, the witnesses signing at the end of this will. This happened on
    2. Wednesday, the 26th lyyar of the year …

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  35. 235Literary textT-S 16.31

    Poems by Yehuda ha-Levi, copied by the India trader Avraham Ibn Yijū. Written on cloth (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card)

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  36. 236List or tableT-S 16.308

    Verso (secondary use): Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Alexandria.

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  37. 237List or tableT-S Ar.41.125

    Recto: (1) Recipe in Arabic script in a Spanish hand, beginning with the basmala four times. The recipe uses marrubium juice, ginger-water, honey and cinnamon-water. …

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  38. 238Legal documentT-S AS 22.289

    11 minute fragments (paper), of which two are parts of an order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen, mentioning Abū l-Faraj (row 1, nos 2-3), …

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  39. 239List or tableT-S AS 86.228

    Booklist (business accounts). In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably written by Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Mentions some volumes of the Talmud.

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  40. 240List or tableT-S AS 145.241

    Accounting for an India trader, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Mentions goods such as hyacinth and pepper, and their quantities, and many other …

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  41. 241LetterT-S AS 149.96

    Letter from Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov (active ca. 1131–50), either in Aden or in India, to (his brother-in-law Abū Zikrī) Yehuda ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

    Recto, right margin

    1.  . . . . 

    2. ברסם פיצית?

    3. ואיצא ברסם

    4. אלשיך סלימאן

    5. אחיאה אללה

    6. עבד הנדי צגיר

    7. ומ . . . אלי [ . . . ]

    8. וברסם אלבית 

    9. . . …

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  42. 242Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 153.33

    Order of payment for Abū l-Surūr’s wages (6 dirhams), signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

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  43. 243Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 153.178

    An Abū Zikrī Kohen order. Abū l-Faraj is to give the bearer 2 ounces of oxymel (sakanjabīn) and rose. On verso there are Arabic and …

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  44. 244LetterT-S AS 155.101

    Mercantile letter. Very faded. Mentions Aden in l. 7 and ʿAydhāb in l. 10. Later (l. 18) reports that Yiṣḥaq al-Nafūsī traveled this year to …

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  45. 245LetterT-S AS 158.282 + T-S AS 158.279 + T-S AS 158.281

    Three fragments of a letter written by Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, belonging to the addenda to India Book II. AA/ASE

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  46. 246LetterT-S AS 183.110

    Letter in Arabic script. The writer is in Aden. He reports that something of the addressee's is safe in his keeping. "If his (or your?) …

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  47. 247Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 187.25

    Order of payment signed by Abu Zikri Kohen for olive oil. Requires further examination.

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  48. 248List or tableT-S AS 209.332 + T-S AS 209.334 + T-S AS 209.338 + T-S AS 209.346 + T-S AS 209.340 + T-S AS 209.353 + T-S AS 209.336 + T-S AS 209.331

    Tadkhira (business memorandum) regarding amounts of money and items such as saffron, probably written by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Addendum to the India Book.

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  49. 249Legal documentT-S Misc.34.42

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). May be a declaration made by the merchant Benaya b. Mūsā (line 6). …

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  50. 250Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 162.145

    Order of payment by Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of oil.

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