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  1. 25501Legal documentHalper 359

    Legal document (debt settlement) issued by a qāḍī court in the Musallamiyya madrasa of Damietta. In Arabic script, with a Judaeo-Arabic filing note. Dated: 10 …

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    1. الحمد لله وهو حسبي هلك حساده
    2. كتبه [؟] الفقير عبد الرحمن الاقصراي الحنبلي
    3. المولى قضا دمياط وخلافتها

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    1. باس…

    Verso, left,ʿalāma

    1. Praise to God ... until his Day of Judgement.

    Verso, left, main text

    1. Praise be to God.

    2. In the law court referenced on the re…

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  2. 25502LetterBL OR 5566D.18

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl (possibly al-Makhmūrī). Mentions Avraham b. Nuṣayr; Abū l-Faḍl b. al-Dhahabī; Abū Isḥāq; Abū ʿImrān al-Segullat and Abū l-Faḍl b. al-Dhahabī. …

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  3. 25503LetterMoss. VII,160.1

    Letter in which the sender addresses a cantor, who has been sick, and whom the writer has not recently seen, and from whom he now …

    1. פארקת מולאי אלחזאן אלגליל נט רח
    2. והו עלי מא כאן עליה מן אלוגע
    3. ואלי אלאן לם נגתמע וקלבי בה
    4. משגול אללה לא ישאהדני פיה
    5. מכרוה וסאלתה יתפצל ינפד אליי
    6. מא כ…

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  4. 25504Unknown typeENA NS 85.1229

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 25505Literary textENA NS 83.51

    Arabic work on fiqh.

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  6. 25506Legal query or responsumT-S Ar.30.247

    Responsa in Judaeo-Arabic. Filling a bifolium.

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  7. 25507LetterT-S 10J12.12

    Recto: Letter fragment in which the writer complains that Abū Bishr al-Mushrif (the government supervisor) claims from him a payment which has already been paid. …

    1. . . . . . . . . ] אבו בשר אלמשרף וכאנה
    2. קד קתלת לה קתיל והודא אקאסי מנה
    3. מא לא אחסן אצפה מן סו אלעשרה
    4. ואלענת פי טלב אלחסאב ויטאלבני במא לא
    5. ילזמני מן ס…

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  8. 25508LetterBL OR 5561A.5

    Letter from Yosef Qolon b. Pereẓ, in Jerusalem, to Nissim Bibas, in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: First quarter of the 16th century, almost certainly 1511 …

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  9. 25509Legal documentT-S 16.207

    Recto: Court record dealing with inheritance. In the hand of the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1430 Seleucid = 1118/19 CE. Abū l-Barakāt b. …

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    1. [ ]תים עימנא לתחתא כן הוה כאן קד וצלא פי
    2. [ ]פרי מרור ברכות הזקן בר מרור נתן הזקן נע ומרור
    3. [ ] בוכאלה מתבתה בקיום הדרת אדוננו ראש הגולה
    4. [ ]ם אל…

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  10. 25510Paraliterary textT-S NS 305.137

    Instructions of some sort in Arabic script. Small fragment. On verso jottings in Hebrew script.

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  11. 25511LetterT-S AS 207.176

    Much damaged letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The content is unclear. The writer reports that he went on Saturday to the majlis of the rayyis. On recto …

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  12. 25512LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/6

    Letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic. One line only. No names preserved except "Abū l-"

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  13. 25513Literary textT-S NS 97.56

    Megillat Esther with scattered Arabic text in the margins, possibly just jottings.

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  14. 25514List or tableENA 3930.5

    Accounts in Arabic and Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval era. The identifier "Yahūdīya" appears in line two and the name Muḥammad Rikā__ī[?] in line 4. (VMR)

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  15. 25515List or tableT-S AS 149.67

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, listing sums associated with different dates of the months Dhū l-Ḥijja and Dhū l-Qaʿda. The word "wuṣūl" (receipt) appears …

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  16. 25516LetterT-S AS 147.16

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew. Late. Refers to the Nagid. Mentions Avraham and kohl. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  17. 25517LetterYevr. III B 669

    Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Shemuel to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that Sitt ʿAnbar is very sick, and she has developed a delusion …

    1. אן סת ענבר מרצת מרצה שדידה
    2. וקד חצל להא תכייל פאסד מן
    3. גהתך ובתטן אן אלחצרה מריצה
    4. וקד סאלתני אן אסייר אערף
    5. אלחצרה במרצהא ובשגל
    6. קלבהא פתתפצל אלחצרה
    7. אמא…

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  18. 25518LetterT-S 10J7.2

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Kohen, probably in Minyat Ghamr, to Eliyyahu the judge, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early 13th century. The sender reports …

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    1. חצ'רת כ'ב' ג'ד' ק'ד' מרינו ורבינן רבי איליה הדיאן
    2. ש'צ' מן ממלוכה ושאכר תפצ'לה יוסף אבן יעקב אלכהן

    3. אלדי נעלמך בה סלמך אללה אן כרגנא מן ענדכם…

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    1. To the dignity of the honorable, great and holy master and teacher R. Elijah the judge

    2. (may his) R(ock) p(reserve him), from his slave, who…

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  19. 25519Legal documentT-S AS 152.396

    Minute fragment, probably from a ketubah. AA

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  20. 25520Unknown typeT-S Ar.34.249

    Document in Arabic script. There are narrow vertical blocks of text on both sides. May be a state or official document. Large numbers such as …

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  21. 25521Legal documentT-S 8.124

    Contract between ʿAlun and Judah the cantor. Signatures include Maʿarūf b. Judah, Yaʾir b. Elʿazar and Menashshe b. Judah. Verso: possibly accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information …

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  22. 25522LetterT-S AS 151.196

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions, presumably sarcastically, that "I am grateful to him for how he insults me... I don't know what I've ever done …

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  23. 25523Unknown typeENA NS 85.752

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  24. 25524Legal documentT-S 20.110

    Draft of a partnership contract in the hand of David b. Daniel. Dated: Dated: 4846 AM = August/September 1086 CE. The parties are Ṣedaqa b. …

    1. שהד[ו]תא דהות באנפנא אנחנא שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא
    2. בשבה דהוא יומין בירח אלול דשנת [אר]בעת
    3. אלפין ותמני מאה וארבעין ושית שנין לבריאת עלמא ב[פסטא]ט
    4. מצרים…

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    The following was testified before us, the undersigned witnesses, on the 7th day of the month of Elul, in the year 4852 from …

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  25. 25525List or tableJRL C 21

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that are designated by individual names such as Moshe Qanini, Sa'ad Qanini (recto), and Nissim al-Ḥāmī (verso). Based on the paleography and …

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  26. 25526LetterT-S Misc.35.14

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (r. 1025–1051) to the head of the Babylonian community in Egypt, Sahlan b. Avraham, thanking him for forwarding a …

    1. ליקר פאר כגק מר ור סהלאן ה[נקוב בא]רבעה כינויי של כבוד
    2. יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו ויעטרו [ויפ]ארו ויתן לו תאות לבו וסברו
    3. ויעמיד ממנו מקים שמו וזכרו [בן כ…

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  27. 25527List or tableMoss. II,153.1

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Little is preserved. Mentions the eve of the fast and the eve of Shabbat.

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  28. 25528List or tableT-S AS 182.3

    List in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Items: tahina (ṭaḥīna), sumac (summāq), candy (ḥawāʾij naql), lemon (laymū), and saffron (zaʿfarān).

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  29. 25529List or tableT-S AS 183.288

    Accounts.

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  30. 25530Legal documentENA 2556.12

    Quittance. On parchment. Mainly in Hebrew. Dating: ca. late 10th century. The releaser is named Yiṣḥaq b. ʿAmram. It looks like his name was later …

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  31. 25531Literary textT-S AS 150.94

    Literary - recommend suppress

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  32. 25532Literary textT-S NS 324.88

    Monograph; beginning of a work on kashrut, written at the request of a correspondent; the author states that he has already written a longer work …

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  33. 25533Unknown typeENA NS 76.156

    Small fragment, probably literary

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  34. 25534State documentT-S Misc.22.286

    Petition opening to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ. Dating: 531–33/1137–39. Al-Ḥāfiẓ had three viziers: the general Yānis (for nine months in 526/1132), Bahrām (529–31/1135–37 and Riḍwān …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. [صلوات] الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه [و]تحياته 

    3. على مولانا وسيدنا وامام الحافظ لدين الله اميرالمومنين

    4. …

    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
    2. The blessings and benedictions of God, his increasing benefactions and most excellent salutatio…

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  35. 25535Legal query or responsumENA NS 2.20

    Letter containing a legal query addressed to "our honorable elders." Dating: ca. mid-12th century. On parchment. Describing a squabble between a person claimed to be …

    1. אעלם חצרה מואליי אלשיוך אלאגלא אדאם אללה
    2. עלוהם וכבת עדוהם אן למא כאן פי הדא אליום
    3. קאם שבתי אלרומי באכר אלי דאר יוסף אלרומי ידק
    4. עליה אלבאב ואבו אלפרג…

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  36. 25536LetterT-S AS 200.374

    Business letter from [...] b. Yeḥezqel or possibly b. Yaḥyā. Fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions indigo (nīl) and bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr) and a merchant named Yiṣḥaq.

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  37. 25537List or tableT-S Misc.20.203

    Accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Damaged and faded.

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  38. 25538Legal documentT-S Ar.38.85

    Acknowledgment of a debt of 300 dinars contracted by the husband of Amat al-Qādir with his wife in Jumādā II of the year 463 AH …

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    1.      [ بسم  اللّه  الرّحمـ]ـن  [الرّحيم]
    2.   أقرّ  ‪ ......  [       ]  ‬ [  ]ى  عند  شهود  هذا  الكتاب  و[أشهد  على  نفسه ]
    3.  [في]  صحّة …
    1. [In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate]  

    2. [ … ] acknowledged in the presence of witnesses of this document and [called people to be …

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  39. 25539Legal documentBL OR 12299.17

    Legal fragment, either a will or something to do with the disposition of the property of a certain Ibn al-Raqyan (בן אלרקיין) who is now …

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  40. 25540LetterT-S Ar.39.57

    Petition from a certain Manṣūr to an unidentified addressee (though Goitein assumed that "Sayyidnā" meant "the Nagid"). In Arabic script. The sender is a poor …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك
    3. منصور
    4. يقبل الارض وينهي انه رجل صعلوك
    5. وهو في شدة من العايل والقلة والدين
    6. وانا في ستر في هذه الوقت ووصل السكين
    7. للعظم وم…

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  41. 25541State documentT-S NS 306.110

    Official-looking accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably an account of state properties (amlāk). Contains an ʿalāma "Allāh Ḥawlī". The accounts are organized with …

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  42. 25542Literary textAIU VIII.B.8

    6 pages from a Hebrew medical treatise.

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  43. 25543LetterMIAC 75

    Letter issued by the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 75) – in Judeo-Arabic. (information …

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  44. 25544LetterT-S G2.24

    Communal letter likely originating from the gaʾon in Jerusalem in the late 10th or early 11th century, concerning the appointment of local officials in an …

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  45. 25545State documentT-S AS 178.138

    Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains an ʿalāma at the upper right, maybe, and a jahbadh signature at the bottom. Also contains the glyph.

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  46. 25546Unknown typeENA NS 77.105

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  47. 25547List or tableT-S AS 152.136

    Late accounts with Hebrew numerals. Mentions names such as Sirāj al-Dīn (שראג אלדין); ʿUbayd b. Abū ʿUbayd; Masʿūd; ʿAbd al-Qādir. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  48. 25548Legal documentT-S NS 313.17

    Damaged bill of release written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). In which [...] b. Ḥusayn al-ʿAṭṭār releases his maternal uncle Abū Isḥāq …

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  49. 25549LetterT-S NS 256.32

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. 8 lines near the beginning are preserved. Mentions the sending of gold. On verso there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  50. 25550LetterT-S 10J10.27

    Letter from ʿIwāḍ b. Ḥananel, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Around 1060. The letter is in the hand of Benāya b. Mūsā …

    1. וצל [כתאב] מולאי אל חביר אל אגל גדול הישיב[ה] [אטאל] אללה בקאה
    2. ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה ונעמתה ואנת תדכר פיה חאל אל
    3. ניל ואל כאפור פסאלת מסלם אל מעלם…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני החבר גדול הישיבה, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך. אתה כותב בו על עניין
    3. הפנינ…

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