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  1. 25751Legal documentT-S 8.136

    Small scrap of parchment containing the closing line of a marriage contract and its signatures. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 374) EMS

    1. [... וי]צליח[ו] א[קוליתוס]
    2. [...]ב הכהן עד ננ סהל בר רבוי עד [...]
    3. [... ב]ן רגא נ''נ עד עלי בן צלח עד [...]
    4. [...]ל הלוי נ''נ עד טוביה הלוי ב'ר' עלי ה…
    1. [... and] prosper. [In good] o[rder.]  
    2. [...] b. ha-Kohen, witness (whose) s(oul is at) r(est). Sahl b. Rabawi, witness.
    3. [... b.] Rajā (whose) s(oul…

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  2. 25752List or tableENA 1984.4

    Verso: List of some kind with entries in Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. The dating is likely 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. The …

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  3. 25753Unknown typeENA NS 85.895

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  4. 25754Unknown typeENA NS 76.351

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 25755State documentT-S Misc.11.154

    Recto: Fiscal document, in Arabic script, headed with a basmala and beginning in a petition format. Followed by many lines of sums of money, written …

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  6. 25756Literary textENA NS 69.1

    List in Judaeo-Arabic of at least seven of the "blemishes" (ʿuyūb) a woman can have, such as a bad odor, a propensity to sweat, a …

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  7. 25757Legal documentMoss. VII,99.1

    Marriage contract. Five lines from the middle are preserved: only detail that survives is the gift of a 1/4 dār to the bride. [RR]

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  8. 25758Legal documentCUL Or.1080 4.61

    Deed of sale of a property on recto, with multiple related addenda documents on verso. Dated 2 Muḥarram 777 AH on recto (1375 CE). In …

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    1. [   ] شهوده...سطر ع[لى] [   ]
    2. القاهرة المحروسة بحارة زويلة بزقاق غير نفذ يعرف بدرب الر[ائد؟]... [ ] ريس اليهود المعروف [   ]
    3. [   ] الموقفة للن…

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    1. [   ] its witnesses ... drawn up f[or] [   ]

    2. [   ] well-protected al-Qāhira, in Ḥārat Zuwayla, in the lane with no outlet  known as the ‘bl…

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  9. 25759Unknown typeENA NS 85.1030

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  10. 25760Legal documentYevr. II K 67

    Decorated Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Yosef b. Yehuda Hakohen. The bride is Esther known as Qamar d. Eliyahu. Dated 25 Adar 5581 …

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  11. 25761Paraliterary textPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.39 (Michaelides 39)

    Cotton bag for amulet, with inscriptions in Arabic.

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  12. 25762LetterT-S 8J14.27

    Letter (or draft) in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain amīr. Needs examination.

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  13. 25763List or tableT-S AS 124.34

    Unidentified text in Arabic script, potentially documentary.

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  14. 25764List or tableT-S J1.5

    Accounts or lists. 2 folios. In Judaeo-Arabic, and possibly other languages as well. Dating: Probably late.

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  15. 25765LetterAIU VII.E.138

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Franses & Company, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5 Raḥamim (=Elul) 5567 AM, which is 8 …

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    1. ב׳׳ה היום ٥ רחמים שנת ٥٥٦٧
    2. אלסי׳ קארו ופ'רנסיס קונפאנייה ה׳׳י נר׳׳ו יצ׳׳ו
    3. אחדש׳׳ו בעד מזיד אלסלאם עליכום סבב דיל כ'טין נערפכום
    4. אין פ'י ٢٦ אב כ…

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  16. 25766Unknown typeENA NS 77.336

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  17. 25767LetterHalper 397

    Letter from ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Yeḥezqel, Jerusalem, to ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ḥayyim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060. The address says the letter should be delivered to …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלכהן אלפרנאס ואדאם עזה ותאידה מן אלקודס

    מוסתהל אב האים יהפוך

    1. אבלו לששון וקד עלם אללה יאסידי שוקי אלי מולאי וכאן קד וצלנ…

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  18. 25768LetterL-G Misc. 109

    Letter from Sulaymān to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. There is also a basmala in Arabic script …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم المملوك سليمان
    2. מודדה סלימאן כתאבי אלי אלשיך ואלדי אלעזיז
    3. גמע אללה ביננא אן שא אללה ואן וצלו כתאבך
    4. ואנה תוציני עלי אלמגי…

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  19. 25769Literary textT-S NS 260.20

    Interesting fragment with a Judaeo-Arabic midrash about Moses quoting Isaiah 63:12, Deut. 3:26, and Exodus 34:6. (Information in part from FGP.)

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    1. אנת אבן . . . . . [
    2. וצרבתני בעצאתך וקסמתני לאתני
    3. עשר טריק ולם אקדר אקפ ק/ד/אמך מן
    4. קדרה אלבארי גל ועז אלדי כאנת
    5. לימינך באן כדאלך וגד [[ל]] מולי…

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  20. 25770Legal documentT-S AS 220.56

    Legal document with release formulae. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The name Menashshe b. [...] is mentioned. AA

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  21. 25771Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3973.1

    Small receipt or order for 4 raṭls of something. The quantity is written three times: with a Hebrew numeral and a Coptic numeral at the …

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  22. 25772Unknown typeMoss. V,258.2

    Document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew jottings (names of cantillation marks). Needs examination.

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  23. 25773LetterT-S NS 306.51

    Letter addressed to Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav ha-Gadol, in Fustat. This is probably Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi. With the address both in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic …

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  24. 25774State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 74/38

    Fiscal account or receipt dated Muḥarram 437H (July–August 1045). Closing five lines. (MR)

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  25. 25775Legal documentT-S AS 145.17

    Court record. In Hebrew. Written and signed by Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim (active 1213–33). "When the orphan went out... the craftsmen will examine him... what is …

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  26. 25776Legal documentT-S 12.86

    Recto: end of a legal document concerning an inheritance and the sum of four dirhams, signed by Joseph ha-Kohen b. Ab[raham]. 11th century or earlier. …

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  27. 25777State documentT-S K25.214

    Petition from Ṣāliḥ al-Khaybārī, a Jew from the community of Baghdad, to the Fatimid amīr Tāj al-Dawla. In Arabic script. Ṣāliḥ petitions regarding a miserable …

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    1. عبده وغلامه صلح الخيبرى البغدادي
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    3. عبد مولاى الامير تاج الدولة اطال الله بقاه وادام تاييده وعلاىه وكبت حسدته وعداه
    4. رجل …

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    1. .In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
    2. The slave of my master the amīr Tāj al-Dawla, may God prolong his life and cause to endur…

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  28. 25778LetterMoss. IV,90.2

    Letter from Saʿīd, probably in Alexandria, to his brother Bū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, probably in Fustat. Dating: early 13th century. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting …

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    1. אכוהא סעיד
    2. כתאבי אלא אכי אלעזיז אטל אללה
    3. ואדם עזהא ונעמה ומן חוסן אתופיק
    4. לאכלה גמע אללה ביננא עלא אסר
    5. חל ולדי נעלמו ביה אן מנ יום
    6. אנ כר{ג}ת מא…

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  29. 25779LetterT-S 6J6.15

    Letter concerning various business issues and the new agent Abū […]. Mentions a qāḍī, a widow, and a girl. Also mentions the Sar ha-Sarim and …

    1. ] . . . [
    2. ואלי אכיה וואלדתה פחצלנא [
    3. אלאשיא אלישמעאלים אלדי קאמו [
    4. שהוד חתי שהדו כיף קאלו להם [
    5. אנא אכיה אבו אלפצל אן כאן לי [
    6. אלקאצי ללאלמנה וללצבי…

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  30. 25780LetterT-S 13J18.29

    Recto: Letter from a woman to her son Abū l-Faḍā'il al-Yahūdī al-Bawāridī ('the maker of cooling or cold vegetables') in al-Qamra, Alexandria. She describes a …

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    1. كتابي אלי אלואלד (!) אלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאה
    2. ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה וגמעני ואיאה
    3. ואני משתאקת אלי אלחצרה אלולד אלעזיז
    4. ולא תסאל מא גאז [[. ל]] ע…

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  31. 25781LetterT-S 13J22.11

    Letter from Ḥassūn b. Yaʿīsh to ʿArūs b. Yosef, concerned with business matters, and mentioning people including ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm, Abū Sahl Mukhtār, Avraham, ʿAllān, Abū …

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  32. 25782LetterT-S NS 37.77

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment, extremely difficult to read. Sent from Fez, probably to Fustat, to al-ʿAfṣī (possibly Abū Saʿīd al-ʿAfṣī or his father …

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    1. ] מאברו(؟) וגסים(؟) מיכר(؟)
    2. ודלך לאנד(?) מא לא יחויה כתאב ולא?
    3. ולא שפא לי מן דלך אלא באלאגתמאעי(!)
    4. א אלתי מן חצרתך אלגלילה
    5. ]לאני כרג…

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    1. ].......
    2. ]........
    3. and that is because of a matter which no letter can contain, nor [...]
    4. and there will be no relief for me from that except …

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  33. 25783LetterBL OR 8212/166

    Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: possibly eighth century. The letter concerns trade in sheep and other items, the ruler (ispahbud) of Tabaristan, cattle, slaves, strings of …

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  34. 25784State documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.19 (Michaelides 20a)

    Described in PUDL as a letter from a slave to his master regarding administrative matters. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "lettre d'un esclave à …

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  35. 25785Unknown typeT-S AS 184.181

    Fragment of document(s) in Arabic script. Verso contains the beginnings of two lines in an elegant hand: ḥasala ʿalā . . . Recto is in …

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  36. 25786Literary textAIU VI.B.24

    Several fragments in both Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, all magical, one containing the line ". . . Sayyidnā Mūsā Rasūl Allāh al-Rasūl. . ."

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  37. 25787LetterT-S NS 224.156

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to 'al-shaykh al-rashīd,' aiming to pawn his turban for 40 dirhams. …

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  38. 25788Legal documentT-S 13J1.11

    Release after the remittance of a debt (piqadon), from mid-January/mid-May 1045, Jerusalem. The releasing parties: Mevasser b. Shela al-'Amtani and his wife Ghāliya bt. Ashlimon …

    1. בא[ו] לפנ[י]נו אנו בית דין [ה]ג[ד]ול מבשר בן שלה אלעמתאני ואשתו גאליה בת אשלימון
    2. אלדלאתי ואמרו לפנינו רבותינו היו עלינו עדים וקנו ממנו מעכשיו וכ[תבו…

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  39. 25789Legal documentT-S NS 320.79

    Legal document. In Hebrew. On parchment. Dating: Likely 10th or early 11th century. Involves a guardian (apotropos) named Yefet. The portion of the document preserved …

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  40. 25790State documentT-S AS 183.92

    Fatimid capitation tax receipt for Hiba b. Yūsuf. See ENA 3925.6 (PGPID 10284).

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  41. 25791List or tableT-S AS 206.212

    Bifolio of accounts, mostly blank. Dating: likely 16th-century based on the paleography. Mentioning Moshe Poreykh and probably an Ottoman military officer Khayr al-Dīn bölük başı …

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  42. 25792LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/14

    Bottom fragment: Letter from Barakāt Kohen to Meʾir, asking him to confirm that the writer had handed over a document of release to a woman …

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  43. 25793State documentUU 1137

    Fatimid petition from a petitioner who has rented from the state a palm grove with fifty palms in the province of al-Bahnasā in partnership with …

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    [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]

    [صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل] 

    [سلاماته وتحياته على مولانا وسيدنا]

    [الامام ... امير المؤمنين وعلى ابائه]

    …

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    [In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.]

    [God’s prayers, blessings, enduring benefactions and most perfect]

    [greetings and saluta…

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  44. 25794Legal documentT-S AS 151.186

    Probably a legal document, mentioning a certain Yaʿaqov and Reʾuven. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 25795Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.39

    Verso: Order of payment. Abū l-Bahāʾ is to pay something to the bearer. On recto there are jotted Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  46. 25796LetterENA NS 47.4

    Letter from Abū l-Majd to two distinguished addressees. 17 lines of Hebrew blessings are preserved. The lower part, containing the body of the letter, is …

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  47. 25797Legal documentT-S NS J173

    Book list: record of sale of the estate library of the physician Abū Saʿd, known as al-Sadīd. Two sale sessions: Tuesday 13 Kislev 1502 SE …

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    1. אלדי אכרג מן תרכה אלסדיד אלשיך
    2. אבו סעד אלטביב בתאריך יום אלג
    3. אליג מחדש כסלי…

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  48. 25798Legal documentENA NS 16.27

    IB III, 30a. Rental contract for an apartment in Sicily for 40 years, paid in advance, rented by a Jewish woman named Umm al-ʿIzz bt. …

    1. חצרת אלינא נחן אל כאתמין פי הדא אל כתאב אם אל עז בנת זרעה
    2. וקאלת לנא אשהדוא עלי ואקנוא מן ידי מעכשיו בכל לסאן חגה 
    3. ואכתבוא ואכתמוא עלי דלך במא הודא א…
    1. There appeared before us, we the signatories to this document, Umm al-ʿIzz d. Zurʿa.
    2. She said to us: "Testify to me and perform with me the symboli…

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  49. 25799Paraliterary textMoss. IV,21.4

    Verso: Document in Arabic script. Perhaps a medical prescription or recipe. Mentions rose and cold water and quantities in dirhams and mithqāls.

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  50. 25800List or tableT-S AS 203.152

    Small fragment of an account in Ladino, with entries organized by parshiyot (including Niṣavim). Twice mentioned "and my mother-in-law" (אי מי שואיגרה), and sums of …

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