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  1. 26001Literary textJRL B 3938

    Literary work in Hebrew. Dating: Probably late. Possibly horoscopes or prognostications based on given names, including Gedalya and Yeḥezqel.

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  2. 26002Legal documentT-S AS 153.413

    Small fragment from a ketubah.

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  3. 26003Unknown typeT-S AS 179.127

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. The letters are very elongated.

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  4. 26004Legal documentT-S NS 321.75

    Fragment from a legal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

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  5. 26005LetterJRL B 4155

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Only a thin strip from the far-right side is preserved here.

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  6. 26006List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 626

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions: brokerage (samsara); Bū l-Faḍl; Bū l-ʿIzz al-Jabbān(?); Bū l-Faḍl Bayyāʿ; Ibn Masmūṭ(?); Barakāt; al-Naḥḥās (or al-nuḥās). On …

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  7. 26007Legal documentT-S NS 264.32

    Trousseau list. Groom: Ghālib b. Faraj. Bride: Sara bt. Avraham.

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  8. 26008LetterT-S 8.41

    Letter from Yosef b. Hiba, unknown location, to Abū Sahl Menashshe b. Ṭoviyya, in Jubayl (likely Byblos in present-day Lebanon, but there is also a …

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  9. 26009Literary textBL OR 5557B.16

    Astrological text in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew liturgical text.

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  10. 26010LetterT-S 24.33

    Letter perhaps from [...] b. Yosef to Shemuʾel b. Shelomo he-Ḥaver. In Hebrew, in an elevated register. Long and poorly preserved. The sender praises a …

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  11. 26011Legal query or responsumT-S NS J452

    Legal query concerning a house owned by two sisters in partnership. (F. Niessen and A. Shivtiel, ed., Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah …

    1. בשמ
    2. מא יקולו רבותינו הדינים ישמרם אלה[ינו . . . . . .] אכת[.
    3. ולהם דאר מלך ואלאתנין שרכה פיהא [. . .] בין אלרגל
    4. ואכתה אלואחדה כלאם פחלף בשבועה אנה לא…

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  12. 26012List or tableENA 1822a.41

    Account. Revenue of the qodesh from rent, ca. 1230. A small strip of paper, of which the upper part is missing, written on both sides. …

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    1. אלדאר אלמגאורה לה
    2. סכן אלמבייץ טבקה ד
    3. [טב]קה סכן עתמאן פואל
    4.                              ד
    5. דרב סלסלה
    6. רמצאן אלקזאז קאעה וטבקה
    7.                       …

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    1. The compound that is adjacent to it
    2. The apartment of al-Mubayyiḍ, the ṭabaqa, 4.
    3. The ṭabaqa (which is) the apartment of ʿUthmān Fawwāl,
    4. 4.
    5. Dar…

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  13. 26013Legal query or responsumT-S Misc.27.3.2 + ENA 4020.41

    IB VII, 33. Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) about a trader who travelled to India (Bilād al-Hind), remained there for fifteen years, …

    1. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפיר|ת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אברהם הרב המובהק
    2. הפטיש החזק נר המע|רבי דגל הרבני יחיד הדור אור העולם ירום הודו
    3. פי אנסאן מסאפר אלי בל|אד אל…

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  14. 26014Legal documentJRL B 4307

    Recto: Deed of a sale. Dated 145[.] Seleucid, which is 1138–48 CE, which is consistent with the reshut clause invoking the Nagid Shem[uel b. Ḥananya]. …

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  15. 26015State documentT-S K6.33

    State document, in Arabic script. 11 lines of official correspondence in a chancery hand, probably a report of some kind. The preserved document was chopped …

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  16. 26016State documentT-S NS 144.28

    Fiscal document in Arabic script. Referring to al-muqṭaʿīn, and then dīwān. Needs examination. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ.

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  17. 26017LetterT-S AS 158.90

    Fragment from a letter, contains mostly blessings, including for the addressee to see Jerusalem. Only formulaic content is preserved.

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  18. 26018Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1553

    Karaite bill of debt, incorrectly listed as a ketubba in Ktiv. Dated 4 Iyyar 5421 AM (1661 CE). Location: presumably Cairo, based on the signature …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלכמיס אלמבארך ארבעה פי חדש אייר סנה ה׳ת׳א׳כ׳ ליצירה
    2. חצ'ר אלאך ר׳ ישועה לוי יצ׳׳ו אבן אלאך ר׳ משה לוי קים יצ׳׳ו ואשהד עלי נפסה ו…

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  19. 26019List or tableT-S AS 181.104

    Bifolio of business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Bifolio of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions having shipped to the elder Abū Yīṣḥaq Ibn …

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  20. 26020Legal documentENA NS 3.12

    Marriage document. Minute fragment from a ketubah. It seems that the mohar is 12½ zuz (only the word ופלגי [= and a half] is visible). …

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  21. 26021Legal documentT-S 10J2.36

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: Thursday, 12 Sivan 1532 Seleucid = 3 June 1221 CE. This bill of divorce is one of forty …

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  22. 26022List or tableAIU VIII.E.15

    Calendar in Judaeo-Portuguese.

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  23. 26023State documentT-S NS 327.113

    Receipt for the capitation tax (jizya) for Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam in Fustat. Dated: 508 AH? See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the …

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  24. 26024Literary textT-S 10K8.6

    Exposition of a halakhic point (taʿlīq ʿal sefer Nezaqim) which the writer says he heard from Avraham Maimonides.

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  25. 26025Unknown typeENA NS 85.398

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  26. 26026LetterT-S 8J18.4

    IB IV, 47 (ח50). Letter from Shelomo b. Maymūn, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Consists almost entirely of polite expressions of longing and flattery. …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי ועמאדי וט'הירי ועתאדי אל עזיז אל קדר אל רפיע אל כטר
    2. ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלוה וצאן מן אלגיר חובאה כתבת אעז אללה
    3. קדרך עמא לא…

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    1. אדוני ומרי וסומכי ועוזרי ומגני יקר המעלה רם בגדולה
    2. ואשר יאריך ה' את חייו ויתמיד את רוממותו וישמור מתהפוכות הגורל את נפשו. כתבתי מכתב זה – יעצי…

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  27. 26027LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 143

    Letter, official-looking, in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Mentions al-Muẓaffarī in the tarjama and begins with a taqbīl clause and yunhī formula. Central part of …

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    1. المملوك المظفري

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    3. يقبل الارض وينهي بعد استمرارة على الادعية الصالحة

    4. فلـ[..]عىه [                         ]

    5. تقبله…

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  28. 26028Literary textENA 2627.100

    Judaeo-Persian

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  29. 26029State documentT-S AS 43.85

    Verso: Letter or official document in Arabic script. The ends of 4 lines are preserved. Reused on recto for Deuteronomy 16:9-12; 16:16-17. (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 26030Paraliterary textHUC 1008

    First page of a prayer book (contains the beginning of Sabbath's eve prayer), copied by Obadiah, the Norman proselyte. Contains a colophon with his name …

    1. עׂבַדְיָה הַגֵּר הַנָרְמַנְדֻּס אֲשֶׁר בָּא בִּבְרִי//ת// אֱלׂהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

    2. בְּיֵרַח אֵילול שְנת אתיג לשְטָרוֹת היא ד'תתסב

    3.                …

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  31. 26031LetterT-S Ar.39.277

    Recto: Letter/petition from Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān Abū l-Faraj (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu the Judge). In Arabic script. A narrow vertical strip is missing from the right …

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  32. 26032LetterT-S AS 177.279

    Fragment of a letter in New Persian mentioning a certain Kamāl al-Dīn; datable to the 11th-12th centuries. A citation of Deuteronomy 28:22 is given at …

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  33. 26033LetterT-S NS 310.56

    Letter of condolence in Hebrew. Addressed to a certain Nissim. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The sender's name looks like ʿImrān b. RḤ[...].

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  34. 26034Legal documentYevr. II A 1302

    Incomplete Karaite betrothal deed. Dated 14 Adar 5403 AM (1643 CE). Bride: Qamr bt. Shmuel ha-Rofe. Groom: Shelomo b. Shemuʾel ha-Levi. The groom's monetary contributions …

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    1.                          בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. ביום חמישי בשבוע והוא ארבעה עשר מחדש אדר שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות ושלשה שנים לבריאת 
    3. העולם ואלף ות…

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  35. 26035LetterT-S 13J20.8

    Business letter from Yosef b. Arah to Nethanel ha-Talmid b. 'Amram dealing with palm-fiber, books, pots, myrtle, silk, and other textiles. Dated early twelfth century. …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. קד עיל צברי וכאנני טני פי נפסי ועליהא פכיף חצרה מולאי
    3. אלשיך אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וגעלני מן
    4. אלאסוא פדאה לולא אנה יכון אופא מ…

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  36. 26036Literary textAIU XII.154

    Leaf from an Arabic medical treatise.

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  37. 26037LetterT-S 20.127

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya (Gil)/ Sicily (Ben-Sasson) by Ismail b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi to his nephew, Yeshua b. Natan in Fustat, dealing with goods sent to …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאולדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם איאם סלאמתן וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך
    2. וצל אלי כתאבך ודכרת לי פיה ממא אתפצ'ל בה עלי אלשיך אחיאה אללה מן אל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, בני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את ימי שלומך ואושרך וישלים את חסדיו לך;
    2. קיבלתי את מכתבך. כתבת לי בו על המקדמה שהואיל האדון…

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  38. 26038LetterENA 2739.16

    Letter from Khalfa to his 'brother' (brother-in-law?) Mūsā b. Sāmiḥ, in Cairo. Concerning various family matters. (1) No answer to letters. (2) Abū l-Faḍl came …

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  39. 26039Paraliterary textT-S AS 136.14

    Ownership transfer note for a book; the buyer or recipient is Menashshe ha-Kohen b. […]. On verso there is piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  40. 26040State documentT-S AS 181.173

    Tax receipt (tadhkira) from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on a dyeworks (maṣbagha) in Sinnūris. Dated: 28 Shawwāl 401 (4 …

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  41. 26041List or tableT-S AS 183.74

    Small fragment of an account. Ayyubid-era? Mentions Jamāl al-Dawla and [...] b. Yūḥannā.

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  42. 26042Legal documentT-S AS 150.235

    Damaged and torn, only a few words remain, but seems to be from a ketubbah. AA

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  43. 26043Unknown typeENA NS 76.578

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  44. 26044List or tableT-S K3.45

    Testament with a list of books including a complete Bible, individual biblical books, and works by Shemuʾel b. Ḥofni and Saʿadya. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 26045LetterMoss. VII,184.1

    Letter/petition from Yehuda b. Ḥalfon to the Nagid (Abraham Maimonides, r. 1205–1237), with a partial address, inverted, on verso. The sender is from Minyat [...]. …

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  46. 26046Paraliterary textT-S C2.213

    Bifolio of a literary text containing a purchase note in both jotted Hebrew and beautifully written Judaeo-Arabic. The buyer is Adonim b. Avraham.

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  47. 26047Legal documentCUL Or.1080 13.52

    Formulary for a Karaite marriage document, edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger.

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    1. שבת משוש תפים : שבת משוש לב[ינו]
    2. נפלה : ואתה צדיק : אחינו החתן שוב [נ]שוב
    3. אליך כעת חיה ולך מן הנערה הזאת בן : ואחותינו
    4. הכלה למועד ה…

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    1. in error, not drunk and not forced, but with full
    2. physical faculties and with full resolve, according to my will, wish and the desi…

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  48. 26048Legal documentT-S AS 145.90 + T-S AS 145.97

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Friday, 18 Tammuz 5319 AM, which is 23 June 1559 CE. Partnership in a muqāṭaʿa (Ottoman Turkish: mukata’a) …

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  49. 26049Legal documentENA NS 83.13

    Legal text in Arabic script, discussing sales. Seems to be a literary text discussing legal matters rather than an actual legal document.

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  50. 26050Legal documentT-S 20.77

    Ketubba dated 1551 Seleucid (= 1239/40 CE), for […] bt. Ṣedaqa the elder. Witnessed by Saʿadya b. Shelomo ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's …

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