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  1. 2601LetterT-S NS J131

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Natan (a.k.a. Avraham b. Natan) who is titled Ḥemdat ha-Qahal. Fragment (upper part …

    Recto

    1. בשמך
    2. תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלשיך חמדת הקהל אטאל אללה בקאה

    Recto, right margin

    1. קמוח אלפיום

    Recto, top margin

    1. כאלק ללקות..יל ..וק
    2. פלא יותד לי אל…

    Recto

    1. In Your name
    2. I had previously sent a letter to my lord the elder Dear One of the Community, may God prolong his existence  

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  2. 2602Legal documentYevr. II K 71

    Document date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Decorated, torn Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Yeshu'a b. Yosef and the bride is Esther known as Karima d. Shlomo

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  3. 2603Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 60/40

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Hebrew poetry.

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  4. 2604Legal documentT-S 8.163

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Barely legible legal document concerning marriage. It may be a ketubba, but the legal formulae that remain are not unique to ketubbot. (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 2605Legal documentENA NS 47.29

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    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto and verso: Court record(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. One side (record #1) consists of a lengthy list of valuable commodities and luxury items, including books and …

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  6. 2606LetterT-S AS 150.133

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter mentioning the elder Manṣūr. Dating: Probably 13th or 14th century, based on hand and typical abbreviations (mam[lūk], makh[dūm], sh[aykh]). (Information in …

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  7. 2607Legal documentENA 3921.2

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: Deed of sale for a female slave (the term waṣifa appears in ll. 2 and 6). In Arabic script. Dating: probably 11th or 12th …

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  8. 2608List or tableMoss. VII,65.3

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Table in Judaeo-Arabic. Accounts of some kind. Payments to a communal official? Line 2 reads "ketubbot and sheṭarot: 1 1/4."

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  9. 2609Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 47

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Medical prescription. In Arabic script. 1 mithqāl of hiera picra; the same of anise; fennel (rāziyānaj); and the rest is more difficult to decipher. Ends …

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  10. 2610State documentJRL B 2678

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Very small fragment probably from a state document: الدولة النبوية . . . الارادة وكمال البيعة. Reused for Hebrew jottings.

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  11. 2611LetterYevr. II A 1787

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    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Non-Geniza. A letter the the community of Luzk from Mordechai b. Shmuel

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  12. 2612Legal documentT-S 16.221

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    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Opening lines of a legal document. Dated: Thursday, 1 Shevaṭ 4746 AM = 1297 Seleucid = 14 January 986. Location: Fusṭāṭ. In which Shelomo b. …

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  13. 2613List or tableT-S AS 153.312

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment with part of a list of names, including Yosef Hibat[allāh], Ḥalfon b. Y[efet?], ʿUthmān, and referring to the Palestinian Yeshiva (Geʾon Yaʿaqov). (Information …

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  14. 2614Legal documentT-S 10J2.25

    Document date

    Legal document. Bill of divorce, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 15 Kislev 1461 (17 November 1149). This bill of divorce is one of forty under the T-S 10J2 …

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  15. 2615State documentT-S AS 181.2

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fragment of a petition. Hard to piece together the story but contains various interesting references such as to the judges (al-quḍāt) and to عبد يشوع …

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  16. 2616List or tableT-S NS 102.108

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    The main text is a Judaeo-Arabic poem/prayer. On verso at 180 degrees there are a few lines of accounts in Arabic, mentioning the names Yehuda …

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  17. 2617LetterBL OR 12369.7 + BL OR 12369.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    12369.7 and 8 are drafts of several Judaeo-Arabic letters and documents by Yisrael al-Gevili (אלגוילי) writing in Cairo it seems circa 1755/6 CE (the lower …

    Recto, upper segment:

    1. . . .
    2. אקר ואשהד עלא נפסהי אלמחתרם אלמוכרם אלאגל אלאכמל
    3. אלאמתל מולאנה אלשיך אלאסלאם אלשיך נצר אלדין אבו
    4. זין אלדין אלאסכנדארני א…
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  18. 2618Paraliterary textENA 1822a.96

    Halakhic discussions, draft. Written in different direction on the page. Late. in Hebrew

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  19. 2619Legal documentT-S AS 147.165

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment from the top of a legal document. Dating: probably second half of the 13th century; the date itself is missing. Location: Probably [Minyat …

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  20. 2620LetterT-S NS 304.44

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Long letter/epistle in Judaeo-Arabic, either in rhymed prose or in poetry. There are many learned allusions and some citations of biblical verses, including Proverbs 27:19. …

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  21. 2621State documentENA 2385.20 + ENA 2385.21

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Two fragments of a Fatimid order/decree to a lower official. Mentions the caliph's estates (probably mentions its overseer). Repurposed as two folios for Hebrew liturgical …

    ENA 2385.20

    1. التوجه الى الاعـمال الخيرية وحضور مجلس خدمة الا[مير

    2. النجيب سيف الملك ليث الدولة وشجاعها ذي العزم 

    ENA 2385.21

    1. صنيعة امير المومنين…

    1. turning to charitable works (or: the districts of [...]?) and presenting to the majlis al-khidma of the

    2. noble a[mīr] Sayf al-Mulk, the sword of t…

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  22. 2622LetterT-S NS 99.43

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter. 6 lines in Hebrew with praises for an important person (including that God make his enemies drink poison), then 1 line …

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  23. 2623Legal documentJRL P 1008

    Legal fragment. Portions of 13 lines are preserved, but it's unclear if any details of the case or document type are preserved.

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  24. 2624Unknown typeENA NS 77.346

    Damaged text in Hebrew script, requires further examination.

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  25. 2625Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.21

    Primary language
    Syriac (Serto)

    Syriac pre-Anaphora rite with rubrics in Garshuni. Information from Kiraz, "Learning Syriac and Garshuni in Early Modern Egypt."

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  26. 2626Legal documentT-S AS 157.247

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Partnership agreement. Looks like the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Mentions Moshe; Abū l-Makārim; 10 + 1/3 + 1/8 dinars; conditions; and 60 dinars. (Information …

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  27. 2627State documentT-S 13J7.14

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Petition, fragment, in Arabic script. The sender says that he (or less likely someone else) is unable to provide for himself (a trope of petitions) …

    1. الـ
    2. ثبت الله
    3. يقوت بها في كـ[ـل
    4. القوت وله حيلة
    5. في الدين الذي كان
    6. الامر العالي فيما [
    7. انجز الله لمولانا وعده و[
    8. وقد كتب العبد صفـ[

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  28. 2628LetterT-S 10J19.3

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Ibrāhīm b. Farrāḥ, Fustat, to [ ] b. Isḥạq b. ʿAlī Majjānī in Alexandria. Mentions an ullaba (container) holding bible codices, details about …

    Recto

    1.                  בסם אללה אלעטים
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך [וסלאמתך ונ]עמאך מן אל
    3. אסכנדריה לי'א' כלון מן תמו…
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  29. 2629LetterT-S AS 145.98

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter. Small fragment. In Hebrew, rudimentary handwriting. The sender mentions amīr al-[...], money perhaps received from "your congregation," and the city of Arsūf.

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  30. 2630Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.142

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Probably a commercial receipt for Abū Zikrī (Yehuda b. Yosef Kohen?). Needs examination. See T-S Ar.34.5 (PGPID 20576) for a list of similar documents.

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  31. 2631LetterT-S AS 149.50

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Binyām al-Rashīdī. Greetings to Sitt Naʿīm and to Abū …

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  32. 2632Legal documentT-S 13J8.6

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Document of release concerning a partnership, denoted here as ‘mufawwada.’ (Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, The Business of Identity, Stanford University Press, 2014, 112, 365) EMS

    1. שהדותא דהות] באנפנא אנחנא שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בשטארא דנן
    2. ] דהוא [ע]שרין יומין בירח אייר דשנת ארבעת אלפין ותמני מאה
    3. וא[רבעי]ן ושית שנין לבריאת עלמא…
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  33. 2633Unknown typeENA NS 78.46

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  34. 2634Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/19

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Legal document. Release between Araḥ b. Natan (Musāfir b. Wahb) and Shelomo b. Shemuʾel. Dating: ca. 1100 CE, as the scribe is Avraham b. Natan …

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  35. 2635Legal documentMIAC 30

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Contract of a commercial sale – 192_CE [digit missing] – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 30) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, …

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  36. 2636State documentT-S Ar.1a.140

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Fragment from the left side of an early Fatimid decree or other state document. The ends of three lines remain, including the word al-taqsīṭ. …

    Verso

    1. ]ـم واطراد وتشتيت(؟) على اعود
    2. ]ـسماره الاعمال ووفود رها(؟) والرجوع
    3. يـ]ستخرج من التقسيط النفقة وجاري
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  37. 2637Unknown typeX893 Se62 pt. 4.6

    Primary language
    Polish

    Note in Polish dated 27 August 1841. The words "Starozakonny" (Orthodox) and "Karaim" appear in the first line. Signed by Zelaw[..]. ASE.

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  38. 2638LetterENA NS 7.77

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon. Addressed to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Addressed to someone in Fustat (whose name may …

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  39. 2639LetterYevr. II A 2841

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A letter from Shemuel Hariv

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  40. 2640LetterENA NS 16.30

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter/petition to a local dayyan (judge). A complaint against Sulaymān b. Hānī, the abusive husband of the sender's daughter. Including an episode where the husband …

    ENA NS 16, f. 30 ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp.262-263 N.H. 04-26-88, (P). Letter to a local dayyan (judge) concerning marital problems of the wr…

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  41. 2641LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/3

    Inferred date
    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1028 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …

    1. ליקירנו וחשובנו וחברנו וגדולנו כב גד קד מר ורב
    2. אפרים החבר בסנהדרין גדולה ישמרו צורנו וינצרו
    3. יוצרנו ויעודדו משגבנו ברבי שמריה המלמד נוחו עדן
    4. ישא החבר…
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  42. 2642Literary textT-S Ar.41.84

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Qurʾan. Last pages of the Qurʾan. See T-S Ar.38.8. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  43. 2643Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.126

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Receipt for Abū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī.

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  44. 2644LetterENA 2808.8

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Verso: Opening of a letter from Sherira Gaon sent to Qayrawān. Dating: ca. 970 CE. This is a continuation from the first part of the …

    Verso

    1. [  ] ל[  ]ות לב שלם ומעמ[   ] כלוחות אבן שאין נמוכה אמ[                   ]
    2. ומיודעים ומודעים קראו [       ] לבינה יאמצם משגבנו ויחזי[ק]ם ויהיה…
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  45. 2645LetterT-S 10J14.16

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB III, 47. Letter from Moshe b. Yosef Yiju, in Alexandria, to his brother Perahya in Fustat. Sent to the shop of Abū l-Fakhr b. …

    III, 47 recto:

    1. אלי אכי אל עזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאה וצאנה ווקאה ומן
    2. חסן אל תופיק לא אכלאה וכאן לה ולי ונאצר וחאפט
    3. פי גמיע אמורה וכפאה במא יהמה וצד ענה…

    recto

    1. To my dear brother—may God give you long life, protect you and guard you,
    2. not deny you His superior gift of success, be for you a guardian and…
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  46. 2646Legal documentT-S J2.76

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Purchase note that once belonged to a bible (ze ha-muṣḥaf). The purchaser is Yaʿaqov b. Sahlān b. Yaʿaqov, whose name appears in the body of …

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  47. 2647List or tableJRL B 5190

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. Mentions Abū Yaḥyā (=Nahray b. Nissim?).

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  48. 2648Legal documentT-S NS 304.4a + T-S NS 304.4b

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Two fragments of a legal deed regarding a debt of Abū l-Karam Ibn al-ʿAṭṭār, written and signed by Yosef b. Shemuel ha-Levi (active ca. 1180–1211). …

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  49. 2649List or tableT-S AS 137.151

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Verso: Jotted accounts in Arabic and Coptic numerals.

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  50. 2650List or tableT-S AS 185.192

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: list of the names of the Coptic months in Arabic script. Verso: Jottings of accounts in Arabic script; unclear if the Hebrew script is …

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