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  1. 26951LetterT-S NS 304.31

    Letter from the Jewish physician (al-ḥakīm al-yahūdī) Mūsā b. Nāṣir the perfumer (al-ʿaṭṭār), unknown location, to an unkown addressee, in Fustat, in the perfumers' market …

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  2. 26952Legal documentT-S Ar.50.47

    Legal fragment. Location: Minyat Zifta. Dated: [14]26 Seleucid = 1114/15 CE. Involves Zakkay b. Shelomo, Aharon al-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi and the settling of accounts. Signed …

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  3. 26953LetterUPenn E 16522

    Letter from a Jewish shipowner from Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1212 CE. He provides an exciting story about traveling to Cyprus but being diverted by a …

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    1. ויחיה חמודו השרים הנכבדים הבחורים המחירים
    2. יזכה לראות שמחתם וחופתם אמן לרצון וכן יהי
    3. רצון     וינהי אנני למא אנפצלת מן בין ידין אלחצרה
    4. מעזם אלי…

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    May He keep your boys, the esteemed notables, the brilliant youth, and may you be granted to see their joy and wedding. Amen, may it be ordaine…

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  4. 26954State documentT-S NS 145.22

    State document. Response to endorsement of a petition written by Yuḥannā b. Abī l-Layth (a Christian), who referred the case to the office of al-Afḍal. …

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    1.                ...ـعر .. ان شا الله 
    2. ولمولانا صلوات الله عليه الراى العالي السامي في ذلك ان شا الله

    3. وكتب في العشر الاخر من شهر رمضان سنة ار…

    1. [ ]

    2. To our lord, the blessings of God be upon him, belongs the lofty and exalted resolution concerning that, if God wills.

    3. It was written in …

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  5. 26955LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/17

    Document about the shipment of a purse containing 113 dinars to Nahray b. Nissim and Yaʿaqov b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. …

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    1. רב סלם ברחמ[ת]ך ובלג

    2. בקדרתך אלי אבי יחיי

    3. נהרא<י> בן נסים ויעקב בן

    4. אסמעיל סורה צחבת

    5. יעקב בן עמנואל אלוזן

    6. ק דינ> ודינארין גיר סודס

    7. …

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    1. (2-1) אלוהים שים שלום ברחמיך ועשה שיגיע, על פי גבורתך: אל אבו יחיא 
    2. (3–4) נהוראי בן נסים ויעקב בן אסמעיל, כיס, עם 
    3. (5–6) יעקב בן עמנואל ; …

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  6. 26956Unknown typeENA NS 85.214

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 26957LetterNLI 577.3/2

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Yosef ha-Kohen b. Eli Alfasi, Tyre. Around 1067. Abu Yaakov Yosef b. Eli ha-Kohen is on a ship on …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא
    2. ענך ברחמתה מן מצר ליג כלון מן מרחשון ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה ושוק שדיד אליך
    3. קרב…

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    To my lord and master, Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf ibn ‘Alī al-Fāsī.

    May God lengthen his remaining [days] and make permanent his well-bei…

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  8. 26958Unknown typeENA NS 85.934

    Small fragment of a document in Judaeo-Arabic, maybe legal or a letter. The words "Torah" and "b. Abū Saʿd" are preserved.

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  9. 26959LetterT-S 13J6.21

    Letter from the judge Menashshe to the Cairene judge Avraham b. Natan regarding a personal and communal affair in the small town of Sumbutya (Sunbāṭ), …

    1. ] יחזק במעוזי ויעשה שלום להעליזי
    2. משמני ארחות. ומשקטי מנוחות. ומעטי שבחות. ומחבושת מזיחות.
    3. ומחרוזת א..ות. ומחבורת מצלחות. ומבשמי ממולחות. ומזמורי
    4. מפצ…

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  10. 26960State documentT-S NS 99.5

    Verso (original use): Possibly a fiscal account. Mentions various sums of money. At the bottom, the name Muḥammad b. Saʿīd appears. Reused by Efrayim b. …

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  11. 26961LetterT-S NS 312.102

    Very damaged fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a letter. The overall appearance and spelling are consistent with a 10th century (or earlier) date. Referring to rent …

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  12. 26962Literary textT-S AS 146.65

    Halakhic discussion regarding the slaughter of animals.

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  13. 26963Literary textT-S 8J22.27

    Literary text in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic, narrating the mutual seduction between a Jewish man and a Christian (enslaved?) woman. There are a few lines in Arabic …

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    1. אכברך מן לאך אלהוא בעגיב מן צביח
    2. לאחת בכף כציב פקלת להא באלבדר
    3. עיסא תטלעי סננצר נור צאטע ועגיב
    4. פאבדת תחדתני תחלפני וקאלת דלני
    5. מן אין די…

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  14. 26964LetterENA 2711.22

    Letter from Yosef in a mixture of Hebrew and Ladino. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century. Needs examination.

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  15. 26965LetterBL OR 5561B.24

    Letter of recommendation. Late. In Hebrew, with some Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer Saʿīd b. Manṣūr the Yemeni is from a good family and has …

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  16. 26966Legal documentT-S 13J2.13

    Official confirmation at court of a debt of 60 dinars contracted three months earlier before a notary, Ab 1417/ July 1106. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. …

    1. חצר אלינא אנן בי דינא אלשיך אבו אלסרור כגק מרנ פרחיה הזקן הנכ בן כגק
    2. מרנ ורב יוסף הזקן נע וקאל לנא לי שהאדה וזכות עלי מ עמרם הלוי ביר
    3. צדקה נע דידיע …

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  17. 26967Legal documentT-S AS 151.26

    Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1770 Seleucid, which is 1458/59 CE. Lines 4–11 are an elaborate reshut clause, but it is not clear if the …

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  18. 26968LetterT-S NS 304.16 + T-S NS 304.17 + T-S 6J1.29

    Bifolio containing multiple drafts of the opening of a letter from (Bū) Manṣūr b. Shelomo to a notable. Little is preserved of the content. Mentions …

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    1. אלמוצוף באנה יודע תע לב(?) עאלם
    2. במא פי קלבי מן אלאסתיחאש
    3. מולאי וסידי ומאלך רקי ומוצלי
    4. לסנד . . . . . . . . . 
    5. ] . מה נדמאן כיף
    6. .…

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  19. 26969Unknown typeENA NS 85.486

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  20. 26970Unknown typeENA NS 85.225

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 26971LetterT-S NS J339

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …

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  22. 26972LetterT-S Ar.39.171

    Recto: Informal note in Arabic script. "These are black ones (سودا) I have sent to my master.... increase or loss...." It is unclear what "black …

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  23. 26973List or tableT-S Ar.30.84

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentioning goods such as pepper (filfil), oil (dihn), cumin (kammūn), bitumen (qifār), brazilwood (baqqam), sugar and syrup …

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  24. 26974Legal documentT-S 13J9.5

    Document written in Zawīlat al-Mahdiyya with a validation written by the court of Fustat, as denoted in Hebrew אשרנוהו (in the validation of the court). …

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    1. [                                                כ]תאב סלמאן בן [שביב ]

    2. ידכר פיה אן קאל לה זכרי הדא אן אלעוד אלדי כאן פי אלעלאוה [       ]פ…

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    1. .... (2-1) .... השטר של סלמאן בן שביב.... ובו הוא אומר שאמר לו זכרי זה כי עץ הבושם שהיה ב'עלאוה' ....
    2. מי שיתבע אותו ממני. ועכשיו, בבקשה מכם,…

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  25. 26975LetterT-S Misc.25.132 + T-S Misc.25.139

    Letter from Daniel b. ʿAzarya to ʿEli b. ʿAmram in Fustat. Mentions a ban of excommunication against Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya, who among other …

    1. [ אל]מפרד ואלגמי[ע]
    2. [ אבו אל]חסן ירום הודו
    3. [ ח]צרתה //מא// פאן אסתקר
    4. [ ] עלי א[חראם א]לגמיע פיפעל ואן ראי מן אלצואב
    5. תקדים חרם בן שכניה ותאכיר חרם או…

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  26. 26976LetterT-S AS 148.2

    Letter by a man to his friend inquiring about the cessation of correspondence and emphasizing that 'brothers' may sometimes be angry with each other, but …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. חצרה מולאי וסידי ומן
    3. אנא כאדמה יעלם אן
    4. אלכאדם מעתרף במא
    5. אתצל לה מן אלאחסאן ואל
    6. גמיל ואלתפצל מן גהה אל
    7. אלמולא ואלאן פאלמולא יעלם
    8. אן אלאכוה פל…

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  27. 26977LetterENA NS 36.2

    Right half of the end of a letter by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. Mentions: the coats (al-shuqaq); his …

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  28. 26978Legal documentMoss. IXa,2.61

    Legal document, in Arabic script. The hand is not very readable but contains two testimonies at the bottom. Needs examination for content.

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  29. 26979LetterT-S NS 304.27

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era, based on linguistic features. Deals with various logistics of comings and goings of letters and people. Mentions Rashīd/Rosetta.

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  30. 26980Legal documentAIU VII.D.93

    Late legal document (fragment only) regarding amounts owed to each other by current or former partners, Moshe Ḥaddād and Moshe b. Yehudah. Someone named Yaʿīsh …

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  31. 26981LetterT-S Misc.28.73

    Verso (original use): Letter fragment. Looks like the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. This is from the end of the letter. Tells the addressee to …

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  32. 26982List or tableT-S AS 176.221

    Accounts. Looks late.

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  33. 26983Legal documentJRL B 2078

    Fragment of an illuminated late marriage document. The name Benyamin Moshe Meyuḥas appears in l. 2, probably indicating the groom or the groom's father. The …

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  34. 26984LetterT-S 8J25.11

    Letter by Yosef b. Musa Tāhartī from Alexandria containing details about shipments of flax including. List of expenditures. (Information from M. Gil, Kingdom, Vol. III, …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך

    2. ואתם נעמתה עליך מן אלאסכנדריה נצף מן איר ען סלאמה ונעמה

    3. ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את שלומך ואת אושרך
    2. וישלים את חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה, בחצי אייר. שלומי טוב, ואני …

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  35. 26985LetterT-S 13J35.9

    Badly rubbed and faded business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions sending something to Alexandria and inquires about the price of שרב (wine? medicinal syrups?). (Information from …

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  36. 26986State documentT-S AS 178.22

    Official-looking or commercial receipt (ṣaḥḥa...). Or maybe commercial. Resembles T-S AS 179.142. Needs examination.

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  37. 26987Legal documentMIAC 116

    Agreement contract for the printing of a book of sermons and exegesis on the Torah between the owner of a press in Jerusalem and Rabbi …

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  38. 26988Literary textT-S AS 152.333

    Two lines in Judaeo-Persian, probably poetry. On verso there may be remnants of an earlier document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  39. 26989LetterAIU VII.E.28

    Letter to Moshe Bunān in Cairo. Exact dating is not possible because the letter's heading is torn and missing from the recto but the name …

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  40. 26990List or tableT-S NS 225.69

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably Ottoman era.

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  41. 26991LetterMoss. IV,17

    Letter from a woman requesting help in receiving her share from her late husband’s inheritance(?), with various signatures of support. Mentions government interference as well …

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  42. 26992LetterT-S 8J21.2

    Letter from Farah b. Isma’il from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1057. The letter contains details about shipments of coins, including coins that …

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    1. קד אסתכרת אללה גל תנאיה וחמלת למא קבל מולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאיידה וסעאדתה

    2. עלי יד מוצל רקעתי הדה צרה דנ מכסרה אלוזן צ דינ יכון תמנהא ד…

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    1. ביקשתי את חסדי אלוהים, יפואר שבחו, ושלחתי אליך אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת אושרך,
    2. בידי מביא פתק זה שלי, כיס דינרי…

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  43. 26993Legal documentT-S AS 95.135

    Probably from a book of legal formulas, citing a legal deed

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  44. 26994Legal documentT-S 13J19.2

    Verso: Beginning of a draft of a legal record in the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. The testimony of a certain Mūsā. Involving Khulla …

    1. דכר מוסי
    2. חצרת כולה בנת [אב]ו סיאר ע. . . . בל דינא[ר
    3. אללה בית דין אעתרף מא דכר אנה יפעל
    4. מן דלך סבעה דנאניר עין וג דנאניר גיר[הא
    5. וסבעה דנאניר גיר דלך…

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  45. 26995LetterJRL L 43

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe(?) Goren to Barakha Goren. Dated 20 Nissan 5571 AM (April 1811 CE). The letter sender and recipient were likely brothers …

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  46. 26996Legal documentBL OR 5534.1

    Calligraphic get (bill of divorce). Dated the 19th of Kislev 5422 AM (1661 CE). Location: Damascus. Moshe b. Avraham known as Ibrahim repudiates Malkah known …

    1. באחד בשבת תשעה עשר יום לירח כסלו בשנת אלפים ואברבע מאות
    2. ועשרים ושתים לבריאת עולם למנינא דרגילנא לממני הכא במתא דמשק דעל
    3. נהרי אמנה ופרפר מותבה אנא מש…

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  47. 26997Paraliterary textT-S AS 103.19

    Recto: narrative account of the death and the funeral procession of "my teacher and master" R. Yosef ha-Kohen ha-Ḥazzan b. Ḥalfon al-Munajjim on Friday night, …

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  48. 26998Unknown typeENA NS 85.615

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 26999List or tableT-S NS 90.48

    Accounts, at least partially in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions silk, several colors, and cinnabar (zunjufr). Late.

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  50. 27000LetterDK 230.2 (alt: II)

    Detailed, beautifully written letter of a silkweaver, Abū Saʿd b. Avraham, to his cousin (ibn ʿamm) Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ, asking for instructions as to the …

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