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  1. 27401LetterT-S Ar.39.489

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Family letter in Arabic script. "Inform your mother that my mother is well...." Needs further examination.

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    20974
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  2. 27402Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 176.448

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Receipt for ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.

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  3. 27403State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 205

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    Primary language
    Arabic

    State document in Arabic script, issued by the "al-qism al-awwal Qalyūbiyya," one of the 24 administrative sections of Egypt that were established in the 1820s. …

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    2020
    PGPID
    31737
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  4. 27404List or tableENA NS 51.7

    Accounts, early modern. Perhaps the same scribe and defter fragment as ENA NS 53.15 (PGPID 39644). Ottoman-era with the currency jadid/cedid mentioned. At least one …

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    39647
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  5. 27405LetterT-S AS 152.90

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: beginning of a letter. Recto: medical text concerned with the treatment of urinary complaints with a recommended potion. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 27406LetterT-S NS J344

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment. Mentions the brother of the Rayyis Abu l-Najm, Ibn Munajja, Zayn al-Din b. al-Sawwaf. In the margin, "abstain from soft bread and water." …

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  7. 27407Literary textENA 2050.5

    Late literary work.

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    11600
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  8. 27408Legal documentT-S 16.151

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    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ṭevet 1441 Seleucid, which is 1130 CE. Acknowledging the deposit of an inheritance. Abū l-Ḥusayn …

    Recto

    1. 1 [ ]ק[ ]
    2. [ ]ק[ ]א מ אלעז[ר ]
    3. [ ] בר [ ] אלעזר [ ]
    4. [ ] בית דין אן דלך [ ]
    5. [ ] מן תחת ידה באלגמלה [ ] אודעהא אלאב[ ]
    6. וכאלה מן מודעהא עלי תסלי…
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  9. 27409LetterBL OR 5566D.7

    A note written by Avraham b. Farrāḥ Iskandrānī to Yaʿaqov b. Avraham on 21 June 1054, as an addendum to his letter written the previous …

    recto

    1. תאכר כתאבי ליום אלתלאתה ליג כלון וקד גמעו פי האדי אליום לביע

    2. אלחלבי פלם ימכנני בן אלשארי צאחב אלקאצי אבו טאלב אביע שי

    3. אלי אן באע הו כ עדל…

    recto

    1. מכתבי התאחר ליום ג', י"ג לחודש. כינסו היום (מכרז ?) למכירת
    2. ה'חלבי', אבל לא אפשר לי בן אלשארי, חברו של הקאצי אבו טאלב, למכור דבר
    3. בטרם מכר הוא כ…

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  10. 27410LetterENA 3982.47

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script, in a beautiful hand. Dating: 11th century, based on the reference to the Tustaris. The sender is a professional scribe, probably …

    Recto

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. قد عرف مولاي الشيخ اطال الله بقاه //وادام نعماه وكبت اعداه// شرح حالي مع خصومي على اختلاف احوال المطالبة وصفاتها 

    3. …

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  11. 27411LetterJRL B 7440

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or early 12th century. Mentions 7 bales and documents instead of turbans (? wa-fī l-ʿamāʾim riqā).

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    PGPID
    40418
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  12. 27412LetterT-S 18J3.19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, detailed, sent from Tripolitania, Libya, by a man to his brother who had settled many years before in Alexandria. Dated August 1089. (Information from …

    1. אלי אכי וסיידי ורייסי וגלילי ואתירי אטאל אללה פי
    2. ב]אלכיר בקאה ואדאם איאם סלאמתה וכאן לה
    3. . . . . . ו]לי ונאצר פי גמיע אמורה תקדם
    4. כתאבך א]לי אעז אלכתב…
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  13. 27413Paraliterary textT-S Ar.39.338

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Bifolio from a magical booklet. Many spells/recipes are given here, including against fever and leprosy and for coitus.

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  14. 27414List or tableT-S NS 224.106

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Minute fragment. A list of items belonging to a Jew, including a table cover (sufra) and an iron pan (ṭājin). (Information in part from FGP.)

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  15. 27415Unknown typeT-S H15.116

    Ownership note for Hillel b. Meyuppe.

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    42104
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  16. 27416LetterMoss. IV,62.3

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Faraḥ b. Ismāʿīl (not necessarily the same as the 11th-century merchant) to Ḥanokh (?) b. Avraham. Contains very detailed orders for materia medica …

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  17. 27417LetterT-S AS 182.93

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Bottom of a letter in Arabic script, probably a family letter. Ends with a Hebrew שלום. Fragmentary and faded.

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  18. 27418State documentENA NS 83.156

    Document date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: Likely a fiscal accounting document (based on handwriting and format) for the date of Sunday, 16 Muḥarram 492 AH, which is 13 December 1098 …

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    PGPID
    35665
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  19. 27419LetterT-S 13J23.12

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Condolence letter from Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.

    Recto

    1. תנחומי ש[ ]רצ [
    2. נחרצות מחוללים [ ]צות יסורים [ ]
    3. זעוכים וזעומי הפרצות דרכיו גוחימו בעליצה אשר יאשרי[מו]
    4. לאחוז צדקימו במועיצות לדעת בטוהר ידימו…
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  20. 27420Legal documentT-S 12.60

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Debt contract in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dating: the repayments begin in Tammuz 1491 Seleucid, so the document itself likely dates to …

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  21. 27421List or tableT-S AS 131.95

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Accounts in Arabic script, unclear if private or official. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  22. 27422List or tableX893 Se62 pt. 4.9

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Accounts in Arabic script on a reused literary fragment. Late. Some of the mentioned commodities are medical ingredients. Needs examination.

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  23. 27423LetterT-S AS 167.107

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic in rudimentary handwriting. Reporting that something was eaten by the worms. In …

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  24. 27424LetterT-S AS 145.356

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yosef b. Araḥ. Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentioning a Ḥaver. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  25. 27425LetterT-S 13J17.20

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recommendation letter for an Iraqi merchant who lost everything in a shipwreck. He is advised to write to Abū l-Bishr and his cousin. (Information from …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אנא שדיד אלאשתיאק אלי רבנו אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה ותמכינה וכבת
    3. אעדאה ונזלת אמס יומי הדא אלי מצר וקצדת אלאגתמאע בה ולם יסהל
    4. דלך ואתצל בי א…
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  26. 27426LetterT-S Misc.27.4.19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of the judge Shela b. Mevasser on behalf of the community of Alexandria addressed to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, in …

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  27. 27427Legal documentT-S 8.184

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal agreement, possibly regarding a dowry, between Yequtiʾel b. Moshe and his wife Munā. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (active 1066–1108 CE). Goitein …

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  28. 27428Unknown typeT-S AS 184.283

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Top of a document in Arabic script, very faded/damaged.

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  29. 27429Legal documentCUL Or.1081 J49

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Probably a legal formulary for drawing up a will.

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  30. 27430LetterBL OR 8660.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Bu Nasr b. Ibrahim to Abu l-Rabi' Sulayman ha-Kohen b. Abu Zikri Kohen, Fustat, the square of the perfumers. Bu Nasr is irked …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצלת כתב חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם
    3. עזהא ונעמתהא ומן חסן תופיקה לא אכלאהא וכבת חסדתהא
    4. ואעדאהא     וקראתהא ופהמת מצמונהא וע…
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  31. 27431LetterT-S AS 145.72

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: Hillel b. Abū [...], the mint (dār al-ḍarb), Damascus, Alexandria, reaching the city/fortress (thaghr) of the sulṭān Sayf [...]; Abū l-Munā …

    1. . . . . .
    2. ]אף ען הדרת אדוננו
    3. ] . . . ומא גאזת ענא תלך
    4. ]לה לא יעידהא חתי לם
    5. ] . לי דאר נסכן פיהא
    6. ] עליהא וסבבה ציק אל
    7. ] . . אלשיך הלאל בן אבו
    8. ] ביני …
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  32. 27432LetterT-S AS 171.257

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  33. 27433List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 439

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Personal/business accounts, probably. In Arabic script.

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    In PGP since
    2021
    PGPID
    33134
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  34. 27434Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Document date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Legal record (#64) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 16v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

    Verso

    :(Documents 62-64) Folio 16v

    1. על כל מין תביעה וטענה שיש לו עליו הן מצד כל מה שהיה ביניהם בפרט הן מצד כל מה שהיה בין הר׳
    2. משה ואביו הר׳ יעקב והר׳…
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  35. 27435List or tableENA 1822a.24

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Account of a pharmacist listing household goods and other commodities (e.g., fiber tow (mushāq)). Mentions Khalaf Ibn al-Ṭunnāmilī and Fuḍayl. (Information in part from Mediterranean …

    column 1

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]עא וסכין
    2. . . . . . . . . .]ה תמאנין רטל
    3. ורד מו. סבעה א. . . אן ורד
    4. ותוב נצא[פי] אכדה פוציל אכיה ותוב
    5. . . . .] א…
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  36. 27436LetterT-S 13J15.9

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter sent from Alexandria to Fustat, by Avraham b. Farah to Nahray b. Nissim, reporting on the arrival of ships in Alexandria and dealing with …

    Recto

    1.            בסם אללה אלעט'ים
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ונעמתך
    3. מן אלאסכנדריה לג' כלון מן אב אקדמה אללה…

    recto

    1. (2−1) בשם אלוהים הנורא; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך,
    3. …
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  37. 27437Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 3405

    Document date
    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Bifolium with four pages. First page: Legal record in Judaeo-Arabic. No signatures. Mentions the government (sulṭān). Dated Jumāda II 488 Hijri = 1095 CE. Second …

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  38. 27438List or tableMoss. Xa,3.28

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Account in Arabic script with numbers in Coptic alphanumerals. Faded.

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  39. 27439List or tableT-S AS 146.97

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a rudimentary hand. Mentions names such as Muḥammad and Wuhayub. Mentions raisins.

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  40. 27440Legal documentMoss. VII,2.2

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Fragment from the end of a legal document, signed by Avraham ha-Levi b. Moshe ha-Levi and Ṣedaqa b. Yeshuʿa (?).

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  41. 27441LetterMoss. II,135.1

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): order from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu for oxymel (sakanjabīn) and two kinds of syrups (sharāb). Verso: Draft of the opening of a letter …

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  42. 27442List or tableT-S AS 152.93

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Two columns of numerals with Hebrew letters for 1-90 on the right and 100-1000 on the left side, respectively at the end of each line, …

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  43. 27443Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 3088

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    An Abu Zikri Kohen cheque. Sibāʿ is to pay the bearer three [...].

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  44. 27444LetterT-S NS J289

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in which the writer reports that he stayed for the Sabbath in Qalyub and continued his travel on Sunday. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, …

    1. יצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלואלד
    2. אחיאה אללה וגעלני מן גמיע
    3. אלאסוא פדאה ומן תופיקה לא
    4. אכלאה עלי יד מולאי אלשיך אבו
    5. אלחסן בן אלדמיאטי שמצ ידכר
    6. פיה תאכר כתאב…
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  45. 27445LetterT-S 8J36.7

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Mubarak ha-Levi b. Yosef to Alexandria concerning business matters. The writer calculates how much he has paid the addressee and how much of …

    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמה ודכר סלאמתה אדאמהא
    2. אללה לה וקד דכר מולאי אמר אלאכשב אנהא .ליה לקד תוגה אלי מא
    3. קבלתם סידי אבי זכריא חיים בן …
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  46. 27446List or tableT-S 24.40

    Document date

    Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim and Barhun b. Ishaq. mentions the year 452 AH (1060-61). Details about shipment of silk and linen cloths …

    Recto

    1. [                                                      ] מוסי [                              ]
    2. [                        ]אלי אללאדקיה ורגע עוצ…
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  47. 27447Legal documentT-S AS 147.34

    Fragment of a legal document, mentioning a dowry with the value of its items. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) In the hand of Yosef b. …

    1. ]א וקימה ען
    2. ש]אוי דינר בדינר קרן
    3. ] כתב אלנדוניא אלמדכורה
    4. ] .א וגבת להמא דלך והדא
    5. ]ן מנהא בלקימה אלתי קווס
    6. ] רבע מלחפה ו[ . . ]יה תלתה
    7. ]ה ללנום דינאר…

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  48. 27448List or tableJRL A 552

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    Recto: Excerpts from Ecclesiastes. Verso: A list of books that the writer was asked to prepare (or obtain?) for somebody. The Talmud, printed in Salonica …

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  49. 27449Legal documentYevr. II A 1279

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    Karaite betrothal deed. Dated Sunday 21 Kislev 5460 AM (1699 CE). Location: Cairo. Bride: Estūta bt. Yosef b. Yeshūʿa. Groom: Aharon b. Naḥūm b. Yiṣḥaq …

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    2. ביום ראשון בשבוע והוא אחד ועשרים יום מחדש כסלו שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות וששים שנים לבריאת העולם
    3. ואלפים ואח…
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  50. 27450Literary textT-S 16.326

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    Palimpsest, with Palestinian Talmud, ʿEruvin 20d-21d, written over a Syriac version of 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13; 4:1-14. (Information from CUDL)

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