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  1. 2701LetterT-S 20.130

    India Book II, 20: Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Aden, 1132.

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    1. [וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ... וחרס עליה]
    2. צאלח מא או[לאה] ו[…….וכ]בת [ח]ס[דתה ...]
    3. וכאן אסר כתאב ואבהג כטאב וקראה עבדה מסרור בקראת[ה]
    4. ראגב אל…
  2. in the year 526, 56 dinars

  3. for four bahārs, leaving you 26 bahārs.

  4. (From this) one bahār is to be deducted for ‘the share,’ as is the case with all merchants who have pepper bought for them,

  5. leaving you after the discount 25 bahārs;

  6. for the value of the drky a bahār and 250 (pounds), of large measure.

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  8. 2702Legal documentT-S NS 224.53

    Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE) involving a freedwoman (המשוחררת) named Ikhtiṣār, who is mentioned in Appendix 1 of Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt.

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  9. 2703Literary textBL OR 5565G.40 + T-S NS 224.170

    An Arabic poem transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic and prefaced as al-Baghīḍī's deathbed advice/testament for his son. See these articles for more information about the poet (also …

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  10. 2704LetterT-S 10J14.22

    Letter starting with extensive blessings for the recipient in Hebrew, including a biblical quotation (l. 7, Dt 30:1), and thanking the addressee for the great …

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    2. יענך ייי ביום צרה ישגבך וג ישלח עזרך מקדש ומציון וג
    3. י]תן לך כלבבך וכל עצתך ימלא וג ימלא ייי כל משאלתיך וג
    4. ייי יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך וג לא תאנה לך…

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  11. 2705State documentT-S AS 117.319

    Petition, or official-looking letter. In Arabic script. Fragments of four lines are preserved. Mentions "the place... the slave has been there for several years... the …

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    1. بان هذه الموضع ايامـ[
    2. مضى للعبد وله فيه عدة سنين وكان فيه متفـ[
    3. ]...الطريق ممن زال فيهم يد..[
    4. ]....المذكور...

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  12. 2706LetterT-S AS 137.17

    Part of a letter or document in Arabic script (might mention al-Ramla and a date). Reused for writing exercises in Hebrew and for piyyuṭ on …

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  13. 2707LetterT-S AS 147.220

    Recto: Small fragment from a Hebrew letter of appeal for assistance for a poor person. AA Verso: Small fragment of a letter in Hebrew, in …

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  14. 2708LetterT-S NS 133.89

    Letter in Arabic script. From Mawhūb (who calls himself muṣābibuh(?) = "the one who adores him") to Isḥāq al-Ḥazzān(?), in al-Ramla, Sūq al-Yahūd. Needs examination …

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  15. 2709Legal documentT-S NS 225.25a

    Legal notes (heading only) for the prenuptial agreement for the marriage (milāk) of [...] bt. Maʿālī and Mūsā the brother of al-Sh[...]. Written by Halfon …

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  16. 2710Paraliterary textT-S NS 305.51

    Modern printed text in Arabic script. One side is headed [...] al-Tawārīkh and gives three different dating systems for the year ~1889 CE. The other …

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  17. 2711LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/51

    ספרד, מסוף 1138 עד חלקה הראשון של 1139 חומר הכתיבה: נייר; מידותיו: 18.6 x 26.7 ס"מ. פורסם אצל גיל ופליישר, ריה"ל וחוגו, עמ' 293–295. ככל הנראה, יעקוב, שכתב מכתב זה, הוא-הוא הרופא שכתב את תעודה ח44. המכתב, שכולו בערבית, נמלץ ביותר, ובגלל המליצות, הכתב הרהוט והסגנון המלאכותי קשה לפענחו. לאחר שנפרד הכותב מחלפון הוא מרגיע את געגועיו עליו בסיפור שבחיו בסתר וברבים – מוטיב שכיח בתעודות שלנו. מטרת עיקר המכתב להמליץ בפני חלפון על המשורר אבו אַיّוּבּ בן סַהְל, המבקש את תמיכתו של הנדיב ממצרים. השלושה הלכו בדרך יחדיו ויעקוב ואבו אַיّוּבּ נפרדו מחלפון באלמַרִיַّה. לאחר שחזר אבו אַיّוּבּ לעירו הוא חיבר שיר תהילה לחלפון, שצורף למכתב זה, אך לא הגיע אלינו. מכתבו של יעקוב מסולסל ביותר אלא שכרגיל הוא מתנצל על לשונו. לאחר השאלה לבריאותו של חלפון הכותב שולח ברכות גם לרעיו של הנמען, יוסף בן עזרא ואברהם בן מֻעְטִי אנשי תִלִמְסַאן.1

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    1. [ח]צרה אלשיך אלאג'ל אלחבר אלאכמל אבו סעיד מולאי וסידי דאם עזה מתלזם אג'לאלה ונאשר אג'מאלה יעקוב
    2. אטאל אללה בקא מולאי וסידי ואלנפוס תסתהדי אנבאה…

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    1. (אל) [ה]דרת השיך המפואר ביותר, החבר המושלם ביותר, אבו סעיד, אדוני ומרי, יתמיד יקרו. (מאת) השוקד על פיאורו והמפרסם את גמילות חסדיו, יעקוב.
    2. יארי…

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  18. 2712List or tableENA 3931.14

    Communal account in Arabic script. "The sum that was collected for the curtain (sitr)" or "curtains (sutur)": 50 dirhams. This may be referring to the …

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  19. 2713LetterT-S AS 155.277

    Recto: List of the opening lines of twenty dirges, followed by a note to Bū l-Majd: "O my master the elder Bū l-Majd (=Meʾir b. …

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  20. 2714LetterT-S 10J25.3

    Yehuda mentions the Tāj (the Aleppo Codex) "which was written and pointed by Ben Asher or Ben Naftali" in the last line of the main text on verso.

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    1. בשמ' רחמ' אלדאעי ללה בכמאל עאפיתה יהודה המלמד
    2. אלי אלמולא אלשיך בו אלמגד כגק' מר' ור' מאיר השר היקר החזן תפארת
    3. החזנים חפטה אללה וגמלנא גמיע בב…

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  21. 2715LetterCUL Or.1080 J44

    Letter of recommendation for a poor woman.

    ULC Or 1080 J 44, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp. 430-431 (Doc #570), N.H.11-22-87 (p).Letter of recommendation to a poor woman.

    1. [והיה] מעשה הצדקה שלום
    2. [בש]…

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  22. 2716Paraliterary textCUL Or.1081 1.74

    Small amulet, probably, for Tamīm b. Hilāla.

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  23. 2717List or tableENA 1196.1

    Table of contents for a responsa collection

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  24. 2718List or tableENA 1196.2

    Table of contents for a responsa collection

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  25. 2719List or tableENA 1196.3

    Table of contents for a responsa collection

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  26. 2720List or tableENA 1196.4

    Table of contents for a responsa collection

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  27. 2721Legal documentENA 2462.5

    Formulary for a power of attorney (wakāla).

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  28. 2722Literary textENA 2799.7

    Medical recipes in Ladino, including for toothache.

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  29. 2723State documentENA 3944.11

    Tax receipt for Abū l-Surūr. Trigger: addā.

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  30. 2724Paraliterary textENA 3962.9

    Arabic poetry of praise for somebody. Late.

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    1. متين موالي

    2. ...ما مثلو في الاقطار        غلب رسيلو ….جهر لا انكار

    3. …علي والفارس الاكرار     شاطر ديار مصر وهو شاطر على الشطار 

    4. والحمد ل…

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  31. 2725Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/15b

    Formulary for a magical spell. Small fragment.

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  32. 2726State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 375

    Official-looking receipt for Abū Saʿd. Needs examination.

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  33. 2727State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 474

    Official (tax?) receipt for a goldsmith (al-ṣāʾigh).

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  34. 2728LetterJRL L 31

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, reused for sums.

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  35. 2729List or tableT-S AS 145.236

    Memorial list. For a family of notables.

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  36. 2730Paraliterary textT-S AS 147.146

    Formularies for magical spells. (Information from FGP.)

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  37. 2731Paraliterary textT-S AS 169.297

    Medical prescription, apparently topicals for a wound.

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  38. 2732State documentT-S AS 176.441

    Small, official-looking receipt. For [...] Ibrāhīm al-Quḍāʿī(?).

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  39. 2733Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 176.447

    Receipt or order of payment. For Ṣāliḥ.

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  40. 2734Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.276

    Miniature receipt for 'the judge' (ṣaḥḥā lil-dayyān).

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  41. 2735Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.122

    Receipt for the rent of a shop.

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  42. 2736Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 181.71

    Receipt for Abū l-ʿIzz b. Bū l-ʿAlī.

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  43. 2737Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 181.89

    Receipt for Abū l-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdi.

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  44. 2738State documentT-S Misc.6.5

    Tax receipt for jawālī with registration marks.

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  45. 2739State documentT-S NS 297.212

    Receipt for Muḥammad b. Yūsuf. Needs examination.

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  46. 2740Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 306.139

    Receipt of some sort for Abū l-ʿIzz.

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  47. 2741Legal documentT-S NS 324.131

    two specimen contracts for unequal partnerships (FGP)

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  48. 2742Literary textYevr.-Arab. I 383

    Prayers and praises for God in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  49. 2743LetterT-S 10J6.17 + T-S 8J22.13

    Recto: Letter from Natan, a foreigner from Jerba (the island off the coast of Ifrīqiyya), who claims that he has been unjustly placed under house …

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    He (God) knows the mysteries of the adversity that your slave has experienced, the house arrest by the Muslim religious authorities, which is unjust and not inconsiderable. For nine months your slave has been paying interest of three dirhems per month on two dinars, as well as monthly dues for house arrest.

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  50. 2744LetterJRL AF 41

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen the descendant of Yehosef ha-Kohen Bet Din. Mentions a suftaja; 30 dinars; possibly …

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  51. 2745LetterT-S AS 146.3 + DK 242 (alt: XXI)

    Letter draft from the Rabbanite leaders of Fustat/Cairo to the Rabbanite leaders of Ashqelon. Dating: Summer 1099 CE. The letter recounts how the Nagid Mevorakh …

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    1. בשמ רח
    2. אל אילי הצדק ברוכי עליון גומלי חסד דורשי משפט
    3. הזורעים על כל מים הוגי דת משולת מים הזהירים במצו[ת]
    4. החרדים על דברי אלה[[ינו]] טובי השם והשמוע…

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  52. 2746State documentT-S AS 183.84

    Receipt for Jamīl b. Hiba b. ʿAbbād b. ʿAlī for the ḍamān of a shop (ḥānūt). Dating: the payment is for the year 516 or …

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  53. 2747LetterT-S NS J197

    Letter from Hilāl b. Yosef to ʿArūs b. Yosef detailing accounts for the export of five qintars of wool worth thirty dinars from Alexandria to …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא סיידי ומולאי
    2. אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3. וסעאדתה וסלמאתה ונע[מתה וכבת
    4. אעדאה מן אלמסתקר באלאסכנדר[יה
    5. ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק …

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  54. 2748LetterT-S NS J436

    Note in a mixture of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic to a certain Nasi asking for money for various communal expenses and mentioning the judge and the …

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  55. 2749LetterCUL Or.1080 J18

    Approval for receiving money, to Nahray b. Nissim. Second half of 11th century. An unknown merchant approves that he received 300 dirhams from Nahray for …

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    1. אלדי קבעת מן אבו יחיי נהראי ש דרה

    2. יקבצהא מן מא יצל אליה פי אלמראכב

    3. מן תחת ידה מע מא ידפע בעד דלך

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    אשר קיבלתי מאבו יחיא נהוראי: ש' דרהמים, שאותם יגבה ממה שיגיע אליו באוניות (ויהיה) תחת ידו, (יחד) עם מה שישלם אחר כך.

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  56. 2750LetterENA 2700.34

    Informal note from Umm Ḥasan bt. al-Shofeṭ (or at least written in her name) to a certain judge. She asks for her share of the …

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    2. יא מולאי אלדיין אללה יכמל
    3. עאפיתך ויסתגיב פיך
    4. צאלח אלדעא ממלוכת[[ת]]ך
    5. אם חסן בנת אלשופט
    6. תקבל ידיהא אלכרימה
    7. ותסאל חצרתהא אן תנפד
    8. להא רסמהא אלדי …

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