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  1. 28051LetterAIU XI.274

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic headed by two Bible verses. The first ~10 lines are blessings for the addressee, evidently a communal official close to the head …

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  2. 28052Legal documentT-S 10J6.8

    Power of attorney given by the cantor Yosef b. Nissim to Yefet b. Natan to deal with the grantor's house, specifically to sue the person …

    1. . . . . . ושו . . . . אפטרופא ליקבץ לי גמיע מא . . . . . . . . .
    2. גיאת מן דארי יקבץ גמיע דלך לרוחה ויזכו בה לדאתה וקד געלת לה
    3. מן אלאן אן יטאלב ויברז …

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  3. 28053Legal query or responsumT-S 10J14.18

    Responsum by Yosef Tawazi concerning religion and marriage

    1. . . . יוסף תווזי
    2. כל מתנה שיתן הבעל לאשתו בין בעת אירוסין ונישואין
    3. או לאחר שנישאת . . ל . . . בין היא בעין בין א[ינ]ה
    4. בעין כיון שמת הבעל אין המתנה חו…

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  4. 28054LetterT-S AS 178.88

    Petition in Ottoman Turkish from Salmūn [al-Iskandarānī] to "a high official, possibly the governor of Egypt" per Hathaway. Dating: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. …

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    1. [     ] [ḥażretler]inin ḥāk-ı pāy-ı şerīflerine ʿarż-ı ḥālım budurki: Ḫażra muḳāṭaʿasına
    2. [ ]’e müteʿallıḳ māl gelür yerler vardır, …

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    1. My petition to the noble dust under the feet of his excellency is as follows:

    2. There are places that produce income for al-Khaḍra…

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  5. 28055LetterENA NS 34.2

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 16th century. Written by Yehuda al-Ashqar b. Yiṣḥaq b. [...], a resident of Jerusalem who, …

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  6. 28056LetterAIU VII.E.111

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  7. 28057LetterT-S J3.30

    Copies of late letters in poetic Hebrew

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  8. 28058LetterT-S AS 153.187

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū Saʿd and an agreement upon a monthly payment of one dinar, possibly for a communal office. Mentions the Nagid. …

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  9. 28059Legal documentENA 3960.6

    ENA 3960.6–10 are five distinct but related Mamlūk-era legal documents in Arabic script, all dated 909 H (1503/04 CE), and involving the same people (e.g., …

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  10. 28060LetterT-S NS 338.12

    Letter from the judge Peraḥyahu (b. Yosef Ibn Yiju), in Alexandria, to an unidentified addressee, in Fustat. Dating: ca. late 12th century. This fragment (lower …

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  11. 28061Legal documentENA NS 76.13

    Bookbinding with several mirror-image imprints of Hebrew text, including one legal document issued in the city of DM[...] (=Damascus? Damietta) in the year 17[..] Seleucid, …

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  12. 28062List or tableAIU XII.123

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic, mentioning Abū l-Futūh and a certain Yaʿqūb and almonds. Verso: A note in Arabic saying, "I have sent you some almonds."

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  13. 28063Literary textT-S 13J21.31

    Recto: Piyyut, (probably a qina) Hebrew poetry. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  14. 28064LetterT-S AS 200.63

    Probably a letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  15. 28065List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 18

    Accounts, in Arabic script. Mentions names of people, sums of money and dates.

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  16. 28066Unknown typeENA NS 85.1127

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  17. 28067Unknown typeT-S NS 305.179

    Small fragment with text in Arabic script, including a basmala and possibly a date at the top.

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  18. 28068Unknown typeENA NS 85.1288.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 28069State documentENA 4020.65

    Petition from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the caliph al-Ẓāhir (matn only) defending his position against Yūsuf al-Sijilmasi, the Iraqi leader in Palestine. Dating: original document …

    1. ואלדי קצד אלדאעי בכניסתין וריאסתין ן
    2. אלסגל מאסי לאנהו אדא גאז אן תכון ריאסתין גאז אן תכון
    3. תלאתה ואכתר מן /דלך/ וודא דלך אלא מא לא (נ)האיה לה מן אלפת…

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    1. And as far as the argument in favor of the two synagogues and the two authorities is concerned, (it has already been refuted by) Ibn

    2. Sijilm…

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  20. 28070State documentENA NS 10.15

    State document, fragmentary. Three and a half lines preserved, difficult to glean context, mentions taking permission, "لانه حين اذن". Reused for a Hebrew text, on …

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  21. 28071Literary textJRL B 8235

    Small fragment containing Hebrew literary text.

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  22. 28072State documentT-S NS 305.145

    Tax receipt?

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  23. 28073Legal documentT-S Ar.49.13

    Bill of divorce, fragment. Location: Somewhere in Egypt. Involves someone named al-Sarūjī.

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  24. 28074State documentMoss. VIII,143

    Letter, possibly official, relating to mosques and construction projects and donations. Mentions specifically the tiles of the mosque. Also "the properties of the government in …

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    1. وسعرا؟ وكثر ملكا؟ ما لانه للسـ..

    2. الع….وعهد الى دور في عـ[

    3. وجماع ودار برسم الدعاة…جميع..

    4. واهدا الاحجار لبنا…واصحابه ولمر..

    5. امره الى ان…

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  25. 28075LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 517

    Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script. Mentions Saturday and "Mawlāya al-Shaykh". Damaged and faded to glean any content. Phrases: من يوم السبت . . …

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  26. 28076LetterENA NS 18.2

    Letter from Avraham ha-Kohen to the community of Damsīs (לסאדתי ושיוכי אלקהל אלגליל קהל דמסיס). Mentioning the arrival of a letter with instructions from the …

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  27. 28077LetterT-S 13J18.28

    Letter from Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b. Shemarya …

    1. בר]כות מגברות וטובות מכפלות ונחלת שני
    2. [עולמות ]הק יכונה בנתיבות מעולות הוא כב גק מור
    3. [אפרים החבר] בס גד יחיהו נורא עלילות וישמריהו
    4. [ ב]ן מר שמריהו ה…

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  28. 28078LetterT-S AS 160.265

    Accounts; notes. (Information from CUDL)

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  29. 28079List or tableENA 1177.48

    Accounts. In Hebrew script. Partially in Judaeo-Arabic (אלחאל חסאב פרוצהם), but maybe also with some Judaeo-Persian. The names would have unusual spellings if this were …

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  30. 28080List or tableT-S Ar.39.368

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists names.

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  31. 28081Legal documentT-S NS 324.121

    Fragment of a ketubba for the remarriage of a divorced couple (מחזיר גרושתו). Groom: Shelomo b. [...]. Bride: Ghāliya bt. Peraḥya. Written by Yefet b. …

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  32. 28082LetterT-S 28.1

    Letter from Ḥushiel b. Elḥanan, in Qayrawān, to Shemarya b. Elḥanan, in Fusṭāṭ. In which Ḥushiel praises both the addressee and his son Elḥanan, and …

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    1. ארוים כעמים סב · · · · · · · · · · ·  | [א] · · · ·
    2. בתוך עצי יער · במד · · · · · · · · · |  [ל] · · · ·
    3. גבה והוסיף ייף בין · · · · · יבולהו · …

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  33. 28083Unknown typeBL OR 10599.3

    Unidentified document or literary text in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentions accounting and bringing gold to the dār al-[...]. Excerpts: אדם בעולם . …

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  34. 28084LetterENA 3962.5

    Letter from a physician in Arabic script giving detailed instructions for the care of a sick man, especially about diet, baths, and regimen. It concludes …

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  35. 28085Legal documentT-S NS 224.42

    Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Involves a supervisor of construction (al-mutawallī lil-ʿimāra); something valued …

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  36. 28086List or tableJRL B 5791

    Table of names in Judaeo-Arabic. Including al-Ḥaver Abū Sahl; Fahd; Ṣadaqa b. al-Qalʿī; Yūsuf al-Khayyāṭ; his brother Ṣāliḥ; Sulaymān al-Ḍarīr ('the blind'). The hand is …

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  37. 28087List or tableENA NS 2.1

    Accounts of ʿArūs b. Yosef. (Information from Goitein's index cards).

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    1. נצר קנב. נצרך קע
    2. לה לח רטל ולה צ רטל ציף
    3. . . . . קכג רטל ית. .
    4. ולה ק רטל צעפי טו רטל
    5. . .ת קע ומוע. . ירח
    6. ו.צת ל. . זבידה מ. . .

    ________…

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  38. 28088State documentBodl. MS heb. f 107/36

    State document, in Arabic script in a chancery hand. The beginnings of two lines are preserved: "wa-lammā uṭliqat al-[...]... wa-ʿalā kāfat al-mamālīk...." Reused for Hebrew …

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  39. 28089List or tableT-S AS 148.8

    List of contributors (end), almost all names known early 11th century. Included: The elders the Tasatira (Tustaris); the rest, mostly bankers. (Information from Goitein index …

    1. ........]ן?[.....]ף?[.........
    2. אבו נצר בן דוד בן אלפייג נצף'' (seems to be line filler
    3. בן אלצפורי דינר ואחד ונצף''
    4. בן אבי איוב דינר ואחד
    5. סלאמה בן אמ…

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  40. 28090LetterT-S 13J8.18

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissīm, Fusṭāṭ, to his cousin Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, probably in Egypt, ca. 1045 (Gil). Nahray anxiously mentions to Barhūn that …

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    1. כתא]בי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעא[דתך ונעמתך
    2. וחמאיתך מן מצר לו' בקין מן כסליו כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא [באחסן כאתמה ען
    3. חאל סל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו
    2. ואת חסותו לך, מפסטאט, בכ"ד בכסלו, יחתום אותו אלוהים עלי…

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  41. 28091LetterStras. 4038/9

    Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …

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    "Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39). 

    "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…

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  42. 28092LetterENA 2804.20 + Moss. Ia,16

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda and nine other Jerusalemites confirming the receipt of ten dinars from Fustat. Dating: approximately 1030 (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 …

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    1. תראינה ירושלם נוה שאנן אהל בל יצען בל יסע יתידותיו לנצ[ח וכל [חבליו]
    2. בל ינתקו ומעט מהרבה נשארנו כי עונותינו גרמו לנו וחטאינו ענו [בנו כי]
    3. פשענו את…

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  43. 28093LetterT-S 12.434

    Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1100 CE (Goitein's and Frenkel's estimate). No address. Sent to a "brother." Probably sent from Fustat to Alexandria (though …

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    1. ג]מלה דינאר עדדהא מאיה ותלתה
    2. ומעהא מע חאמל הדא אלכתאב מתלהא
    3. תנקץ נצף דינ ועדדהא מאיה ואתנין
    4. וקלבי יבקא משגול אלי אן יגיני כתבך
    5. פאללה אללה סאעה…

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  44. 28094LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/18

    Letter from Yehuda Leib the Ashkenazi to the Nagid Yiṣḥaq Sholal. In Hebrew. Dating: 1502–17 CE (date range of Sholal's post as Nagid). The writer …

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  45. 28095LetterT-S Ar.38.1

    Letter in Arabic in which a teacher reports to "my lord the Kohen" that the boy Mūsā had come to school after having absented himself …

    1. اعلم الموﻻ الكاهان وفقه الله تعالى
    2. ان موسى اليوم دون اﻻيام دخل
    3. وقدامى صغير يقرا قلت له خذ
    4. الفر[اشا واقرا اربع خمس دفوع حتا
    5. يفرغ الصغير حلف بالله تعا…

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    I inform my lord, the Kohen, may God, the exalted, give him success, that Mūsā, after some days of absence, entered the school while a boy was …

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  46. 28096State documentT-S NS 305.81

    Tax receipt? Needs examination.

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  47. 28097List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 770

    Accounts, in Arabic script. Dated to the 8th/14th century.

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  48. 28098LetterENA NS 37.14

    Fragment of a letter containing the address only: to Peraḥ b. [Mu'ammal?] Rosh ha-Pereq.

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  49. 28099LetterT-S AS 165.49

    Small fragment from the top of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The address is partially preserved, including the name Abū l-[...] [...] b. Hillel al-Dimashqī.

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  50. 28100Legal documentT-S NS 305.1

    Acknowledgment of a debt of 10 dinars contracted by Ḥammūd b. Hāshim, the miller, with Ibrāhīm b. Ḥajīj, the Jewish middleman. The document states that …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده وكفى وسلام على عباده الذين اصطـــــــــــــــــــفـى
    2. اقر حمود بن هاشم الطحان وهو يوميذ رجل شاب اسمر اللون نقى …
    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone. He is sufficient. Peace be upon his' servants, whom he has chosen.   

    2. …

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