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  1. 28051State documentT-S NS 321.47

    Fatimid-era petition. From Muʿammar [...] al-Tūnisī, in trouble on account of the capitation tax. He says he does not have enough money to buy food …

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  2. 28052LetterJRL B 5504

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Ending only. Some names appear at the bottom: [...] b. Yefet (ZL). And Yefet b. [Yeshuʿa?] ha-Meʿulle ha-Dayyan—this is …

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  3. 28053Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1529

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Release in the name of Naṣrallāh b. Salmān b. [...] al-Skandarī, in which he declares that he has no further claims …

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  4. 28054State documentUPenn RAR MS 85.126.38

    At least two documents across two fragments (which belong together). In Arabic script. Two of the documents look legal/administrative. A third text-block is an extended …

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  5. 28055List or tableT-S AS 184.159

    Mercantile accounts in Arabic script. Details of many transactions recorded, including one involving "nuḥās maksūr" (broken copper?). Most names mentioned are generic (Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū …

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  6. 28056Literary textBL OR 5563D.40–41

    Two leaves from Leviticus 5 copied in Arabic script (but Hebrew vocalization).

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  7. 28057LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/118

    Note from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.

    1. ליקר תפארת מעוטר בעטרת שם הנעים
    2. הוא כב גד קד מר אברהם הכהן הרופא
    3. סר העידה אשר הכלילו אלוהינו מעלות
    4. יתירות מעולות בר כב גד ק מ יצכק הכהן
    5. נוחו עדן מצע…

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  8. 28058LetterT-S 12.30 + JRL B 2367

    Fragment of a letter composed circa 1236 CE by Abu l-Ḥasan Yedutun b. Abu Sahl Levi, at one time the cantor of the Palestinian synagogue …

    T-S 12.30, recto:

    1. ותופא ואלדנא מר ורב לוי החב<ר> זל פי יום אלאתנין כד מן תשרי שנת אתק[כג לשט׳
    2. אלמואפקה לשנת דתתקעב ליצירה והי אליג׳ מן מחזור רסב ותם…

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  9. 28059Legal documentT-S 16.162

    Mostly torn and effaced release in which Khalaf and Musafir, sons of Shemuel b. Khalaf, acknowledge to have received through Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen 250 gold pieces …

    1. עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו העדים החתומים למטה באחד בשבת בחמשה ימים לחדש אלול שנת
    2. אלף [וש]לש מאות וששים שנים למינין שאנו רגילין למנות בו בפסטאט מ[צרים] שע…

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  10. 28060List or tableENA 3276.7

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, late.

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  11. 28061Legal documentT-S NS 224.87

    Hardly readable.

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  12. 28062Legal documentT-S AS 145.163

    Small and torn fragment probably from a ketubba, written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Yeshuʿa b. ʿEli.

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  13. 28063List or tableT-S AS 214.100

    Names of people and items- list of contribution to the poor?. Dating is likely 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. There are a variety …

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  14. 28064List or tableT-S AS 176.29

    Accounts.

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  15. 28065Unknown typeENA NS 78.83

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  16. 28066List or tableENA 624.26

    Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)

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  17. 28067Unknown typeT-S AS 203.137

    Small fragment of a document in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a mandīl dabīqī. Might belong with T-S AS 203.138.

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  18. 28068Legal query or responsumT-S NS 264.66

    Legal query, possibly a draft, in Judaeo-Arabic. There is text at multiple angles, including faint text underlying the text that can be seen on the …

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  19. 28069LetterMoss. IV,45

    Part of a letter from a man to his son, Abū l-Ḥasan Wahb b. ʿImrān, who requests that next time he should write in Hebrew. …

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  20. 28070List or tableBL OR 5566C.18

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. On recto there are at least six items, divided into subsections. Mentions 13 qintars of something; a ḥammāl …

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  21. 28071Unknown typeENA NS 85.1372

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  22. 28072Legal documentT-S NS 226.83

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138).

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  23. 28073LetterMoss. VII,205

    Enigmatic fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic describing what happened to the writer in front of the addressee's house; how people were appealing for help …

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  24. 28074LetterENA 3616.19 + CUL Or.1081 J3

    IB II, 25 + 26. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: two fragments. Aden, 1134. See also T-S AS 173.380 (PGPID 38566).

    IB II,25 (ENA 3616.19) recto

    1. שלום עד אין קץ וברכה עד אין
    2. מספר ליקר אדוני מר ור אברהם
    3. בר כגק מר ור יגו נעג אהבך מצמון
    4. בר חסן נעג וצל כתאב מולאי
    5. וקראת…

    IB II,25 recto

    1. Peace without limit and blessings without 
    2. number, to my esteemed lord, our master and teacher Abraham 
    3. the son of his honor, great a…

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  25. 28075Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.3

    Legal document from the high court (al-Bāb al-ʿĀlī) in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated: 28 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1122 AH = 18 January 1711 CE. Judge: …

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  26. 28076Literary textNLI 577.1/10

    Literary document, in Arabic script, folio from the Quran. The preserved text is from Sūra al-Shuʿarāʾ (26:216-227) to Sūra al-Naml (27:1-9).

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  27. 28077LetterT-S AS 152.309

    Letter fragment. The ends of ~7 lines are preserved. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century.

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  28. 28078LetterENA 3333.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Quite long. Mentions the wife of a certain Meʾir the scribe. Needs examination.

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  29. 28079LetterT-S NS 324.24 + T-S AS 145.94

    Recto: Draft of letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to the Nasi, mentioning the elder Abū Saʿīd. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when …

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  30. 28080LetterT-S Ar.39.384

    Letter in Arabic script, in a chancery-esque hand. The sender swears by God calling him "the light" (wa-ḥaqq al-Nūr). Ends with a ḥasbala. There may …

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  31. 28081Unknown typeENA NS 85.999

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  32. 28082Literary textENA 2396.1–8

    A drash written by Shemuʾel Ben Sid on the occasion of the birth of his son (דרש שדרש החכם השלם מורי ורבי כמחה׳׳ר שמואל ן׳ …

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  33. 28083Legal documentT-S AS 166.175

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In which Abū l-Waḥsh makes a declaration about a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. …

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  34. 28084LetterT-S 16.298

    IB VI, 48. Commercial letter sent from Isaac and Joseph (probably in Babylonia) to Judah ha-Sar, mentioning a voyage to India and commodities including gold …

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  35. 28085Legal documentT-S NS 225.25h

    Fragment of a court ledger. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–38 CE). One of the entries is a prenuptial agreement. Groom: Abū …

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  36. 28086LetterT-S NS 225.76

    Letter to 'our master' (sayyidnā). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Probably asking for financial support. The sender is a butcher and hardly make …

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  37. 28087List or tableT-S AS 153.152

    Accounts, mentioning Sulaymān and Rabīʿ; Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 28088State documentT-S NS 297.193

    State document. Accounts from the central fisc. Begins: waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr.... Lower down refers to Mālik b. Ibrāhīm. In the bottom text block …

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  39. 28089LetterT-S 13J24.7

    Calligraphic letter sent by Eliyyahu b. Khalaf to a man, evidently the head of the Jews in Fustat or Cairo, emphasizing that the community in …

    1. ומן וליהא מולאי אלאך אלשלישי ומן
    2. גמאעה אלקהאל צאלח אלאדעיה והם
    3. בחמד אללה לב אחד בבקאהא
    4. יושבים בטח ושלום כתו וישב עם
    5. בנות שלום ובמשכנות מבטחים וג
    6. ושל…

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  40. 28090Legal documentBodl. MS Arab. c 56.29

    Legal document, in Arabic script. A late Arabic, Ottoman iqrār document with a seal. Issued by the maḥkeme al-Ṣāliḥiyya al-Najmiyya, one of the ~15 qadi …

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    1.                                                الحمد الله وحده

    2.                                                 جرى  ذلك

    3.   كتبه  يحيى بن ي…

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  41. 28091LetterT-S K25.244

    Letter from an ardent supporter to Daniel b. ʿAzarya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1055 CE (per Goitein). This is the first leaf of a longer …

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    1. ב(שמך) ר(חמנא)
    2. וצל כתאב סידנא אלראיס אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה וכבת באלדול חסדתה
    3. ועדאה וגעלהם מן כל סו פידאה וגמל אלאומה בבקאה ותבת פי
    4. איאמה מואעי…

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  42. 28092LetterCUL Add.3338.4

    Letter addressed to a certain ʿIzz al-Dīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni origin. Dating: uncertain, likely no earlier than 13th century. Dealing mainly with details of shipments …

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    1. ואלדי אשאטו מן בקייה אלחב קדח ונצף צנעאני וקדח זואד וקדח
    2. חסיך ותמאני כחלאני חסיך לחמאר סיידי תסע ונצף אלקדח
    3. עשא לאהל אלבהאים ורבע אלק…

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  43. 28093List or tableT-S NS 194.102

    Accounts in Arabic script and maybe Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions several names including Mīkhāʾīl and Muḥammad and a teacher.

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  44. 28094LetterMoss. II,124.1

    Fragment of a letter in the hand of Natan ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh concerning the disagreement about the Jewish community's leadership in Ashkelon. Describes how a …

    1. .....].ה פ..[...].ואב.[............
    2. אלח]זן ויחתאגו אן יתכפנו [..........
    3. ולואזמה פלמא איסו מנא מא אמכנ[וה מן
    4. אלכניסה בל אקאמו רגל מן אהל גזה א[סמה
    5. א…

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  45. 28095LetterMoss. V,345.1

    Letter. Sent from somewhere in al-Shām to Cairo. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. Sender and addressee are not …

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  46. 28096LetterT-S NS 321.70

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that his cousin (ibn khālatī) Berakhot has arrived and conveyed the news that the addressee came down with …

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  47. 28097LetterMoss. V,363.2

    Letter from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. Concerning yarn. (Information from CUDL)

    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך
    2. ותאידך וסעאדתך מן צור לתסע בקין מן כסליו ען סלאמה
    3. פי אלנפס לה אלחמד כתירא וקד עלם אללה תעאלא מא
    4. ע…

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  48. 28098List or tableENA NS 45.4

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In a rudimentary (known) hand.

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  49. 28099List or tableBodl. MS heb. b 13/55

    List. Collection, jibaya, made on the first day of the holiday for the Maghribi, the Kohen. About 1115 contributions, mostly in Coptic numerals. Some of …

    1. $אלח' ר' עובדיה$ מוסי אבן $אלקוצי בזאז$
    2. --- ½
    3. שמואל גזא[ו]י ולדה מוסי יוסף אבן אלחזן$
    4. ½ ½
    5. נאצר אבן סב[.]ה? [[סעיד אבן]] שמואל לוי
    6. ½ ½
    7. [[יוסף עכאוי צ…

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  50. 28100List or tableDK 36.15

    Notebook, probably belonging to a 15th-century Byzantine merchant, filled with records of various transactions. The language is primarily Hebrew but the months are Julian (אפריל …

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