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  1. 2801Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J60

    Legal document. Draft. Dated: 18 Av 15[..] Seleucid, which provides the possible range: 1188–1287 CE. More of the date might be deduced from the titles …

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  2. 2802Unknown typeENA NS 85.1152.2

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  3. 2803List or tableT-S Misc.8.99

    Three lists of contributors, the first for the lighting (in the synagogue) with wax candles. Mostly in Arabic script. See Goitein's note cards and Med …

    1. بعد المهم(؟) الذي وقع من كون ان אלציבור
    2. يحتاجوا الى اجرة الشمع ونقص شمع
    3. واجرة الذي يحملوه والكلف الذي لا بد
    4. منها فالذي حسبناه وحققناه
    5. ان يقوم اهل مص…

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  4. 2804LetterT-S 8J20.2

    Letter from Ismāʿīl b. Faraḥ, Alexandria, to Yosef b. Eli Kohen Fāsī, in Fustat. 6 November 1056. Discusses goods arriving from al-Andalus, Italy and the …

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    1. סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך וכאן לך ומעך עוזר

    2. וסומך מן אלאסכנדריה לה בקין מן מרחשון ואלחאל סלאמה ושוק אליך קרב א…

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    1. אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך, ויהיה לך ואתך עוזר
    2. וסומך, מאלכסנדריה, בכ"ה (או כ"ו) במרחשון; של…

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  5. 2805State documentENA 3914.4

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Possibly mentions ʿAbdallah b. Manṣūr in line 4 after the basmala in line 3. Requires further examination.

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  6. 2806Legal query or responsumT-S AS 146.267

    Legal query followed by a responsum written and signed by a certain Yiṣḥaq. The query concerns a man ("Reʾuven"), his father and mother, and another …

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  7. 2807LetterENA NS 34.22

    Fragment (lower right corner) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, conveying concern for the addressee, distress and anxiety of the writer, mentioning someone's arrival in and …

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  8. 2808LetterCUL Or.1080 J123

    Informal notes in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto: Possibly from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. The writer asks the addressee to write a note to R. Ḥananel regarding the writer's …

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  9. 2809List or tableAIU XII.170

    Accounts in difficult Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: probably 11th–13th century. Mentions Ibn al-Faqīh.

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  10. 2810List or tableL-G Misc. 65

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein's index card.) Recto: "I consulted God …

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  11. 2811Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3971.32

    Small receipt for Mawāhīb. By the same scribe (or jahbadh?) responsible for the entire ENA 3972 folder, possibly named Yūḥannā b. SYMLJ(?).

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  12. 2812Unknown typeT-S AS 184.181

    Fragment of document(s) in Arabic script. Verso contains the beginnings of two lines in an elegant hand: ḥasala ʿalā . . . Recto is in …

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  13. 2813Legal documentT-S AS 145.388

    Legal document. Tiny fragment. Mentions dinars and silk.

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  14. 2814Legal documentENA 4011.29

    Communal/legal record. Dated: Wednesday, 23 Ṭevet 1493 Seleucid, which is December 1181, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. Abū l-Munajjā al-Kohen, surnamed …

    1. אחצר אלכהן אלשיך אבו אלמנגא
    2. אלזריז גאבי רבע אלהקדש
    3. באלקאהרה אלמחרוסה רשותיה
    4. דאדוננו גאוננו שר שלום הלוי
    5. גאון יעקב ירום הודו אמן
    6. מן אגרה אלרבע אלמדכו…

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  15. 2815List or tableT-S Ar.39.232

    Account containing list of names and some Arabic numbers as well as other siglia arranged in short columns

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  16. 2816Legal documentT-S 6J7.13

    Lower part of a court record concerning a sum of money (150 dinars) and a house. Dated: Ṣafar 523 AH (= January/February 1129 CE). (Information …

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  17. 2817Unknown typeENA NS 79.37.3

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  18. 2818LetterENA 3918.10

    Letter(s) in Arabic script. Recto and verso are probably distinct letters. Dating: Likely 13th century or later. The letter on recto appears to be from …

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  19. 2819Legal documentAIU VII.D.24

    Fragment (left side) of an illuminated ketubba from Cairo with an elaborate floral design that was rendered with watercolor paint inside a predrawn grid. The …

    1. ...]מה בינו .מ.עש׳׳ו(?) אכי׳׳ר
    2. בש]שי
    3. ...] שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ושלש
    4. ... פסט]אט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה אנן
    5. ...] כה׳׳ר יעקב יצ׳׳ו בן המנוח הנ.׳׳…

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  20. 2820Literary textT-S K24.14

    Literary text in Judaeo-Greek. See bibliography on FGP.

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  21. 2821Literary textENA 1269.80

    Literary? Late and very faded

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  22. 2822List or tableT-S AS 162.50

    Accounts, including names, commodities and numbers (Arabic numerals). Dating: 18th or 19th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  23. 2823List or tableT-S AS 205.158

    Small and elegantly written account in Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic, and Coptic numerals. Merits examination.

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  24. 2824List or tableENA NS 77.399

    Accounts in a rudimentary scribal hand, medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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  25. 2825LetterAIU VI.B.22

    Fragment of an Arabic family letter (فبالله عليك . . . باتم السلام وعلى الوالد افضل السلام . . .). May allude to a bad …

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  26. 2826Legal documentT-S 13J1.14

    Power of attorney from the court of Daniel b. Azarya (1051-1062) in Ramla, 1368/October 1056.

    1. בחמשה בשובה וסתא יומי במרחשון שנת אלפא ותלת מאה ושתין ותמניה שנין לשטרות ברמלה כן הוה
    2. דכגק מרור אברהם ביר יצחק יסוד הישיבה ננ אמר לנא הוו עלאי שהדי …

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  27. 2827LetterENA 3916.11

    Letter with legal content. In Arabic script. In which the sender reports a settlement (muwāfaqa) that was reached between Abū l-Faḍl Sahl b. Saʿīd and …

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  28. 2828LetterAIU IX.B.17

    Letter from Mordekhai b. Yiṣḥaq to Ḥayyim Avraham Levi. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Iyyar 5565 AM, which is 1805 CE.

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  29. 2829Literary textMoss. III,214.1a–f

    Literary text in Ladino.

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  30. 2830LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/29

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Only the address is preserved.

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  31. 2831Unknown typeENA NS 85.854

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  32. 2832Legal documentT-S 12.172

    Deed of sale for a house. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th–12th century CE. Ḥusayn b. Ḥāzim al-Bayyāʿ (the food vendor) purchased a house from Ḥasan …

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    1. بسم الله الرح[من الرحيم]
    2. هذا ما اشترى حسين بن حازم البياع من حسن بن علي البقال اشتر[ى منه...]
    3. يده وهي الدار ذات البابين والقصر السفل المعروف…

    1. In the name of God, the merciful [and compassionate].  

    2. This is what Ḥusayn ibn Ḥāzim, the (food-)vendor, bought from Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, the groce…

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  33. 2833Legal documentT-S 8.172

    Fragment of an incomplete legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE). There are two lines, mentioning the late Abū l-Faraj …

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  34. 2834State documentMoss. VII,10.1

    Verso (original use): Fragment from a Fatimid decree of investiture for Abū l-Bayān Mūsā and another person, appointed rightfully (بما يقتضيه العدل ويوجبه الحق) to …

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  35. 2835Paraliterary textT-S K1.121

    A single recipe, for safety on the road. Possibly in the handwriting of the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (this seems dubious and requires examination). …

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  36. 2836Literary textENA NS 76.349

    Probably a geomancy manual. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  37. 2837Legal documentT-S AS 153.355

    Probably a legal document, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 2838Literary textENA NS 79.235.2

    Bible fragment, with verses from the Book of Leviticus.

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  39. 2839List or tableENA NS 45.8

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a unique hand. The heading includes a date with the months Shaʿbān and Tūt, but its exact meaning is unclear (it …

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  40. 2840LetterBL OR 12369.26

    Interesting letter with a conspiratorial tone, apparently from a father to a son. The writer reports that he has heard that Barakat the son of …

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    1. אלדי אעלמך בה אנך נזלת
    2. וקלבי ענדך ואמא גיר דלך
    3. פאני בלגני אן ברכאת בן אלרייס
    4. . . שש . קד טלב בנת אלשיך אב/ו סעד/
    5. וקד לאן (?) לאגלה וקד עמלת א…

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  41. 2841LetterMoss. VII,186.2

    Official letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the office of one of the 13th or 14th century Maimonidean Nagids, based on the motto and the hand. …

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  42. 2842LetterT-S AS 203.164

    Letter in Ladino with part of a responsum on verso.

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  43. 2843LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/22

    Commercial letter from Mūsā b. Shahriyār to the three Tustarī brothers, Abū al-Faḍl Sahl, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf and Abū Sahl Saʿīd, in Fusṭāt. The letter …

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  44. 2844Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J189

    Legal document. Partnership. Dating: 1100-1138 CE (in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe). Location: Fustat. This undated fragment concerns a partnership in money-changing; the active …

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    1. [מ]עשה שהי[ה בפנינ]ו אנו בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים הממונה מפי הדר[ת] [ ]
    2. [מ]בורך אלוף הבינות חכם הישיבה סנהד[רא] רבה [שר] השרים ונגיד הנג[דים…

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    1. [An a]ccount of proceedings that took [place before u]s—we, the permanent court in Fusṭāṭ Egypt, appointed by his Excellency […]
    2. [M]evorakh, C…

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  45. 2845Unknown typeENA NS 79.191

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  46. 2846LetterYevr. II A 1855

    Letter to Yosef b. Noah from Luzka, mostly dealing with monetary issues related to the community

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  47. 2847LetterT-S AS 177.159

    Business letter in Arabic script, with one name in Hebrew, from an anonymous trader from the circle of Abū Saʿīd (Yūsuf) al-Tāhartī

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كنت قد دفعت لمولاي اطال الله بقاه
    3. وادام تاييده وعلاه كتاب ר שבתי שצ
    4. وسالته ان يكتب في معناه كتاب
    5. سيدي ابي سعيد بن التاه…

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  48. 2848Literary textENA 3977.4–5

    Literary work in Arabic script. Botanical.

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  49. 2849LetterT-S Ar.39.23

    Business memorandum in Arabic script. Reporting on the arrival and shipment of different loads, mainly firewood. 30 loads of firewood reached Minya al-Qays at the …

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    1. واما الحطب فقد وصل الى القيس ثلثلين حمل من حساب
    2. ثلثة دراهم وربع الحمل  وبقية الحطب جميعه باقي في
    3. منبال من حساب درهمين الحمل الى النيل يحمل
    4. ودر…

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    1. And as for the firewood, it has reached [Minya] al-Qays, 30 loads at the price of

    2. 3 dirhams and ¼ per load, and all of the remaining fire…

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  50. 2850LetterMoss. IV,69.3

    Small fragment of an unidentified text in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a letter. Includes many biblical citations and refers to the prophet (al-sayyid) Eliyyahu. (Information …

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