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  1. 29251LetterT-S 13J16.1

    Hebrew letter consisting almost entirely of a panegyric poem, written by the cantor Aharon b. Efrayim for a man named Shelomo. (Information from Bareket, Shafrir …

    1. לך השר ושר כל שר נשיא עם אב אשר נוסה עשרה
    2. נגיד הדור וראש כל דור פאר הודם כמו עזרה בצרה
    3. והנחמד עלי כל רון יקדים בקרית עוז כמו חומה בצורה
    4. נשאו צור והפ…

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  2. 29252Legal documentT-S NS J405

    Debt contract, draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 11 Ḥeshvan 1587 Seleucid, which is 1275 CE. Abū Saʿd b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Ṣabbāgh is owed a sum of …

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  3. 29253LetterENA 2727.56

    Letter from Avraham b. Moshe b. Avraham b. Yosef b. Avraham to a dignitary called Avraham b. Abū l-Faḍl. In Judaeo-Arabic. The overall appearance and …

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  4. 29254Legal documentT-S AS 145.286

    Small fragment of an unidentified (legal?) document.

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  5. 29255LetterT-S 13J14.17

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿqūb, Ṣūr (Tyre), to Abū l-Aʿlāʾ Yūsuf b. Dāwūd b. Shaʿyā, Fustat.

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולי אלשיך ואדאם עזה
    2. מן צור ען סלאמה ואלחמד ללה והדה
    3. וצל כתאבה פי יומי הדא ווקפת עליה
    4. ושכרת אללה תעאלא עלי סלאמתה אדאמהא
    5. א…

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  6. 29256Legal documentT-S AS 152.247

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves Sitt al-Furs and Mordekhay. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  7. 29257LetterT-S NS 322.113

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. In Arabic script. T-S NS 322.101–17 all …

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  8. 29258Legal documentT-S AS 181.1

    Fragment from the bottom of a power of attorney. May mention Aden (first line). Mentions the date 5 Ṣafar 584 AH = 5 April 1188 …

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  9. 29259Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 312

    Medical document, or recipe. Mentions the flower violet (zahr banafsaj) and the oil of violet (duhn banafsaj).

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  10. 29260LetterT-S 13J25.9

    Letter from Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, from Mahdiyya, written on New Year's eve to Nahray b. Nissīm, Fustat. Probably September 6, 1062. Mercantile letter regarding …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך מן אלמהדיה ערב ראש השנה ערפך

    2. אללה ברכתהא וימנהא ואעאדה עליך שנים רבות שש שמיח ען סלאמה ונעמ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך, ממהדייה, ערב ראש השנה, יודיעך
    2. אלוהים את ברכתו ואת מזלו ויחרשנו עליך שנים …

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  11. 29261List or tableJRL L 259

    Two tables, one headed al-kabīr and the other a-saghīr (= al-ṣaghīr). Dating: probably late, no earlier than 13th century. The first table consists of all …

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  12. 29262LetterT-S AS 153.271

    On verso small fragment from the bottom of a letter by Peraḥyā ha-Kohen. On recto a dirge, might also be from a letter of condolence.

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  13. 29263LetterJRL A 701

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Raḥamim Abzaradel to Moshe ben Naʿim dated 14 September 1827 (22 Elul 5587 AM).

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  14. 29264List or tableT-S AS 151.228

    Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Mentions names including Abū l-Faraj, Ibn Ḥamīd, Abu ʿUthmān and Yosef, and government officials (al-amīr, al-sulṭān, al-dāʿī). …

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  15. 29265LetterT-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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  16. 29266List or tableT-S AS 145.67

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Crude handwriting and spellings. Mentions "the runner (raqqās) of the capitation tax, for/from Makhlūf" and then "Manṣūr the collector …

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  17. 29267List or tableENA 2099.9

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, beginning of Kislev 1527 Seleucid, which is 1215 CE.

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  18. 29268LetterT-S AS 148.45

    Letter of condolence addressed to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ (1127–39).

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  19. 29269Legal documentT-S Ar.42.107

    Legal document. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, likely 16th or 17th century. Concerning the estate of the late Shemuel b. Dan, a Portuguese Jew. His …

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  20. 29270Unknown typeENA NS 79.106

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 29271Literary textT-S AS 153.474

    Very faded. Unidentified. The format looks literary.

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  22. 29272Legal documentT-S AS 152.380

    Legal document, possibly in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, mentioning 60 dinars, the Bet Din, Abū l-Ḥasan, and repeatedly mentions רקעה בדינאר ‘note for …

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  23. 29273LetterNLI 577.9/7

    Letter to Nahray b. Nissim. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Almost complete. Mentions flax; Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Kohen; "the beads of al-Tustari"; Av[raham] b. Sughmār and Abū …

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  24. 29274Literary textT-S Ar.47.180

    Legal formulary of Saadya Gaon (Kitāb al-Shahāda wa-l-Wathā'iq). Information from FGP.

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  25. 29275Literary textT-S 8.10

    Literary treatise in Judaeo-Arabic on the laws of mourning in various special cases. when the deceased is the father of a bride; if he was …

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  26. 29276State documentBodl. MS Arab. c 56.35

    State document, or official letter, in Arabic script. Refers to an amīr and his operations, and mentions something in relation to the bedouins (ʿurbān). The …

    1. ورزق علي الوجه التي يعلمه ساميها وهذا الامير و[من جرى
    2. مجراه فهي حرس الله النعمة عليها وعبدها عالم بما اوتره [=اوثره]
    3. من قضى حقه والموقفيه عسف(؟) ويق…

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  27. 29277LetterENA NS I.58

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early 13th century. Recommending the bearer for assistance. The bearer had a partnership in a commodity with Bū l-Ḥasan al-Ḥakīm known …

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  28. 29278LetterT-S 12.363

    Letter from ʿIwāḍ b. Isḥāq b. al-Zayyāt to the family of Abū l-Khayr b. Isḥāq b. al-Zayyāt (presumably his brother). It mainly has to do …

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  29. 29279Legal documentT-S NS 226.48

    Legal document. Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Halfon b. Menashse ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38) between a Rabbanite husband named Natan ha-Levi and a Qaraite wife, …

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  30. 29280LetterT-S NS 324.104

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (r. 1025–1051) to the community of Fustat. Dating: ca. 1025 CE. On verso there is a fable about a …

    TS NS Box 324, f. 104, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.122-124 (Doc. #71), C.B. 03-15-88 (p) Letter to the community of Fustat, approximately 1025. }

    1. אל כל ה…

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  31. 29281Legal documentII Firk. Arab. 1

    Deed of sale in Arabic script. It "records on its recto the purchase of a portion of a house in Cairo (referred to as al-Muʿizziyyah …

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    1. ثبت والحمد لله موفق من توكل عليه
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده [وصلوته على سي]دنا محمد نبيـ[ـنا وا]له وسلامة
    3. هذا ما اشتري الشيخ سعيد ا…

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    1. It has been registered. Praise be to God. He who relies on Him is granted success.
    2. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate. Praise …

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  32. 29282LetterT-S AS 158.391 + T-S AS 158.225

    Fragment of a letter addressed to a community. With the introduction in Hebrew (שלומות רבות בברכות . . . סביבות לכל הקהל הקדוש השוכנים . …

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  33. 29283LetterENA NS 85.1296

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged. The sender asks the addressee to purchase some purslane seed (bizr rijla). Might join with ENA NS 85.1339 …

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  34. 29284Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1081

    Rendering of the book Esther into Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

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  35. 29285LetterENA NS 77.319

    Large vertical strip from the right side of a business letter, account, or legal document. On parchment. Dating: Maybe 11th century. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a …

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  36. 29286Legal documentENA 4011.60

    Legal document. Record of a deposition in court (maḥḍar). Dated: Sunday, 21 Av/Rabīʿ I 442 AH = 12 August 1050 CE. Unsigned draft, written by …

    1. של
    2. חצר מן אתבת שהאדתה אכר הדא אלמחצר מטאלבה
    3. מסאפר אבן עמרם לסעיד אבן עלון אלמערוף באלקדסי בעצאבה
    4. דכר מסאפר אבן עמרם אנה אנפדהא מעה אלי צור ואנה לם
    5. י…

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    1. In Thy Name, oh Merciful: 

    2. The undersigned whose testimony was recorded on this court record were present on the spot when the lawsuit was …

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  37. 29287LetterT-S 6J5.18

    Informal note from a certain Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. He sent the note accompanying אלסדר (perhaps a prayerbook, but it is apparently a collective noun—could be …

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  38. 29288List or tableJRL C 128

    Accounts in Arabic on a large bifolio. Dated Jumada I 1238 AH which is 1823 CE. This bifolio was likely once part of the same …

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  39. 29289Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3971.26

    Receipt for Naʿīm. Sum: 68.5 (dirhams). At lower right (atypical position): bi-rasmihim(?).

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  40. 29290LetterAIU VII.E.107

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  41. 29291List or tableT-S 8J9.1

    Verso (original use): accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  42. 29292LetterT-S K15.56

    Draft of the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with respectful greetings for the addressee named David, possibly David I b. Avraham Maimonides. At any …

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  43. 29293Legal documentT-S F1(1).24

    Part of a longer legal document, probably describing a gift or series of gifts made by a father, David, to his daughter. He is formally …

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  44. 29294Literary textBL OR 12274.20

    Literary text (Talmud?) with a colophon giving the date of copying: Nisan 502[.] AM, which is the 1260s CE.

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  45. 29295Legal documentENA 2740.1

    List of three bills of divorce, apparently notes of a court scribe. (1) Husband: Sālim b. Avraham. Wife: [...]b al-Dīn bt. Maṣliaḥ. (2) Husband: David …

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  46. 29296Unknown typeENA NS 85.525

    Minute fragment, a remnant of writing/ink is visible on the recto possibly in Hebrew script.

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  47. 29297State documentT-S AS 200.407

    Verso has traces of an original Arabic document. Recto might be a letter or a literary text. Some words: אלכשף סרעה . . . עיניך …

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  48. 29298Unknown typeENA NS 85.664

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 29299Unknown typeT-S NS 99.22

    Narrative in Judaeo-Arabic, probably literary.

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  50. 29300LetterT-S NS J607

    Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions somebody in Sūsa; Abū Zikrī al-Ṭabīb; a container of sal ammoniac; pepper; and Abū Saʿīd Maymūn b. …

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