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  1. 29651LetterJRL B 4277

    Primary languages
    Ladino, Western Arabic Numerals

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq de Curiel. In Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Dating: early 19th century. Opens with a list of items received (ריסיוי...), including a …

    1. ריסיוי רימונים פאר 1 פונטירו 1 נארגילי 1 קוג̇יאו 1
    2. קוג̇אראס קטנים 3 קוג̇ארה גדולה 1 פירוניס 2 באקראג̇ 1
    3. זארפ̇יס 4 סינייא 1 סך פידאסוס דייס אי סייטי …
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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
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    2020
    PGPID
    28658
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  2. 29652Literary textT-S NS 160.11

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Literary: prayers. This unusual fragment from the Cairo Geniza contains an Aramaic version of the Hebrew prayer Ve-ilu finu (“Were Our Mouths [Filled with Song]”). …

    Translated by Avi Steinhart.

    Were our mouths filled with thanksgivings and ancient psalms,   our tongues like stormy winds that know no rest, Our l…

    1 Transcription 2 Translations 1 Discussion

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    2026
    PGPID
    42083
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  3. 29653LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/66

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from al-Fayyumi b. Saadia, probably addressed to Moses Maimonides.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . זבחים כחרו. . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . ומ[ל]א אוכל טוב כר…
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    • 66 recto
    • 66 verso
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    1990
    PGPID
    549
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  4. 29654LetterENA NS 75.6

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mysterious text in Hebrew, followed by phrases that sound like they come from a letter, in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged.

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    2017
    PGPID
    12906
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  5. 29655LetterCUL Or.1080 J3

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter draft. In the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Addressed to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen. Consists solely of poetry and poetic praises.

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    33990
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  6. 29656Literary textT-S AS 210.122

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Maimonides autograph.

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    2023
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    38134
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  7. 29657Legal documentT-S 8J34.8

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    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Recto: betrothal (erusin) deed. Groom: [...] b. ʿEli known as Ibn Ḥunayn. Bride: …

    Recto

    1. אירס בפנינו אנן חתומי מטה מרור מ[...]
    2. בר מרור עלי הזקן נע דידיע בן חנין לכואת [בת טהור]
    3. הזקן סט על שם קידושים גמורים כת[ורה וכהלכה ...]
    4. ותסלם …
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    PGPID
    18623
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  8. 29658Legal documentYevr. II K 3

    Document date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Marriage contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Adar 1810 Seleucid, which is 1499 CE. Groom: Elazar. Bride: Esther Sutayta bt. Yosef ha-Levi. Quite faded and damaged, …

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  9. 29659Legal documentBL OR 5542.3

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    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Certificate in the hand of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Kislev 1473 Seleucid, which is December 1161 CE, under …

    1. We witnesses whose signatures are placed at the end of this document
    2. state that we know and attest that the elder Abuʾl-Fakhr the perfumer, who is k…
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    PGPID
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  10. 29660LetterT-S 12.566

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Fustat to Alexandria in which Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī writes to his business partner Abū l-Faraj Yehoshuaʿ b. Ismāʿil telling him that he …

    Recto

    1.       על שמך
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכבת אעדאך וחסדתך וכאן לך
    3. וליך וחאפצך פי גמיע אמורך מן מצר אלגמעה אלכאמס מן רביע א…
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    2017
    PGPID
    3181
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  11. 29661LetterMoss. V,332

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a man to his wife. In Judaeo-Arabic. Oddly, the sender refers to himself in the third person most of the time. The address …

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    PGPID
    26922
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  12. 29662LetterENA 223.2

    Letter (FGP). In Hebrew. In literary format. Addressed to the congregation of Fustat (Ẓoʿan). See ENA 223.1-4 (PGPID 6596).

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    PGPID
    11606
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  13. 29663Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J12

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Two orders of payment in Arabic script, and perhaps a remnant of a third. The first one: yadfaʿ al-shaykh al-ajall li-muwaṣṣilihā dīnārayn wa-nuṣr wa-thumn.

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    2021
    PGPID
    33979
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  14. 29664LetterAIU VII.E.71

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Nissīm Mshīsh to a group, perhaps business partners (אחים סי׳ חברים). Dated ʿErev Kippur [5]568 AM (1807 CE). This group is …

    Recto

    1. בע׳׳ה היום א׳ ערב כפור ת׳ל׳ר׳ ש׳ קס׳׳ח בס׳׳ט
    2. אחים סי׳ חברים כמה׳׳ר נרם
    3. אחדש׳׳ו בעד לא יכפ'אכם היום בקא
    4. לנא ١٤ יום חין אתוגנהנא מן ענדכם לם
    5. ראי…
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  15. 29665Legal documentT-S Misc.11.146

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Record of a birth of "my son ʿOvadya" on Sunday [...].

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    2023
    PGPID
    38026
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  16. 29666Legal documentT-S 16.141

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bill of release from any claim granted by Netanʾel b. Yefet b. Meshullam Ibn Ḥirbish to Musāfir b. Shemuel in relation to the will of …

    1 Discussion

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    2017
    PGPID
    7413
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  17. 29667LetterT-S 13J25.24

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the brothers Shelomo Cesana, Ḥayyim Cesana, and Avraham Cesana to Merkado Karo and Avraham ha-Levi. Dated: 4 Shevaṭ 5566 AM, which is 23 …

    Tags

    1 Transcription 1 Translation

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    • 2v
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    2018
    PGPID
    17045
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  18. 29668State documentT-S 10J13.23

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Remnants of an official Arabic document with wide line spacing. Mentions witnesses and an agent. Legible words: وقال . . . الشاهدين شهادته انه …

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    2026
    PGPID
    41520
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  19. 29669List or tableENA 2818.49

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    List of expenses in Judaeo-Arabic. Large, very neat, and unusual. Lists many names, including many Muslims and at least one Christian.

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    2017
    PGPID
    6717
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  20. 29670State documentENA 3944.14

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Tax receipt for Abū l-Surūr b. Faraj. Trigger: addā. Registration mark - 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh bihi athiq', praise be to God in whom I trust.

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    2017
    PGPID
    10458
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  21. 29671Legal query or responsumENA NS 19.21

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    A torn and damaged page. On recto probably end of a responsum citing Pesahim 49a, followed by the number 11 which is probably the next …

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    2017
    PGPID
    15823
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  22. 29672List or tableT-S K3.41

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    List of books in four columns, including biblical books, talmudic tractates, a ‘prayer’ by Saʿadya, the Siddur of al-Sijilmāsī, works by Abū l-Faraj אבן שחתל, …

    Tags

    1 Transcription 1 Translation

    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2018
    PGPID
    18188
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  23. 29673LetterT-S AS 202.393

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: looks late, ca. 14th–16th century. Mentions the purchase of raisins.

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    2024
    PGPID
    39476
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  24. 29674List or tableT-S NS 183.64

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounting in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Quite damaged. Verso and recto are written at 90 degrees. Verso mentions firewood and alum and wool …

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    2019
    PGPID
    23809
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  25. 29675List or tableT-S Ar.39.325

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Account including list of names and possibly some sums (written in words) (FGP)

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    2019
    PGPID
    20885
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  26. 29676LetterDK 228.2 (alt: 228/A, XVIII)

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, the paternal cousin of Nahray b. Nissim, in Alexandria, to Nahray's son, Abū Saʿd Nissim b. Nahray, in Fustat, after …

    Recto

    1. עלקת אליך האדה אלוקעה ען סרעה יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך 
    2. ונעמאן ען סרעה וקד תקדמת כתבי אליך עדה ארג'ו וצולהא אליך אן שא אללה וא…

    verso, address

    אדוני ורבי אבו סעד נסים בי"ר נהוראי, בית דין הגדול שמצ"ו, ייתן לו אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לו. אוהבו המודה לו, נתן בן נהוראי…

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    3 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

    • Frag. 001v
    • Frag. 001r
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    4494
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  27. 29677List or tableMoss. VII,55

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB VII, 22. Inventory of what was found in the house of a certain Yiṣḥaq. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on textile (cotton?). Scribed by Avraham …

    Tags

    2 Transcriptions

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    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    9255
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  28. 29678LetterT-S 28.12

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Mostly a piyyut, but it seems like a poetical letter in Hebrew in praise of a leader, probably a Gaon. It is not complete so …

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    2019
    PGPID
    20118
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  29. 29679LetterT-S AS 159.176

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    A legal document regarding a poor man called Ishaq Nafisi (נפיצי) dated Rabi’ al-Akhir.

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    In PGP since
    2019
    PGPID
    22435
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  30. 29680Literary textT-S NS 309.11

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Maimonides autograph. Arabic jottings in the upper margins.

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    2026
    PGPID
    42173
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  31. 29681LetterT-S NS 173.76 + T-S NS 226.113

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter/petition of a woman to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (1127–39). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Describing in detail an episode related …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום [רעה ימלטהו ה]
    3. קד געל אללה תעאלי הדרת אדוננו מצ[ליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יהי שמו לעולם]
    4. כירח יכון עולם מלגא לכל קא…
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    • 1r
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    • 1r
    In PGP since
    1988
    PGPID
    1449
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  32. 29682LetterNLI 577.8/14

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter from a certain Yūnus, en route from Damascus to Cairo, to the amīr Sinbāy, in Cairo (Ṣalība street). In Arabic script. Dating: Mamluk-era. The …

    Verso (address)

    يصل الى القاهرة للصليبة لسيدي الامير سنباي

    من عند يونس

    Recto

    1. سم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. سلام الله تعالى ورحمته وبركاته وازكى تحياته عل…
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    • Frag. 001v
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    2020
    PGPID
    31733
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  33. 29683LetterT-S 8.68

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Part of a letter, mentioning debts. It probably addresses a community, since the plural address is used. (Information from CUDL)

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    2018
    PGPID
    17183
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  34. 29684Legal documentT-S 12.482

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (per Weiss). Dated: Tuesday night, 22 Kislev 1435 Seleucid, which is 1123 CE. Contract in form …

    T-S 12.482 recto

    1. [...]אל[...]
    2. [...]קד סא[...]
    3. [...] ליכון אלתסל[ים...]
    4. [...] מענא אלי ד[...]חזן להא[...]
    5. [...]מע ואלדה וסלמהא [אלי]הא ען ואלד[ה...]
    6. …
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    2017
    PGPID
    7237
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  35. 29685List or tableT-S Ar.30.12

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Probably accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, quite faded.

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    2020
    PGPID
    20258
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  36. 29686List or tableT-S NS 340.1

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Spanning several months of the year, with numeric totals written underneath specific dates. One side is headed "account …

    No Scholarship Records

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    2019
    PGPID
    26009
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  37. 29687Literary textT-S J3.9

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Bifolium from Saadya Gaon's Kitāb al-Shahāda wa-l-Wathā'iq. Information from FGP.

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    1 Transcription

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    2019
    PGPID
    23206
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  38. 29688LetterL-G Misc. 30

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew. Probably written in Corfu, probably addressed to al-Shaykh Yūnus. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Discussing competition between Venetians and other …

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    2019
    PGPID
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  39. 29689List or tableCUL Or.1081 1.19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts in Hebrew script. Dating: perhaps sixteenth century based on the paleography and Ottoman terminology. A name ending in bashī appears in the first entry. …

    No Scholarship Records

    • 1r
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    2020
    PGPID
    31427
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  40. 29690Literary textENA 3929.9

    Folio of a literary text in Arabic, probably comprising the title (verso) and first page (recto). Part of the incipt reads: "[...] قال علي بن …

    Tags

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    2017
    PGPID
    10325
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  41. 29691Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal record (#2) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 1v-2r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Agreement between spouses Mahja …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 1v-2r

    1.                    בשם .[...
    2. ...] בתא׳ נהאר אלגמעה ראב[ע עש]ר פי שהר איר המכו׳ שנת א׳ת׳ת׳ע׳א׳
    3. לשטר׳ ולליצירה ה׳ש׳כ׳א…
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    2025
    PGPID
    41024
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  42. 29692LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/23

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5 Kislev 5569 AM, which is 24 November …

    Tags

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    • 23 recto
    • 23 verso
    In PGP since
    2019
    PGPID
    19442
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  43. 29693Unknown typeENA NS 76.520

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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    • recto
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    2017
    PGPID
    13245
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  44. 29694Unknown typeENA NS 76.529.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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    2017
    PGPID
    13255
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  45. 29695Legal documentJRL B 4804

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Shemarya the Cretan (אלאקריטשי) and someone making a will. May be …

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
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    2021
    PGPID
    28716
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  46. 29696LetterAIU VII.E.111

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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    2020
    PGPID
    30407
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  47. 29697LetterT-S 16.174

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq al-Tāhartī, in Sūsa, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1052 CE. The letter mentions the connections that Nahray …

    recto

    1. כתאב[י יא]סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ותאיידך ונעמתך

    2. וכאן לך [ול]יא וחאפצא פי גמיע אמורך ואצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן סוס…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת עזרתו ואת חסדיו לך
    2. ויהיה לך מגן ושומר בכל ענייניך ויסלק ממך …
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    2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

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    1987
    PGPID
    1713
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  48. 29698Unknown typeENA NS 78.48

    Minute fragment in Arabic script on the recto, probably documentary. The verso contains a text in Hebrew script.

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  49. 29699LetterT-S 10J27.1

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Introduction to a letter, written in rhymed prose and addressed to Seʿadel "the 'sar." There are some large Hebrew letters at the top of the …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. בייי יצדקו ויתהללו כל זרע ישראל
    3. תהילות צורינו בכל נשם: תרבנה מאד בכל רשם: כי מאד נעלה:
    4. מכל שבח ותהילה: ומנהו השאילה: ואליו התפלה: להצמיד
    5. …

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  50. 29700Legal documentT-S AS 146.408

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Small fragment from a bill of divorce. The husband is Natan ha-Kohen. The wife's name might be [...] bt. Moshe. AA/ASE

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