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  1. 251LetterBL OR 5566C.5

    Letter from Ṣadaqa to the Abū l-Najm the Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender announces his intention to travel to Sicily (in "Bilād al-Rūm") …

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  2. 252List or tableT-S K15.106

    List of 54 contributors, by the scribe of T-S K15.70, ed. Mann, and T-S NS J41 and T-S Misc.8.9, headed by the representative of the …

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    1. בשם'
    2. מולאי אלחכים ב מולאי אלתפארת קיראט
    3. אלכהן אלבלביסי א אלכהן אבו נצר א
    4. אבו סרור בן עטיה א? אלמעלם צימח א
    5. אבו עלי חסן א אבו נצר אלעפצי א
    6. אלשי…

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  3. 253Legal documentT-S 16.181

    Betrothal register (53b according to Friedman) between Manṣur b. [...] b. Yiṣḥaq b. Saʿīd b. Pinḥas to Zahara bt. Yaʿaqov haKohen the scribe. One of …

    1. בה בשבת ביו יום בחדש אדר הראשון שנה ג שלשבוע שנת עיבור ושנת
    2. ארבעת אלפים ם צג שנים לבריות עולם בדמשק נתן חותם ערבון מנצור
    3. בן [...] יצחק בן סעיד בן פי…

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  4. 254LetterT-S 12.14

    Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. [ ] ואין משדל נשדל לא שמטה
    2. [ ] אשר הם צעקות ברננות
    3. [ ] מכורים ואין מקבל מוספיה
    4. [ ] שקר מכוער לאין חקר כנואם [ ]
    5. [ ]מו וירחם עמ[ו] אשר בחר נאמן …

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  5. 255Legal documentT-S 10J5.23

    Verso: Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning a purse of 77 dinars bearing the name of Yaʿaqov b. …

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    1. משה הפרנס בר [ ]אס[ ]
    2. והאולאי גמיעהם ישהדו ויקטעו אלשהאדה אל אלדי אכד אלצרה הו יעקב בן
    3. יחיי צאחבהא באמר אלדיין זל דון בניה. אמא משה הפרנס בר מ…

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  6. 256LetterT-S 12.272

    Letter fragment from Daniel b. Azarya to a man in Fustat. Daniel b. Azarya shows his joy that the man recovered from his illness. Daniel …

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    1. במא י[
    2. וארשאדה [
    3. יפעלה וכתאב [
    4. פי מענאה ויקצי חקי פי באבה
    5. בכל ממכן פאנה מן אחב אלנאס אליי
    6. ] אוגבהם ען [הד]א בעדה פטן
    7. [ ] לי

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    1. ] ו…

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  7. 257Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 2/4

    Marriage contract in the hand of Yefet b. David. Location: Fustat (a previous PGP description said Jerusalem). Dated: 4 Ḥeshvan 1341 Seleucid = 14 October …

    1. בנחשא טבא . .[. . . . . . .]מעליא ויבנו ויצליחו
    2. בתלתה בשבא דהוא ארבעה [. . . .] לירח מרחשון שנת אלפא ותלת מאה
    3. וארבעין וחד שנין למנינא דרגיליננא [. .…

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  8. 258Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.40

    Recto (secondary use): Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, a builder, …

    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד
    3. שצ` ידפע למוצלהא
    4. אלבנא מא יכץ דרב
    5. אלמקאדסה פי עמל
    6. אלדרב והו תלתה ונצף
    7. עלי מא ת..ה
    1. ושל[ום]

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  9. 259Legal documentT-S 12.670

    Testimony in the hand of Shelomo, dated 1 Tevet 1540 Seleucid which is December 6 1228, about the dissolution of a partnership.

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  10. 260LetterJRL B 7440

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or early 12th century. Mentions 7 bales and documents instead of turbans (? wa-fī l-ʿamāʾim riqā).

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  11. 261Legal documentT-S NS 297.178

    Legal fragment. In Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-[...] b. Yehuda and a [ṣā]ḥib al-shurṭa.

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  12. 262LetterBodl. MS heb. f 57/102 + Bodl. MS heb. f 57/103

    Letter fragment apparently from Alexandria to a notable called Yesod ha-Yeshiva, reporting that a woman named ʿAdhbiyya bt. Avraham (or possibly ʿArabiyya) stood security for …

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    1. וצל כתאב יסוד הישיבה [במעני אלת]מאס אלראות ולם יגד אחד [. . .] שהד לה אלא ב[. . .]
    2. אלפרנאס ואלחזן כג.א.[. . . . .]ד ולם יכן חאצרין ולו כנא חאצ…

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  13. 263Unknown typeENA NS 85.1044

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  14. 264List or tableENA 3602.7

    Bifolio from an account book. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions mainly Muslim business partners such as Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. Muḥammad and …

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  15. 265State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 216

    Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Recto contains a date: Muḥārram 567 and total of sums towards the bottom, probably one thousand seven hundred. Needs examination.

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  16. 266LetterT-S NS 198.16

    Verso: End of a letter addressed to a congregation: וגדולם ושאר הקהל הקדוש . . . להם שלום וישועה . . . Reused on recto …

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  17. 267List or tableENA NS 56.12

    Accounts in a cursive Italian or Castilian Spanish shorthand. Likely late medieval or perhaps later. Merits further examination. For accounts in a similar scribal hand, …

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  18. 268Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.22

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Involves a sum of dinars and a certain Meshullam. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century; the …

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  19. 269LetterMoss. IV,6

    Copy of an opening of a letter from Sharira Gaon and his son Hai, to Ya’aqov b. Yosef b. Awkal. Mentions letters and answers that …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שרירא ראש הישיבה שלגולה בן חנניה 
    3. ראש הישיבה שלגולה האיי אב בית דין ישיבה 
    4. שלגולה בן שרירא ראש הישיבה שלגולה 
    5. למשוש לבינו ומשא נפשינו…

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  20. 270Legal query or responsumENA 2176.12

    Legal query concerning a Jew living nearby a gentile.

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  21. 271LetterMoss. II,193

    Letter from Ismāʿīl b. Salāma al-Ghazāl, al-Bahnasa, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1051. Details about payments and business with local government officials in …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך

    3. מן אלבהנסה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע ע…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך,
    2. מבהנסה, שלומי טוב ואני…

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  22. 272LetterENA NS 2.10

    Informal note to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan. The writer was forced to go up to Cairo, so he informs the addressee that he is sending …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי נערף אוהבינו ויקיר[נו
    3. אלשיך אבו אלחסן יעזריהו
    4. מעוזינו על דבר כבוד
    5. שמו אננא בלגנא [מא
    6. אחוגנא אלי אלטלוע
    7. אלי אלקאהרה ועאודנא
    8. טלענא …

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  23. 273Paraliterary textT-S K2.107 + T-S NS J609

    Qaraite calendar listing the dates of the new moon by observation, along with correspondences between the Qaraite, Rabbanite, and Islamic calendars. The upper fragment preserves …

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  24. 274List or tableT-S AS 209.229

    Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Yaḥyā.

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  25. 275LetterT-S 12.311

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin the judge Natan b. Shelomo of Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1140 CE. Very damaged/faded. Mentions …

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  26. 276Legal documentBL OR 5561B.12

    Legal document regarding the appointment of Moshe Albotano "אלבוטאנו" as gabbay of the Maghrebi community in Cairo that also mentions the scribe Yaʿaqov b. Zimra. …

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    1. הודענו בשבטי ישר' נאמנה

    2. מה שנת^ברר בפנינו הדבר

    3. אשר נעשה לפ' בנן של 

    4. קדושי' ששלחו לה^ח' הנז'

    5. ע"י הסופר הה"ר יעקב ן' 

    6. זמרה יצ"ו שאם ל…

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  27. 277LetterT-S AS 173.61

    Small fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Refers to someone who is in good health and staying with the sender's maternal …

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  28. 278LetterENA NS 81.91

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain Farajallāh. Dating: ca. 15th–17th century, based on handwriting and reference to the currency "bunduqīs"/Venetian (ducats). Needs examination.

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  29. 279List or tableT-S Ar.35.376

    Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: likely 18th or 19th century. Large and neatly written. Each column is headed by a name.

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  30. 280LetterENA 2607.25

    Letter fragment from Avraham אלגדיאני. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th century. With greetings to Yosef al-Ashqar (see T-S NS 304.1 (PGPID 24958)).

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  31. 281List or tableT-S NS J444

    List of twenty-six names and contributors of wheat. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:479.) Dating: Probably early or mid-12th century, since Abū l-Naṣr Ibn Zubbaybāt …

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    1. .... בן .[...וא]בנה ויבה
    2. אבו סעד בן רשיד ויבה
    3. בן צביאן ויבה מוהוב אלדהבי [
    4. מבארך אלצירפי ויבה בן מחבו[
    5. ת]מאם אלטביב ויבה
    6. אבו אלפרג אלאסכנדראני…

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  32. 282LetterT-S Ar.30.139

    Letter draft to a Jewish dignitary. In Hebrew. Contains lines of writing arranged in various directions insterspersed with shorter jottings. Some of the lines have …

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  33. 283Unknown typeENA NS 85.1277

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  34. 284Legal documentENA NS 16.10

    Legal document. Only portions of the last few lines are preserved. The name Abū ʿAlī may appear. Location: Fustat. Signed: Yosef b. Menashshe. Apparently written …

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  35. 285Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/39

    Bill of divorce (get). Dated: Thursday, 2 Adar I 1437 Seleucid, which is 1126 CE. Location: Fustat. Husband: Avraham b. Shemarya. Wife: Esther bt. Namir. …

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    1. מטא לידה קמן אנן עידי מסירה
    2. חלפון הלוי ביר מנשה נע
    3. נפוסי
    4. יצחק המלמד ביר חיים
    5. יובא
    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא תרי יומי בירח אדר
    2. ראשון דשנת אלפא וארבע מא…

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  36. 286LetterENA 4010.11

    Recto: Draft of a letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to 'the mountain of beauty' Shelomo b. Yehuda, who served as Gaon between 1025–1051 CE.

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  37. 287Unknown typeENA NS 77.321

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  38. 288Legal documentMIAC 161

    Receipt for a half-year subscription to the "The Weekly Sun" by the Ibn Yoḥay Institute – 24 March 1949CE – Museum of Islamic Art – …

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  39. 289LetterT-S AS 157.201

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century. Too faded to understand any of the content. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  40. 290LetterT-S NS 342.34

    Small fragment of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.

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  41. 291Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 146.168

    Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen; instructing Abū l-Khiyyār to pay the carrier of the order the price of mercury. (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 292Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1377

    Legal document. Dated: Friday, 21 Tishrei 5527 AM (1766 CE). Previously the congregation had appointed as their head Shelomo Kohen b. Aharon Kohen and as …

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף ומוגב תחרירהא הוא אן סאבקא
    2. תאריכו אקאמו אלקהל עליהם חכמים והום כמוה׳׳ר החכם
    3. שלמה כהן יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר המ׳ כמוה׳׳ר החכם אהרן כהן נ׳׳ע…

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  43. 293LetterT-S Ar.36.141

    Verso: Letter of condolence. In Arabic script, written in an elegant hand (and with diacritics). Upon the death of the addressee's brother Abū l-Ḥasan. Bewails …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اطال الله ياخي وسيدي بقاك وادام عزك واعتلاك ومكن

    3. جزاك وسراك وكبت حسدتك واعداك وحرس من غير

    4. الليالي والايام ارجاك وو…

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  44. 294State documentT-S Ar.39.272

    Ledger of disbursement of funds listing expenditures for the Yūsufī mosque and a military commander (qāʾid).

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    1. الموذن بالمسجد اليوسفي

    2.   دينار واحد

    3. سهلان بن داود

    4.   ربع وثمن دينار

    5. القاىد اعزه اللـه

    6.   ربع وسدس وحبتين

    7. سمير بن بو الخير

    8.   ر…

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  45. 295List or tableMoss. III,4.2

    Fragment containing mainly Hebrew literary text and one line in Arabic script: يقطع . . . النصف

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  46. 296Unknown typeENA NS 85.861

    Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, ואהבת appears on the recto.

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  47. 297LetterCUL Or.1080 J281

    A query from a local Dayyan to Avraham Maimonides (Nagid, ll. 7-8r). Dating: ca. 1229/30 CE. Concerning a "wicked kohen" who, while married in Alexandria, …

    CUL (ULC) Or 1080 J 281, ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp. 326-330, N.H.06-15-88, (P).Letter to Abraham Maimonides by a local Dayyan, approximately …

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  48. 298Legal documentENA NS 77.6

    Minute fragment of a medieval-era text in Hebrew script, probably a legal document. The name Yiṣḥaq appears at the opening of one of the lines.

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  49. 299Literary textENA NS 76.360

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  50. 300LetterT-S AS 178.59

    Note addressed 'to the house of the Head of the Jews,' apparently a Raʾīs al-Yahūd named Sulaymān/Shelomo, unclear who this is. In Arabic script. It …

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    1. دار رئيس اليهود

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    1. مولانا المالك الشيخ السعيد سليمان الله يبقي
    2. حياته المملوك يسال احسانه وتفضله حضوره
    3. الى دار الخليج دار . . . . . . . .…

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