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  1. 30201Literary textYevr. II K 4

    A prayer for Karaite nasis

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  2. 30202LetterENA 3928.5

    Fragment of a family letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, possibly from the circle of Eliyyahu the Judge (based on the …

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  3. 30203LetterT-S 13J28.11

    Letter from Ismail b. Yitzhak ha-Andalusi, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1065. Blessings for the holiday. The writer asks to pass an attached …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי רוייסי ואדאם לה אלעז ואל
    3. סלאמה מן אלקדס אלמחרוס ען סלאמה ועאפיה ואלחמד ללה
    4. תע ואליה אדעו פי סלאמת[כם ואדגו] …

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  4. 30204State documentT-S Ar.39.428

    Sugar accounting from the administration of the Ayyubid sultan al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb (al-Dīwān al-Ṣāliḥī al-Saʿīdī ...). The dating is established by comparison with TS AS 183.83 …

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  5. 30205LetterENA NS 45.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely in the same hand as T-S 13J7.24. Describing difficult circumstances: The slave of the king came . . . 30,000 dinars …

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    1. ] יכתב(?) מכאן(?) כלפה(?) . . . .
    2. פיה אללה יעינך ויגע{ל}ני פדאך מן כל באס
    3. ומא וצל מן ענד אלמולא כתאב מן חין(?)
    4. סאפרת אלא פרד כתאב וגמ/י/עהם מ…

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  6. 30206List or tableENA 3932.2 + ENA 3932.1

    Accounts in Arabic script with Indian numerals, reused for pen trials in calligraphic Hebrew script. Both fragments have the usual holes in the margin, but …

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  7. 30207Literary textAIU XII.66

    Arabic poetry on longing and estrangement from loved ones with the rhyme (ravī) of ʿaīn.

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  8. 30208Legal documentF 1908.44K

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 29 Tammuz 1590 Seleucid = 11 July 1279 CE. Written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active …

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  9. 30209LetterT-S 12.434

    Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1100 CE (Goitein's and Frenkel's estimate). No address. Sent to a "brother." Probably sent from Fustat to Alexandria (though …

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    1. ג]מלה דינאר עדדהא מאיה ותלתה
    2. ומעהא מע חאמל הדא אלכתאב מתלהא
    3. תנקץ נצף דינ ועדדהא מאיה ואתנין
    4. וקלבי יבקא משגול אלי אן יגיני כתבך
    5. פאללה אללה סאעה…

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  10. 30210Legal documentT-S 6J1.15

    Small legal fragment, probably a contract of debt. Mentions al-ʿAlāqma, a town in the area of Bilbays. The debtor is Abū l-Bahāʾ b. Abū [...]. …

    1. ]מי מטה שכך היה בפנינו . .
    2. ]א ארבעה ימים לחדש אייר
    3. ] מאות ושבעים וששה שנים
    4. ]לא קמה מערי בלביס הסמוכה
    5. ]ר שיך אבלבהא בן אב[. . . .
    6. ואשהדו] עלי ואקנו מ…

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  11. 30211Legal documentT-S 20.62 + T-S 24.15

    Recto: Marriage contract (ketubba), with an ornate heading. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, who also signed as a witness. Location: Fustat. The date …

    T-S 24.15 v left side

    1. חצרת אלינא אנו בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים ומאן דחתים עימנא לתחתא מבארכה בת מר [...  אם סת אלאהל]
    2. בת מרור יפת הזקן נֹע זוגה מרו…

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  12. 30212Legal documentT-S 12.118

    Ketubba (marriage contract) fragment that begins with the clause setting forth the wife’s obligations (to serve, etc.) and concludes with a dowry list. A minimum …

    1. [...] .ת[..]ן [...]
    2. [...]פלחא ומשמשא ומוקרא ומיקרא [י]תה כהלכת [...]
    3. [... חמ]שה ועשרים כמנהג קהלא ושארה אוספה לשם מה[ר ...]
    4. [... לא יתח]ייב בשלומו א…

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  13. 30213Paraliterary textMoss. Ia,26.2

    IB III, 59. Magical text copied by Ibn Yiju, probably in Yemen around 1135. The text begins with a magical square (cf. sudoku) of which …

    III, 59

    [ח] [א] [ו]

    1. [ג] [ה] ז
    2. ד ט ב
    3. [הוציאה מ[מסגר נפשי להודות את שמיך בי יכתירו [צדיקים כי תגמול עלי]
    4. אחר לעינא בישתא בשם אל חולים ויסיר מן [פ'ב'פ'…

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  14. 30214Literary textENA 3581.8

    Magical text, likely in the hand of the cantor Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211). See also T-S Misc.11.91, ENA 3211.1 + ENA 3211.2, T-S K1.47

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  15. 30215Unknown typeMIAC 192

    Fragment from the publication The Forward discussing fifty-five Jews from the armed forces (the organization of veteran fighters) and one Palestinian, and discussing the sentencing …

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  16. 30216LetterMoss. VII,194.1

    Letter of appeal from a blind (maḍrūr) man Moshe who is unable to work and distressed on account of the capitation tax. Rather than asking …

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  17. 30217List or tableENA 3766.3–6

    Commercial accounts in Spanish. Dating: perhaps late 15th century, based on the script. Involves Jews. Lists debits and credits ("devo a rebbi Samuel"). Mentions the …

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  18. 30218Literary textJRL B 2476

    Appears to be 4 pages of rabbinic literature. Very faded.

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  19. 30219LetterT-S AS 39.279

    74 minute fragments (72 paper; 2 vellum), of which one is part of a letter in Arabic (row 5, no. 1). (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 30220Legal documentT-S AS 88.65

    Very damaged and faded marriage agreement written by Mevorakh b. Nathan (active c. 1150-1181 CE). Some lines from the dowry list is visible, and also …

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  21. 30221Legal documentMoss. VII,49

    Draft of a legal testimony. Involves someone who lives in Damsīs, a woman named [...] bt. Ghulayb, someone who defamed her (shanaʿahā), and "standing before …

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  22. 30222Unknown typeT-S NS 297.136

    Minute fragment with few Arabic words - Needs examination

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  23. 30223List or tableJRL C 107

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dealing with wheat and perhaps other goods. Dated [5]590 AM in the heading (ש׳ תקץ) which is 1829/30 CE. A few names …

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  24. 30224LetterT-S 20.122

    Letter from Ḥayyim b. ʿAmmār al-Madinī, from Palermo, probably to Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī (according to Gil, but the name of the recipient is lost). …

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    1. [ אסל אללה] יגעל עאקבתך חסנה ואן לא יכלאך

    2. [ אהתמא]מך בחואיגי ובגמיע מע יכצני

    3. [ ] גמיע אלוגוה פלא אכלאני אללה מן

    4. [ ] גמיע מן יחתאגך תם ו…

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    1. (9-1) .... אבקש מאלוהים שייתן לך אחרית טובה ואל ימנע ממך .... תשומת לבך לצורכי קניותי ולכל השייך לי.... בכל האופנים; אל ימנע אפוא אלוהים ממני …

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  25. 30225LetterT-S 18J3.8

    Letter to Yaḥyā ha-Sar. In Judaeo-Arabic, with an elaborate opening in Hebrew. In the hand of one of the 13th-century Mosul Nasis? (Information in part …

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    1. א[ל הדרת] כגק . . . . רנו פארנו מרנ ורבנ
    2. יחיה השר האדיר החכם האביר אשר חכמותיו
    3. על הסדר הסדיר ולבו לקנות חכמה יומם
    4. ולילה הדיר פאר(?) השרים תפא…

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  26. 30226List or tableJTS Krengel 116

    Bifolio from a mercantile account ledger in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  27. 30227LetterCUL Or.1080 J246

    Letter from an unidentified man, in Jerusalem, to the Nagid Natan Sholal, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Late 15th century. The sender reports that he …

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  28. 30228Legal documentJTS MS 9160.2

    Court record. In Hebrew. Location: Crete (Candia). Dated: Monday, 1 Tevet 5275 AM = 19 December 1514 CE. Certifying that the bearer of this document, …

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  29. 30229Legal documentT-S 12.510

    Legal document fragment, perhaps 10th century, likely a release involving Shabbat b. Yeshaʿya and a certian Avraham. Verso contains jottings in Arabic and Hebrew characters.

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  30. 30230Unknown typeBodl. MS heb. f 22/41

    Awaiting description (but see description for the whole notebook, Bodl. MS heb. f 22/19–52, PGPID 33686).

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  31. 30231LetterJRL B 4358

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Khayr; Faraj; ʿIwāḍ; some quarter-dinars (? rubāʿiyya); and perhaps a Tāhartī (last legible word of right margin). If the …

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  32. 30232List or tableT-S NS 321.6

    List in the hand of the scribe of App. B 25, part 2, and App. B 33, part 1. Distribution of 23 jukhaniyyas to thirteen …

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    1. בנת אלמרהט ם גוכא'
    2. בנת אלכאמכי ם גוכא'
    3. בנת ..[....] ם גוכא'
    4. אבן אלשׁופט
    5. [[אבן אל[...] גוכא']]
    6. [[אמראת אלזנאנירי גוכא']]
    7. אמראת אבן …

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  33. 30233List or tableMoss. Xa,3.28

    Account in Arabic script with numbers in Coptic alphanumerals. Faded.

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  34. 30234LetterENA 3616.12

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Aharon ha-Kohen to Moshe b. Maṣliaḥ. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he has arrived safely after a terrible Nile voyage when …

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  35. 30235LetterMoss. II,146.1

    Letter from Barakāt al-Kohen, unknown location, to the parnas Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn (= ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen, active ca. 1057–1107), in Fustat. Mainly in Arabic …

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    1. يصل الى مصر الى ابي الحسن עלון אלפרנאס
    2. אלכוהין
    3. מן ברכאת אלכוהין
    4. עבד אהבאתא ושומי
    5. ר בריתא

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    1. ولا تسل ما يلفظ في ال…

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  36. 30236Literary textT-S NS 97.56

    Megillat Esther with scattered Arabic text in the margins, possibly just jottings.

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  37. 30237LetterT-S AS 152.348

    Small fragment of a letter written mainly in Arabic script with Hebrew interspersed. Probably a letter of appeal for charity (وينعم كجاري عادته بثمن(؟) يحضر(؟) …

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  38. 30238LetterT-S NS 225.90

    Small fragment from a late family letter, sending regards to some people and mentioning Alexandria.

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  39. 30239LetterT-S 13J27.13

    Letter in Ladino to Avraham from Shemuel b. [...]. Twice refers to a matter of a nursemaid, possibly referred to as a "whore" (אקיליא זונה …

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  40. 30240Legal documentT-S 16.112

    Recto: part of a copy of a replacement ketubba for ʿAzīza bt. [...] and Saʿīd b. Yiṣḥaq. Dated: 5294 AM = 1533/34 CE. Location: Cairo. …

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  41. 30241LetterJRL L 41

    Perhaps writing exercises using a late Judaeo-Arabic letter as the basis? Needs further examination.

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  42. 30242Legal documentT-S 16.91

    Legal fragment. Dated: 13[..] Seleucid = 988–1088 CE. A widow named Khazariyya bt. Murajjā sued her three sons — Yosef, Avrahram, and Aharon the sons …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] כסליו שנת אלף ושלש
    2. . . . . . . . . . . …

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  43. 30243List or tableT-S AS 146.136

    Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The scribe often mixes up emphatic and non-emphatic consonants and omits the lamed of the definite article before sun letters. Dating: …

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  44. 30244Literary textENA 4101.18a

    Verso: In a script different from recto, a page from a magical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic, with a colophon, dated: last decade of Iyyar 4906 AM …

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  45. 30245LetterT-S 13J36.7

    Letter (tadhkira) from ּḤassūn b. Yiṣḥaq, probably to Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī, probably from Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1030 (Gil). The writer lists merchandises and products, …

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    1. על שמך
    2. תדכרה מבארכה מנגחה יאסידי יאבא עמראן מוסי אללה
    3. יכתב עליכם אלסלאמה ויסהל אמורכם וינגח טריקכם
    4. ענד וצולך באלסלאמה תביע מא אנפדתה מעך והי
    5. ש…

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  46. 30246LetterT-S AS 200.310

    Business letter in Hebrew. Dating: likely 16th century. On verso there is a note reading "copy of the letters which I wrote to Venice to …

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  47. 30247List or tableT-S NS J45

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script.

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  48. 30248List or tableYevr.-Arab. I 1700.22

    Entry in court notebook (#53). List of expenditures. The occasion is not clear; Goitein's notes suggest that it could have been a funeral.

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  49. 30249Legal documentT-S 18J1.12

    Bill of sale in which a Nubian female slave named 'Salt' is sold for 15 dinars. Dated 24 Tammuz 1395/ 30 June 1084. (Information from …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן [שה]די דחתמות ידנא לתחתא בחד בשבה
    2. דהוה עשרין וארכעה יומי בירח תמ[וז ד]שנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמש
    3. למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסט…

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  50. 30250State documentENA NS 83.325

    One side: State document. Only a few words are preserved from very widely spaced lines ("...ʿalā l-ḥukm ʿalā..."). The text on the other side is …

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