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  1. 3001LetterT-S AS 150.140

    Recto: (draft of a?) letter with jottings. The sender mentions "his headache" and the sender's intention to travel east (אלממלוך קד עזם קולא ואחדא עלי …

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  2. 3002Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 723

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Minute fragment.

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  3. 3003LetterENA NS 69.20

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the handwriting similarity combined with the …

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  4. 3004LetterT-S NS 306.154

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. The name Ṣāʿid appears in what looks like the address on verso.

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  5. 3005LetterMoss. Va,11

    Business letter in Arabic script in which a father reports to his son on events in Alexandria and the arrival of the aṣḥāb, about which …

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  6. 3006LetterT-S AS 147.47

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is complaining about legal rivals and losing money. Mentions "sayyidnā," "the elders," and Yosef b. Bū l-[...].

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    1. ] אמר ומא צעב מנה ידפעה אלי סיידנא פליס יגיבו
    2. כצומי אלי דלך אלא באמר אלולאיה ובעד אן כצר אלממלוך
    3. גמלה פלמא אגתמעו אלשיוך ואל[
    4. חק והבו לשיך יוס…

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  7. 3007LetterMoss. IV,37.3

    Business letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon b. Benaya (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1050. Nissim b. Ḥalfon left two money poaches in Tinnīs, …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך ונעמתך מן אסכנדריה

    2. ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה אעלמך יאסידי אן ערפתך אן תרכת לך אלסרתין ענד…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה;
    2. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר. אודיעך, אדוני…

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  8. 3008List or tableAIU VI.B.174

    Recto: Accounts in Ladino in muayyadis, naming Shelomo, Hakham Moshe, Yizhaq M[...?], Shemuel Ḥarran, Reuven, and amounts owed to and received from different parties. On …

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  9. 3009LetterENA 2805.16

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī to Nahray b. Nissim, ca. 1045-1096. Contains details regarding flax shipments that were arranged in partnership with Nahray. The …

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    1. וכאן אלבארח באלליל תנפיד דכרו אן מרכב דכל אלמינא ארגו אן יכון כדלך ואן יסמענא כיר ברח' ותקרי סידי אבי עמראן 
    2. מוסי אלאספאקצי אלסלם ויתערפה קד א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך, ביום א', בכ"ח באב, יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך
    2. במיטב חו…

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  10. 3010Legal documentT-S AS 170.290

    Likely a fragment of an old (ca. 11th century) ketubba. Mentions Yaʿqūb and a bride.

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  11. 3011LetterENA NS 7.74

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer defends himself for having to refuse a request of the addressee (he cites a version of a couplet of Arabic …

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  12. 3012Unknown typeT-S AS 183.302

    Text in Arabic script, unclear if literary or legal or a letter. Phrases: فاما ما ذكر من . . . يقتضي الشاهد لذلك . . …

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  13. 3013LetterBL OR 10578E.52

    Beginning of a letter from [Ba]qāʾ Ibn al-ʿAjamī to a higher-ranked person, with several lines of Hebrew blessings, several lines of formulaic Judaeo-Arabic, then the …

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  14. 3014Literary textENA NS 83.121

    Literary, Arabic. Concerning calendar or astronomy.

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  15. 3015List or tableJRL C 92 + JRL C 64 + JRL C 81

    Accounts in Judeo-Arabic on a bifolium whose distinct diagonal ligatures may be traceable as part of a broader register of fincancial bookkeeping. Many of the …

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  16. 3016Legal documentT-S NS 327.2c

    Testimony. Dated: Shawwāl [6]54/October–November 1256. In which Ibrāhīm b. Ismaʿīl is certified as a Khaybarī Jew originally from al-Jawf, and therefore entitled to privileges granted …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. شهد من اثبت شهادته اخر هذا المحضر الـ[        انهم يعرفون         ]
    3. بابراهيم بن اسمعيل معرفة صحيحة \\ثابتة\\ لعينه واسم…
    1.  In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. The people recording their testimony at the end of this court record testified [that they …

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  17. 3017LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 134

    Letter, probably, or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Mentions the ground tax "al-ḥikr" and "siwā l-mablagh al-taṣarruf". Needs examination. [Or rather likely a legal document …

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  18. 3018Literary textT-S Ar.37.99

    This silluk (a term for the last of a series of piyyutim written for the first three blessings of the Amidah), preserved in the Cairo …

    Translated by Gabriel Wasserman.

    Time to rebuke the beast of the forest, to whirl it up in a storm and whirlwind, for it has chewed up the vine o…

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  19. 3019LetterJRL B 2909

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. In the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver;

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  20. 3020Legal documentT-S 13J3.9

    Court record concerning a gift of a house. Location: Fustat. Dated: Elul 1462 Seleucid = August/September 1151 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuʾel …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף שטרא דנ[ן כן הוה] בחדש
    2. אלול דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ותרתין ושתין שנין לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים דעל
    3. נילוס נהר…

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  21. 3021LetterT-S 10J12.34

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Jerusalem, to his in-law (גיס) Saʿīd Bardaʿ, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: Thursday 28th Maṭmonim (=the Omer), which is …

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  22. 3022LetterENA NS 12.12

    Letter, draft, very cursve and hard to decipher. Mentions an illness, a ghulām. Telling a narrative. Recto contains few words in large Arabic script. Also …

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  23. 3023List or tableJRL L 200

    Calendar.

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  24. 3024Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 758

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script.

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  25. 3025LetterT-S 10J9.11

    Beginning of a letter from Avraham b. Benjamim the Teacher written in high 'Torah' script and very artificial style, perhaps to a Nagid. (Information from …

    1. עבדו המודה חסדו אברהם
    2. בירבי בנימין המלמד המרוחם ננ
    3. בשם אלמעוז אשר שמו מגדל עז
    4. ונחך ד תמיד והשביע בצחצחות נפשך ועצמותיך יחליץ והיית כגן רוה וכמוצא מי…

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  26. 3026List or tableENA NS 48.5

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. For pepper, lac, etc., bought and sold in Fustat (the two sides are headed by מערפה שרא אלרחל and שרח מא אשתרי …

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  27. 3027Legal documentT-S 16.85

    Part of a ketubba for an unnamed bride and groom from Qalyūb. Date and names of witnesses are not preserved. The last 3 lines are …

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  28. 3028LetterAIU VII.E.15

    Letter from [...] b. Labrat, to Ezra (?) b. Isḥāq, al-Mahdiyya. Around 1040. The writer and the addressee are dealing with importing flax and exporting …

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    1. בש כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מן מצר יום אלגמעה

    2. לכמס כלון מן כסליו ען סלאמה וקד [ ] אלפרג תקדם

    3. כתאבי אליך [מע] אלמוסם אל…

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    1. בש'. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, מפסטאט, ביום ו',
    2. ה' בכסלו; שלומי טוב .... הישועה ; לפני כן
    3. שלחתי לך…

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  29. 3029LetterT-S K25.240.38

    Recto: Letter fragment from Yehuda b. Ṭoviyya ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Avraham Maimonides, in Fustat. Only the tarjama with Yehuda's name is preserved.

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  30. 3030Unknown typeT-S AS 151.112

    Mysterious document, possibly part of a letter draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Deals with communal issues and mentions Ṭāhir b. al-Tinnīsiyya. On verso there are the remnants …

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  31. 3031Legal documentT-S 16.224

    Part of a large ketubba. The names of the bride and groom, date, location and witnesses are not preserved, but it was written under the …

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  32. 3032Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 320.24

    Receipt on behalf of the elders of Jerusalem. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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    1. ואוצל
    2. סלאמי לכאלי אלחבר וקול
    3. לה אכי יסלם עליך ועלי ולדך
    4. וקול לי בכם צרפת אלדינאר
    5. חתא אסתהם פי אלדי יתבקא
    6. ואסתפהם מנה בכם באעה
    7. וכאם יפצל לה ואע…

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  33. 3033Literary textT-S Ar.44.21

    Literary. Epistle from Plato to Porphyry. In Judaeo-Arabic. On asceticism.

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  34. 3034Legal documentYevr. II K 73

    The image doesn't fit with the description. Karaite ketuba from Cairo.

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  35. 3035LetterT-S 6J10.5

    Letter signed by Shelomo, to his father Eliyyahu the judge, asking him to purchase something for the writer (perhaps some sort of covering (ghiṭāʾ)) and …

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  36. 3036Literary textAIU XII.129

    4 pages from an Arabic literary treatise with huge margins and headers in red ink. These pages include proverbs/sayings, arranged alphabetically. At least one of …

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  37. 3037Literary textNLI 577.1/47

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Fragmentary folio of a historical codex, probably from the biography of the Prophet or a Shīʿī origin work. Mentions Miqdād …

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  38. 3038State documentT-S AS 184.258

    State document, in Arabic script. Dating: Looks late, perhaps Mamluk-era. Might begin with the word "qabaḍa" and might mention an iqṭāʿ. Contains an ʿalāma: al-ḥamdu …

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  39. 3039Literary textENA 3959.18

    Arabic, literary.

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  40. 3040Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J249

    Formulary for a legal document of ḥaliẓa (rejection of levirate marriage). On vellum.

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  41. 3041LetterAIU XII.84

    Letter in Arabic script to unknown recipients from a certain Ibrāhīm mentioning a variety of Christian contacts such as Abū Adraūs and Abū Jirjis. Dated …

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    1. بعد اود [؟] الشوق [ ]
    2. لا يخفا صرف محبتكم الداعي لتحريره اول الشوال عن الخاطر العاطر تانيا حضر لنا حروف محبتكم الصحة [ ]
    3. الباري سبحانه الذي حضر…

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    1. After [expressing our] most affectionate [?] longing [ ].

    2. The abundance of your love is well-known [lit., ‘not hidden’], which was the reas…

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  42. 3042Legal documentT-S AS 152.358

    Minute fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed with fragmentary signature. AA

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  43. 3043LetterCUL Or.1080 J172

    Letter from Yehuda, unknown location, to Shalom, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 13th century, based on handwriting, overall appearance, and linguistic evidence. …

    1. לקי כי. .
    2. ואתה שלום וג
    3. שלום לך ל. וג
    4. כי השם יהיה וג
    5. סלאם אללה תע וברכאתה ואופא תחיאתה עלי אלמולא אל
    6. גליל אלמוופק אלסעיד כהר שלום סט אדאם אללה בקאה
    7. ו…

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  44. 3044LetterT-S AS 201.98

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 14th century. Needs examination.

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  45. 3045Legal documentENA 3975.6

    Deed of lease. Lessee: Tamīm b. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-Yahūdī who lives in Sūq al-ʿAṭṭārīn. Lessor: the former agent/administrator of the properties of the Qodesh …

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  46. 3046Legal query or responsumT-S 8.250

    Recto: responsa in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic poem and dirge also written by Yosef. (Information from CUDL)

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  47. 3047Legal documentENA 3942.4

    Legal document in Arabic script, fragment, 7 lines. Dating: Ottoman or possibly late Mamluk era. Mentions people such as Niʿmat (or Nūr?) al-Dīn, [...] b. …

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  48. 3048Legal documentT-S Ar.7.1

    Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Abū l-Bayān Ibrāhīm b. Mubārak b. Mufarrij al-Isrā'īlī purchases a property. Mentions the rights to the millstone (al-ḥajar) and …

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  49. 3049List or tableT-S Ar.34.130

    Accounts in Arabic script, two different formats on recto and verso. On verso there is a header "aṣl" and there are names such as Yūsuf …

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  50. 3050State documentMoss. IIIa,12

    Fragment from the top of a petition. May be addressed to Saladin (al-Malik al-Nāṣir). Reused for Hebrew seliḥot.

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ] المجلس السامي المالكي ال . . . [
    3. ]ـي الافضلي الجيوشي الناصري السيفي الـ[
    4. ] الله اقداره واعز انصاره واعلا شا[نه

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