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  1. 30551LetterT-S AS 146.26

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the right side of recto). Either to or from Abū Isḥāq Avraham. The sender arrived safely …

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  2. 30552LetterStras. 4110/88

    Letter from Binyām b. Hārūn, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1080 CE, based on Gil's assessment. …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאידה

    2. וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה <ושוק> אליה שדיד קרב

    3. אללה אלאגתמאע ביננ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני, אריכות ימים, ויתמיד את כבודך ואת עזרתו לך
    2. ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת רווחתך, כאשר שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, אבל מ…

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  3. 30553LetterT-S 13J18.2

    IB VI, 49. Letter from a Jewish trader in India to his partner in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Among many other matters, he mentions donations to …

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  4. 30554List or tableT-S AS 146.238 + T-S AS 146.297

    Accounts, mentioning expenses (maṣrūf) and names such as Yiṣḥaq and Avraham Ben-Shanji(?). Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  5. 30555Legal documentT-S K25.249

    Declaration of receipt of a quantity of barley. In Arabic script. Hiba b. Buqṭur b. […], companion of the amīr Dhakhīrat al-Dawla Ḥaydara b. Muḥammad …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يقول هبة بن بقطر بن حل | صاحب الامير ذخيرة الدولة حيدرة بن محمد
    3. بن عدنا{نا}ن انى قبضت من الشيخ ابى الحسن علي بن جديد من الشعي…
    1.  In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. Hiba ibn Boqṭor ibn [ … ], the companion of the Amīr Dhakhīrat al-Dawla Ḥaydara ibn Muḥamm…

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  6. 30556Unknown typeENA NS 85.1387

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 30557LetterENA NS 83.260

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment from the middle. Ends with greetings, then, "Everything will turn out well hopefully. Written on 19 Jumādā II" (year not …

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  8. 30558LetterT-S 6J9.4

    Recto: note written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū Saʿīd, asking to be sent sums of money paid by Abū l-Ḥasan. Verso: a …

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  9. 30559LetterMoss. IV,61.5

    Letter fragment addressed to a certain ḥaver in al-Maḥalla. The surviving piece of the letter itself is in elegant Hebrew, and the address is in …

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  10. 30560LetterT-S AS 142.223

    Recto: Right half of a letter in Arabic addressed to a brother and/or son (perhaps a younger brother?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably no earlier than …

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  11. 30561Paraliterary textENA NS 85.1189

    Faded note of some kind in Hebrew. The scribe writes in the first-person and signs their name: אמר שלא הוא ל.ן כתבתי ע.[...] אני הצעיאר …

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  12. 30562Paraliterary textT-S K6.182

    At the top of recto in square letters: two unfinished lines from the beginning of Midraš Tanḥuma on the weekly portion בראשית (Genesis 1:1-6:8). This …

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  13. 30563Legal documentT-S Misc.27.4.26

    Engagement agreement. Fiancé: Ṭāhir b. ʿIwaḍ al-Jazzār. Fiancée: Mudallala bt. Ḥalfon b. Elʿazar. Dated: Wednesday night, 28 Sivan 1581 Seleucid, which is 1270 CE. The …

    TS Misc Box 27, f. 26, ed. Ashtor, Mamluks, vol.3, p. 44 (Doc. #25),Agreement regarding a marital match, 1270 Z.F.11-27-89 {p)

    זכרון עדות

    1. [למא] כא]ן…

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  14. 30564Paraliterary textT-S Ar.46.214b

    There are 10 unrelated fragments sharing this shelfmark. All are literary: see FGP for identifications. The most documentary fragment is fol. 4, which is a …

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  15. 30565Legal documentJRL B 4817

    Legal fragment. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning "if the two of them provide for our funeral shroud/clothing" (fa-innahumā in kafanānā); also mentions the term istiḥlāf (making …

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  16. 30566Literary textT-S Ar.54.56

    Popular literature in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 13th century. 8 folios. NB: Goitein's index card refers to this fragment as "daily household …

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  17. 30567List or tableT-S Ar.30.15

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably late. Dated: 6 Elul possibly with a year, but it is unclear: [5]305(?) AM. Requires further examination.

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  18. 30568Unknown typeENA NS 76.92

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 30569Unknown typeENA NS 78.50

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  20. 30570List or tableT-S 6J6.5

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists household items or kitchenware such as ibrīq, kīzān, sikkīn, zabādī (pl. of zubdiyya). Also lists foods …

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  21. 30571List or tableT-S Ar.35.189

    Accounts in Arabic script. Also jottings on verso.

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  22. 30572State documentT-S AS 186.6

    Account in Arabic script, possibly fiscal. Mentions the year 523 AH = 1128/29 CE. The Hebrew script was added later. Needs examination.

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  23. 30573Legal query or responsumENA 3793.1

    Legal query addressed to ha-Rav ha-Gadol. Concerning the parnas Yaʿaqov ha-Yerushalmi who died and left behind 4 sons and a daughter. His inheritance included a …

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  24. 30574LetterT-S 6J4.4

    Beginning of a letter to Shelomo ha-Sar ('ha-Sofer ha-Mahir'). The sender complains about difficult circumstances. Dating: 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  25. 30575LetterT-S AS 206.219

    Letter, possibly a draft, from a certain Avraham to an addressee whose name is not preserved. The content is not clear, but the Pasha and …

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  26. 30576LetterT-S NS 320.113

    Letter addressed to a dignitary named Yefet. Opens with Hebrew praises and wishes for a speedy recovery, then switches into Arabic (in Arabic script) for …

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  27. 30577Literary textT-S Ar.38.46

    Two poems in Arabic script.

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  28. 30578LetterCUL Or.1080 J108

    Fragment of a letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda in a time of distress, approximately 1030.

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    1. ]אל צרכ[י]ה[ ]
    2. ]לי צורך כי אם במשאל וממכתב
    3. ]אין כוח להחזיק עט ולפני צאתי
    4. ]לת כרוך במכתב אליך על ידי תלמיד
    5. ]למ יעקב משרת הזקן האדיר
    6. ]לו אזהרות כ…

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  29. 30579LetterMoss. IV,93

    Letter from Avraham Kolon (קולון) to Yosef Ardiʿa (ארדיעה). In Hebrew. Dating: Thursday, 12 Kislev [5318 AM], which is 1557 CE (see A. David's article …

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  30. 30580List or tableJRL L 10

    Late list of names and numbers on lined paper, probably from a communal list of payments. The Ottoman kuruş symbol (ق) is in use which …

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  31. 30581Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J66

    Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Deed of sale for 1/12 of a house located in the ṣuqʿ Maḥras …

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  32. 30582Legal documentT-S NS J63d

    Small fragment from a legal document, probably written by Avraham b. Natan Av (or rather Hillel b. ʿEli?), beginning of the 12th century. AA/ASE

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  33. 30583List or tableAIU VII.F.65

    Accounts, likely related to AIU VII.F.56 (PGPID 30663). Probably in the scribal hand of Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm (fl. 1785-1825). Many of the items listed are clothing. …

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  34. 30584LetterT-S AS 158.400

    Fragment from a late letter in Judeo Arabic. The writer is sending regards to some family members including Efraim, and also to his sister Rivka …

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  35. 30585Unknown typeENA NS 85.322

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  36. 30586LetterT-S Ar.39.89

    Brief note in Arabic script instructing the addressee to help the bearer.

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  37. 30587State documentENA 3947.3

    Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Asking for "the lofty rescript" (التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا وعلوا) apparently concerning a certain Abū Saʿd, "sitting …

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    1. التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا وعلوا الى الشيخ ابو سعد
    2. باسشفاف حاله وتمكينه من الجلوس في بعض الحوانيت
    3. لتحيي هو وعائلته رحمة عليهم واحسانا اليهم…

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    1. Abū Saʿd, the elder, to investigate in his affair [
    2. the stores, so that he and his family can live, [by extending] mercy upon them and kindnes…

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  38. 30588List or tableENA 3925.1 + ENA 3925.2

    Writing exercises in Arabic by a student that was in the earliest stages of literacy acquisition. The instructor provided common names in model handwriting for …

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  39. 30589Literary textT-S AS 205.172

    Hebrew-Ladino glossary.

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  40. 30590LetterT-S Misc.25.9

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Melammed ha-Bavli, in Bilbays, to Abū Isḥāq b. Bū l-Rabīʿ and a judge named Eliyya, in Fustat. (Goitein's index card says that …

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  41. 30591List or tableDK 201.2

    Accounts for wine production, submitted by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. Similar to T-S Ar.18(1).127. This document is for the month …

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  42. 30592LetterT-S 12.268

    Letter from an unknown merchant from the Maghreb, probably to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat, regarding a shipment of oil. Around 1015. Also mentions …

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    1.              ] פיה גמיע מאלה וזן אלשמע [             ] עשר קנטאר [ 
    2.       ] דכל אליכם מת'לה ואנת תקף עלי דלך ופי אלצרתין מזווד מכתוב עליה אכ'ר

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  43. 30593Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 703

    Unidentified text in Arabic script in a book hand, possibly literary. Hebrew script on recto.

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  44. 30594LetterT-S 13J14.9

    Note from Barhun b. Yishaq al-Taharti, probably from al-Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1045 (Gil). Nahray is in his early days in Egypt, …

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    1.      תדכרה לברהון בן אסחק זל [מא] וצל לנהראי בן נסים

    2. אסלך יאסידי סלמך <אללה> אדא תפצל אללה עליך באלסלאמה תקבץ מא כאן לך פי

    3. אלמראכב למולאי…

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    1. תזכיר של ברהון בן אסחק ז"ל (על) מא שהגיע בשביל נהוראי בן נסים. 
    2. אבקש ממך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים שלום, אם יעניק לך אלוהים שלום, קכל מה שהיה לך 

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  45. 30595List or tableT-S Ar.51.75

    Inventory of the items from a dead man's estate that are in Alexandria, mainly books (two pages) and various household items (last page). In Judaeo-Arabic …

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  46. 30596Literary textT-S Ar.19.7

    Qurʾān 2:255 in large calligraphic script. Described in Connolly and Posegay, "'An Arabic Qurʾān, That You Might Understand.'"

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  47. 30597LetterT-S 28.19

    Letter from Jalila bt. Avraham b. Khalfa b. al-Rashidi, whose inheritance from her late husband Barukh b. Sason was unjustly taken by the local judge …

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    1. עבדתה גלילה בת אברהים
    2. ואולאדהא אליתומים מסתגירין
    3. באללה תעאלי ובחצרה סיידנא ומא
    4. אוגבה אללה תעאלי פי אלדין
    5. בשמ
    6. חצרה סיידנא אלרייס אלאגל כבוד גדו…

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  48. 30598List or tableDK 296.17

    Accounts in Arabic script.

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  49. 30599Literary textAIU VIII.B.66

    Bifolium from a Judaeo-Arabic medical treatise.

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  50. 30600State documentT-S NS 234.50

    Order or report in multiple hands to do with 131 dīnārs paid to the treasury (bayt al-māl). Person mentioned is Saʿd al-Mulk Ilyās, possibly a …

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