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  1. 33101Literary textT-S Ar.34.333

    Ezekiel 16:15-16,20-21, in Arabic transcription. See Khan, Karaite Bible Manuscripts, pp.54–55. Information from Baker/Polliack catalogue.

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  2. 33102Literary textT-S Ar.30.41

    Both sides consist of Arabic poetry transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic. There is an interesting albeit damaged postscript in a different handwriting (but conceivably the same scribe) …

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  3. 33103List or tableT-S NS 224.234 + T-S NS 224.235 + T-S NS 224.236 + T-S NS 224.237 + T-S NS 224.238 + T-S NS 224.240 + T-S NS 224.241 + T-S NS 224.233

    Accounts mentioning a wide array of commodities and shops. Late. The header קרקעות appears several times, probably related to real estate holdings and/or transactions. Throughout …

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  4. 33104Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.7

    Legal record (#12). Claim of money owed. Dated: Thursday, 18 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faraj b. Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān brings a claim on behalf of …

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  5. 33105LetterNLI 577.10/11

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Too faded to easily discern much of the content. Mentions the late Rayyis.

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  6. 33106Literary textT-S J2.80

    2 Samuel ch. 5 with Targum.

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  7. 33107List or tableBodl. MS heb. b 13/55

    List. Collection, jibaya, made on the first day of the holiday for the Maghribi, the Kohen. About 1115 contributions, mostly in Coptic numerals. Some of …

    1. $אלח' ר' עובדיה$ מוסי אבן $אלקוצי בזאז$
    2. --- ½
    3. שמואל גזא[ו]י ולדה מוסי יוסף אבן אלחזן$
    4. ½ ½
    5. נאצר אבן סב[.]ה? [[סעיד אבן]] שמואל לוי
    6. ½ ½
    7. [[יוסף עכאוי צ…

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  8. 33108Unknown typeENA NS 85.745

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  9. 33109Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.4

    P4: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Deathbed will of Yefet b. Yaʿaqov. He wills that his share in …

    T-S Misc.28.79 4

    1. ]א לתחתא כן הוה למא קצא אללה תעאלי דכרה
    2. ].. מרור יפת הזקן נע בר מרור יעקב הזקן נע באל
    3. ]ל ופאה חצרנא פי חאל מרצה אלדי דנתה אלופאה
    4. ] …

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  10. 33110List or tableJRL B 6567

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

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  11. 33111LetterT-S NS 325.20

    Verso: Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Netan[ʾel] b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi. Mostly consists of salutations and praises. The sender reports that he has met …

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  12. 33112Legal documentT-S NS 320.50c

    Deed of sale for a female slave (jāriya waṣīfa). Location: Cairo. Dated: 14 Ḥeshvan 1455 Seleucid, which is 24 October 1143 CE. Buyer: Pinḥas b. …

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  13. 33113LetterT-S AS 173.19

    Recto: Note in Judaeo-Arabic discussing the dream which God showed to the shaykh Abū l-Surūr and his wife. It seems that the writer asked somebody …

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  14. 33114LetterT-S NS 225.90

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

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  15. 33115Literary textENA 3982.6

    Arabic, literary.

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  16. 33116LetterT-S AS 152.86 + T-S AS 152.168

    Letter in the hand of Maimonides (ca. 1168–1204 CE), with a medical recipe consisting of (iron) water, lentisk and spikenard, and a mysterious mention of …

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    1. [... ת]עד עשרה ארטאל זב[רה (?) ...] 
    2. תשרב והו יכון מוקת כל טעאם 
    3. תאכלה וכל מא ת[א]שי עמלת שיא
    4. אכר וצפתה תאכד קדרא 
    5. גדידה פכאר ותגעל פיהא עשרה
    6. …

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    1. … (you should) prepare ten pounds of (iron?) …
    2. you should drink, and this should be timed with every meal
    3. you eat, and whenever you need (?). …

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  17. 33117List or tableAIU VII.F.50 + AIU VII.F.94

    8 pages from an alphabetically-organized index of a Spanish medical textbook.

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  18. 33118LetterMoss. VII,187.1

    Letter from Yosef to Eliyyahu the Judge, it seems regarding a maqṭaʿ cloth currently with al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab. The writer greets Abū l-Barakāt (Shelomo) and sends …

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    1. עבדו יוסף
    2. להדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    3. מרינו ורבינו אליה הדיין
    4. החכם והנבון החזק הפטיש
    5. בן כבוד גדולת קדושת מרינו
    6. ורבינו זכריה ראש הקהל
    7. נאמן בית דין ז…

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  19. 33119LetterENA 3504.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From Yemen. May be late. ENA 3504.2(?), ENA 3504.3, and ENA 3504.5 may all be from the same letter. Needs examination.

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  20. 33120State documentENA 3955.6

    State document, in Arabic script. Petition fragment, asking for a rescript. Preserves the closing invocations and the inhāʾ formula.

    1. وبتوقيع و[
    2. يبدل(؟) الى الان وقد انهى[ المملوك ذلك ولمولانا صلوات الله الراي في ذلك
    3. ان شا الله عزوجل                الحمد لله وحده وصلواته[على سيدنا …

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  21. 33121Legal documentT-S 8.136

    Small scrap of parchment containing the closing line of a marriage contract and its signatures. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 374) EMS

    1. [... וי]צליח[ו] א[קוליתוס]
    2. [...]ב הכהן עד ננ סהל בר רבוי עד [...]
    3. [... ב]ן רגא נ''נ עד עלי בן צלח עד [...]
    4. [...]ל הלוי נ''נ עד טוביה הלוי ב'ר' עלי ה…
    1. [... and] prosper. [In good] o[rder.]  
    2. [...] b. ha-Kohen, witness (whose) s(oul is at) r(est). Sahl b. Rabawi, witness.
    3. [... b.] Rajā (whose) s(oul…

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  22. 33122LetterT-S NS 327.1a + T-S NS 327.1b

    Letter from Hillel b. Ḥasan, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1070. Two fragments (a, b) of a letter regarding a shipment of …

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    1. [כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיר אטאל אללה בקאה] ואדאם סעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן אלא[סכנדריה
    2. [ וא]לחאל סלאמה ונעמה תתם בבקאיה ואלחמד ללה ר[ב אלעאלמין
    3. …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה
    2. .... שלומי טוב ואני חי באושר, שיהיה שלם …

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  23. 33123Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.144

    Order of payment. In Arabic, with a Hebrew "emet" at the top. Abū l-Karam is to pay 114 dirhams to the bearer. See T-S AS …

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  24. 33124Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.12

    Legal record (#22). Loan contract. Dated: Monday, 14 Sivan 1467 Seleucid. People: Bū ʿAlī b. al-Ṣalṣalī owes 9 dinars to Maḥfūẓ the Qaraite. He will …

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  25. 33125List or tableT-S K15.72

    Record of an monetary transaction involving Abū Al-Faraj al-Dimyati (who might be Nethanel Halevi, Halfon's father) , and mentioning bread (recto); Arabic letter (? needs …

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  26. 33126Legal documentT-S 10J2.3

    Geṭ (bill of divorce). Location: al-Ramla. Dated: Adar 4786 AM = January/February 1026 CE. Husband: Menashshe b. Shemuel. Wife: Ḥusn bt. Yosef. Signed by the …

    1. ....
    2. ב[ ]ן בירח אדר קדמאה בשתה חמיש[ייתא]
    3. [דשבו]עא מה דהיא שנת ארבעה אלפין
    4. ושבע מאוון ותמנין ושית שנין
    5. ל[בריי]ת [עלמא ברמלה] מדינתא דסמיכה
    6. ללוד [באח…

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  27. 33127Legal documentT-S 12.104

    Beginning of a draft of a court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE), mentioning the issuer Abū ʿImrān Moshe b. Yefet …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן חתומי מטה כן הוה חצר אלינא אלשיך אבו עמראן כגק מרור משה הזקן הנכבד
    2. בר כגק מרור יפת הזקן הנכ תפארת הקהל סט וקאל לנא אשהד…

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  28. 33128LetterT-S AS 171.133

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a 12th-century Spanish hand.

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  29. 33129Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.56

    Recto: Order of payment. Written mainly in Arabic script with Hebrew characters for the "emet" at the top, שצ after the name, and "ve-shalom" and …

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    1. . . .      𐋥     אמת
    2. الشيخ ابي النجم الفرناس שצ
    3. يوصل لموصلها //خمسة// دراهم سوه
    4. برسم عن دار البرج من كل بد
    5. ושלום

    Recto, right margin

    1. בתאריך …

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  30. 33130LetterT-S 10J20.4

    Letter from Barhun b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī seemingly from Ascalon apparently to his father in Fustat. The writer mentions that he searched for messages from the …

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    1. [                     ] כארגין אלי אלקדס אלמ[בארך

    2. ונגד עדה כתב מן קבלך פסאלת גמיע אלכתביין פלם [

    3. אלי מא אשגלך יום כרוגנא מן מצר אלדי מרנא…

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    1. .... יוצאים לירושלים, תהיה לברכה…
    2. ונמצא כמה מכתבים ממך; שאלתי אפוא את כל נושאי המכתבים, אבל לא ....
    3. אלא מה שהעסיק אותך ביום שיצאנו מפסטאט, שעב…

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  31. 33131Legal documentT-S AS 148.119

    Recto: Bottom of a legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 5314 AM, which is 1553/54 CE. Verso: Notes for the drawing-up of another legal document, in …

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  32. 33132Literary textENA 2970.10 + ENA 2970.9

    Al-Faraj baʿd al-shidda (‘stories of deliverance after hardship’). The story of the captive girl. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  33. 33133State documentAIU IV.C.302

    Decree, probably a public copy with gigantic line spacing. Mentions the signature/ʿalāma (khaṭṭ, khuṭūṭ) of two just witnesses (al-shuhūd al-ʿadlayn) and overseers (al-mushārifīn). Also mentions …

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  34. 33134LetterCUL Add.3338.4

    Letter addressed to a certain ʿIzz al-Dīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni origin. Dating: uncertain, likely no earlier than 13th century. Dealing mainly with details of shipments …

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    1. ואלדי אשאטו מן בקייה אלחב קדח ונצף צנעאני וקדח זואד וקדח
    2. חסיך ותמאני כחלאני חסיך לחמאר סיידי תסע ונצף אלקדח
    3. עשא לאהל אלבהאים ורבע אלק…

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  35. 33135Legal documentT-S NS 31.9

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involving conflict (shurūr wa-taʿab), two women who have been killed, a settlement of …

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    1. [ ]עץ ו[ ]
    2. אלפריק אלואחד אלשי גמיעה ל[ ]
    3. אלפריק אלאכר אלשי גמיעה [ ]
    4. אמר בינהם אלי אלשרור ותעב [ ]
    5. בינהם גמיע בדרך פשרה וא[ ]
    6. אלמקתולתין אלמדכ…

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  36. 33136LetterT-S 13J21.36

    Letter from a Jerusalem pilgrim writing from Alexandria, admonishing his relatives, who were staying in his house in Fustat, to exercise utmost consideration towards “the …

    1. בשמך רחמן
    2. כתאבי אליך יא רבי שמואל ואעז אלכלק ענדי ואלא (!) ולדיה אלשיך אבו עלי
    3. ואלשיך סידלהל אדאם אללה עזהם ותאיידהם ונעמאהם ומן חסן
    4. תופיקה לא אכלאה…

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  37. 33137List or tableT-S K15.91

    Detailed inventory of the estate of a very wealthy person, including a debt of 125 dinars to tax-farmers. Dating: ca. 1145 CE. Mentions names such …

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  38. 33138LetterT-S 24.63

    Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Meshorer b. Yiṣḥaq b. David Maʿaravi, in Hebron, to Yehoshuaʿ, descendant of the Negidim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly Mamluk era. …

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  39. 33139State documentT-S AS 185.111

    Fragment of official correspondence concerning the administration of Upper Egypt. The first four lines are mostly preserved. "It is necessary to write a noble letter …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يحتاج الى كتب كتاب كريم الى متولي الخر[اج] من مدينة قوص
    3. يُشعر فيه ان الناحية المعروفة بابنود الجارية في اقطاع
    4. منـ]ـصبين الاجل…
    1. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
    2. There is a need for a noble decree to be written to the official in charge of the kha[rāj] in Q…

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  40. 33140Literary textENA NS 78.45

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  41. 33141Paraliterary textNLI 577.7/4

    Note on the back of a literary text: "copied for his son Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Kohen ha-Meʿulle ha-Dayyan ha-Muflaʾ."

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  42. 33142List or tableT-S NS 321.40

    List of names accompanied by sums of money and/or quantities of wheat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Presumably a contributions list, as it begins with Sayyidnā and 3/4 …

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  43. 33143LetterPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.18 (Michaelides 19)

    Petition from the Mamluk period. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Un esclave mamelouk demandant à son ancienne maitresse de retourner dans sa première maison" …

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  44. 33144State documentCUL Or.1080 9.8

    Complete letter/report in Arabic script written on a long, vertical strip of paper. Looks like a report to a high official or the draft of …

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  45. 33145Legal documentT-S NS J33

    Notification by the court concerning a legal decision. Dated: first decade of Av [1]549 Seleucid = July 1238 CE. Announcing that the collector of the …

    1. ללשיך אלעפיף שמ צו בקיה
    2. יכן(?) אלחפיר [. . .] ען פלוס ד נקרה
    3. ודראהם נקרה וזנהא כד>
    4. גמלה דלך כח> נקרה
    5. יכתב דלך פי אלעשר אלאול מן
    6. חדש אב קמט לשטרות …

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  46. 33146Legal documentT-S J3.24

    Recto: Instructions for drawing up a bill of divorce. Hand of Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi? In Judaeo-Arabic. Listing various scenarios. Of note, Qūṣ and Aswān …

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  47. 33147State documentT-S AS 158.332

    Recto: (1) Letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic from Abū ʿAlī to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Complains about al-Shaykh al-Mufaḍḍal. Nearly complete, but difficult to read because of the overlapping …

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  48. 33148Legal documentSBB MSS simulata orientalia 6, fol. 25

    Deed of sale of a house. Only the recto was photographed. Dating: Likely c.1170 CE, based on the reference to “our [mast]er Sar Shalom, the …

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  49. 33149Legal documentMoss. VII,50.2

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) concerning payments in installments, and the names Yefet and Benaya(?). Dating: mentions Sivan …

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  50. 33150List or tableT-S Ar.30.63

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Barakāt b. Khulayf.

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