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  1. 33201List or tableAIU VII.F.72

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Ḥayyim Bialobos among others.

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  2. 33202LetterT-S AS 168.137

    Brief notes in Judaeo-Arabic, probably one each on recto and verso. The one on verso may be addressed to 'al-shaykh al-nafīs.' Unclear how much of …

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  3. 33203Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 2/12

    Ketubba. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver ("at his best"), active ca. 1128–1164 CE. Groom: Elʿazar (l. 5). Bride: Dalāl bt. Maḥbūb (l. …

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  4. 33204Unknown typeENA NS 85.827

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 33205List or tableT-S K3.9

    Numbered list of halakhot, mainly regarding the butchery of poultry, with the same titles as Maimonides’ but arranged in a different order. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 33206Literary textT-S AS 145.326

    Fragment with Hebrew text, in a late hand. Probably literary but requires identification.

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  7. 33207LetterT-S 24.47

    IB ח92. Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel, probably in Fustat, to Yehuda ha-Levi, in Alexandria. Extremely faded and damaged. Dating: September 1140 CE. Written shortly …

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    1. מגדל עוז שם יי וג'
    2. יאמולאי ומאלך נפסי וגאיה אמלי ומנאי אִןִ ..לִלִ.....אה יִגִדהא פי חאלה
    3. ואחואל לא יצלח לה ולא יתפק לִיתקִ[ן] מִכא[טבה ...] ה…

    Translated by Amir Ashur.

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower (Proverbs 18:10).

    My lord and master of my soul, and the object of my hopes and long…

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  8. 33208Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 698

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. The text in the margin reads as "miḥrāb".

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  9. 33209State documentT-S NS 258.94

    Bottom of a decree, probably. "...[al-madh]kūra ʿalā farāʾīd Allāh ʿazza wa-jalla..." Then a ṣalwala at the bottom. Reused for piyyut on verso.

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  10. 33210Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 306.138

    Small receipt or similar type of document.

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  11. 33211Legal documentT-S 10J21.12

    Litigation in court between the two partners, Farah and Yosef, concerning a business deal for merchandise that was apparently imported from Buna (Bone, Algieria) to …

    1. דכר ר פרח אן ר יוסף [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. עליה קנטאר אתהם [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. לה אלחמל אלנחאס ו[…

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  12. 33212Unknown typeENA NS 78.95

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  13. 33213Unknown typeENA NS 77.205

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  14. 33214Unknown typeENA NS 85.909

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  15. 33215Literary textAIU V.B.50

    Copies of letters, perhaps. Catalogued as pertaining to Maimonides and R. Ḥisday. Needs examination.

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  16. 33216Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1370

    Betrothal contract, Qaraite. Dated: Tuesday, 19 Kislev 1857 Seleucid, which is 1545 CE. Location: Probably Cairo. Venue: House of Eliyyahu b. Fayrūz Rosh Bet Din. …

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  17. 33217Legal documentT-S AS 152.116

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions the inspection of a lower apartment and two wood beams. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  18. 33218LetterT-S K25.111

    Informal note from Seʿadya to an unidentified addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to send a 'khidma' informing him whether it is the 3rd or the …

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    1. צעיר עבדיו סעדיה

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    1. ]ארס(?)
    2. יא מולי ועד אלכרים דין ישתהי
    3. אלממלוך מן תפצל אלמולא
    4. באן ירסל לממלוכה אלכדמה
    5. ויערפה אלסנה הל הי…

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  19. 33219LetterT-S 13J7.16

    Letter from a certain Hilāl. He reports that as requested he has met up as requested with his in-law Abū l-Fakhr regarding Ibn Budayr and …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. ממלוכה
    3. אלאצגר הלאל
    4. וצלני כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלאכרם אדאם
    5. אללה סעאדתה וקרב סרעה גמע אלשמל בה עלי
    6. מא יסר ברחמתה ולם ידכר אלמולא שי מן אלשוק

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  20. 33220LetterT-S 10J9.21

    Letter from Yeshua b. Isma’il al-Makhmuri from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. The writer describes the event when the customs officers chased …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר גדול הישיבה וכבודה ואדאם עזה ותאידה ונעמתה מן אלאסכנדריה

    2. ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין ושוק אלי…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר גדול הישיבה וכבודה, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את גדולתך ואת עזרתו ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה.
    2. שלומי טוב ואני מאוש…

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  21. 33221LetterENA NS 12.19

    Letter in Hebrew and Aramaic addressed to someone with the title Rosh Yeshiva (Aramaic: ריש מתיבתא), whose full name is missing along the paper tear. …

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  22. 33222List or tableT-S Ar.34.254

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century.

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  23. 33223LetterT-S 12.323

    Letter from Fustat/Cairo to the communal leaders of Damietta, Yiṣḥaq Beirav and Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen. First half of the 16th century. Mentions Avraham b. Shānjī and …

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    1. זרע הקדש השומרים משמרת ה[קדש] [...]
    2. זאת להם תורה וחוקה ויד חזקה בק[..] האמת [......] [נ]דיבי[ם][?] 
    3. ונדבות יועצים להציל לחוצים מי[ד] מוחצים [.…

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  24. 33224Literary textT-S Ar.30.277

    Recto: Karaite Arabic work with Hebrew quotations in transcription. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic Bible commentary. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.

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  25. 33225Paraliterary textAIU XII.35

    Probably a medical prescription or a recipe in Arabic, mentioning hiera picra (a cathartic powder made of aloes and canella bark), chebulic myrobalan (iḥlīj Kābulī), …

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  26. 33226Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1051

    Court notebook, probably Qaraite. Many pages. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated with individual entries spanning the 1570s CE, such as 8 Tevet 5337 AM which is 1576 …

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  27. 33227Legal documentT-S 8.254 + T-S 8.248

    Part of the opening of a ketubba. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Dated: 23 Av 1391 Seleucid = 11 August 1080 CE. Groom: …

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  28. 33228LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 265

    Leter fragment, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  29. 33229Paraliterary textENA 492.8

    Letters or groups of letters written by an apprentice who trained in the basics of the alphabet

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  30. 33230Literary textT-S AS 149.205

    Halakhic work by Hananel b. Shmuel the judge

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  31. 33231Legal documentENA 972.11

    Qaraite bill of divorce formulary

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  32. 33232List or tableT-S NS J104

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions labdanum (lādan) twice, once as a "piece" (qiṭʿa) and once in a "pouch" (mizwad).

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  33. 33233State documentENA NS 71.22

    Report (or petition?). Line 3: الراي العالي باطلاقه لك على. Line 4: ان شا الله عليه الراي. On verso there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, in …

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    1. مما يطلق عن الديوان الابواب…بمصر

    2. مائة وخمسة وخمسون دينارا

    3. ومما يطلق من الديوان الاموال (الابواب؟) بالقاهرة

    4. سبعة وسبعون دينارا

    5. ويخرج  …

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  34. 33234Legal documentT-S NS 226.127

    Court record(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38). On recto, the court certifies the receipt of something which was due to …

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  35. 33235State documentT-S Ar.39.260

    Verso: Document in Arabic script, possibly a petition or report. Refers to government property (amwāl al-sultān) and contains a request to investigate something (bi-an yakshif …

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  36. 33236List or tableT-S Ar.35.220

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions debits and credits of people and entities such as Ismāʿīl, "the Indian," Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, dīwān al-R[...]. Needs examination.

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  37. 33237Legal documentENA NS 77.186

    Legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. Contains release formulae (e.g. מחילה גמורה).

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  38. 33238LetterT-S AS 178.95

    Petition/letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. From Dāʾud the son of the sister of Menashshe (this reading is uncertain). He is a "blind, …

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  39. 33239List or tableT-S AS 185.118

    Minute fragment that mentions the price for a raṭl of cheese as two dirhams. This strip of paper may have been part of a broader …

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  40. 33240LetterT-S 12.391

    Note from Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal’s agent in Alexandria. The writer informs b. Awkal about a ship that suits b. Awkal’s needs and that …

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    1. בסם אללה 
    2. יאסיידי ורייסי אטאל אללה בקאך משית אלבארחה אלי כצם 
    3. אלכליג וגדת אלצבי בן עלאן ומעה צאחב לה קד 
    4. וגהו פי מרכב אלי אלאשמונין ווקפת מעהם…

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  41. 33241LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/21

    Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli. Quite faded. Contains the intriguing phrase "living between Muslims and Christians …

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  42. 33242LetterMoss. V,373

    A letter in a poetical Hebrew addressed to the community of Alexandria, written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE).

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  43. 33243List or tableT-S AS 184.123

    List of numbers written out in words (rather than numerals) in Arabic.

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  44. 33244Unknown typeENA NS 77.176

    Fragment, 4 lines, very faded, only a few letters legible.

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  45. 33245LetterT-S AS 146.141

    Letter fragment (left half of recto) of appeal to "אלחבר המועלה." The writer appears to be requesting money as soon as possible and may have …

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  46. 33246Legal documentT-S 10J7.7

    Recto (secondary use): Record of testimony regarding a settlement according to which a debt is to be repaid in six monthly installments, concluded under the …

    1. בש רח
    2. יקול [[תאבת]] //יכין// בן אברהם //הנודע תאבת// אלצבאג אני חצרת
    3. בחצרה מרנו ורבנו מבורך החבר המעולה
    4. אלוף הבינות חכם הישיבה סנהדרא רבא
    5. ברב סעדיה …

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  47. 33247LetterT-S AS 158.326

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a brother. Mostly formulaic content is preserved.

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  48. 33248List or tableT-S NS 83.17

    Business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Bifolio from a larger ledger. Mentions numerous goods, weights, names, and transactions. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. In the hand …

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  49. 33249Legal documentT-S AS 86.187

    Fragment from a late legal deed dealing with support for orphans. It was agreed that the shop belong to the deceased will be mortgaged for …

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  50. 33250State documentT-S NS 305.188

    Official-looking document(s) in Arabic script. Extremely faded. One side might be a tax receipt.

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