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  1. 3301Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.11

    Legal record (#19). Engagement contract. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Goitein notes that both fiance and fiancee must be very poor; neither has a …

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  2. 3302LetterMIAC 23973.54

    Letter in Arabic script. Likely a draft or writing exercise. It consists entirely of poetic expressions of longing followed by praises and blessings. Alternate readings …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اسال عن اخباركم فيسرنى سماعى لما اختار منها واطلب
    3. اذا كنتم في نعمة وسلامة فما انا الا فيهما اتفلت
    4. ما المهجور بعد الوصال…
    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I (write to) ask about your news, for it would make me happy to hear something of this that I wo…

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  3. 3303List or tableJRL C 21

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that are designated by individual names such as Moshe Qanini, Sa'ad Qanini (recto), and Nissim al-Ḥāmī (verso). Based on the paleography and …

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  4. 3304Paraliterary textT-S 8J18.24

    Verso: Text (possibly a sermon) dealing with death, pain after losing a loved one and similar issues, with marginal jottings in Arabic and Hebrew script. …

    1. קד כנת אחסב אן אלנאס כתרתהם חתי פקדת
    2. פמאת אלנאס כלהמו לו כאן אלתאסף
    3. וגזע ידהב אלמהג ויפתת אלכבד לכנת
    4. אול [[מן דאבת כבדה]] יאיב דאבה כבדה
    5. [[ומית פקדי…

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  5. 3305State documentBL OR 10578R.115

    Trials of the pen in a fiscal or administrative hand, including the glyph, the basmala and "al-shaykh al-ajall."

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  6. 3306Legal documentT-S 10J28.4

    Release document in which three partners release their fourth partner, Abū l-Waḥsh b. Saʿadya, (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. ] . . . . . . . . . . לא עלה תעלהא ול[
    2. ] . . . . ינקצהא ולא מרע תקדמהא בר [
    3. מכ]ל דר ומר ואונאה ותרעומת ואקנינא [
    4. . . . ד] עת //שלשת// השותפים הנזכרי…

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  7. 3307Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.19

    Syriac Memro for Palm Sunday. 14 lines, with a catchword at the bottom and the Garshuni heading yuqraʿ turjām ʿīd al-saʿānīn. This was edited by …

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  8. 3308Unknown typeNLI 577.10/4

    Fragment in Judaeo-Arabic listing several names (e.g. Hilāl, Yūsuf, al-Skandarānī) and perhaps including names of witnesses. Needs examination.

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  9. 3309LetterBL OR 5542.17

    India Book II, 57. Part of a copy of the same letter that is preserved in full in IB II, 56 (T-S 16.345, PGPID 5447), …

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  10. 3310State documentT-S Ar.34.89

    Tax receipt issued to the ḍāmin of Dhāt al-Ṣafā against revenue delivered by Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Dated: (Khan reads 3 Ramaḍān 402). Written by …

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    1. [يثبت] نيابة عن ديوان الاشراف

    2. ان شا الله

    3. [اثبت و]المبلغ دينار واحد 

    4. [سوا]

    5. والحمد لله على نعمه

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    1. [Let it be registered] on behalf of the Bureau of (Tax) Supervision,

    2. if God wills.

    3. [It has been registered, and] the amount…

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  11. 3311State documentT-S Ar.39.248

    Fatimid state document, most likely a decree, in Arabic script. Reused for a bifolio of a larger historiographical text in Arabic, see different entry.

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  12. 3312Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 94

    A (partial) manuscript of Prophets and Hagiographa. A dedicatory colophon in the first page dedicates it to the qaraite community of Egypt, "for reading in …

    Dedicatory colophon

    1. זה המקרא כולה קדש
    2. [ליי] על כת הקראיין
    3. שבארץ מצרים לקרות
    4. בו בדירת ההקדש 
    5. הקדיש אותו מר' ור'
    6. יוסף הזקן בר מר'
    7. ור' אהרן הידוע אלגזי

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  13. 3313LetterT-S AS 40.261

    Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 3314Unknown typeBL OR 10578D.11

    One side: Judaeo-Arabic retelling of the story of Joseph. The other side: remnants of an interesting design in black ink and ~6 extremely faded lines …

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  15. 3315List or tableENA NS 36.19

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  16. 3316LetterT-S AS 155.78 + T-S AS 155.79

    Small fragment of a family and/or business letter. Refers to someone's illness (r2), and evidently the sender was also sick because God sent him health …

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  17. 3317Unknown typeENA 3972.11

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  18. 3318List or tableT-S AS 184.287

    Accounts.

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  19. 3319List or tableT-S AS 51.125

    Too little text remains to identify, possibly accounts. (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 3320Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 75

    Bottom fragment of a legal document, in Arabic script. Traces of folds on the document are visible. Needs examination.

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  21. 3321LetterT-S Ar.38.52

    Letter(s) of appeal for charity. Likely drafts. In Arabic script. The one on recto is addressed to Abū Manṣūr and the one on verso is …

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  22. 3322Legal query or responsumENA 2570.10

    Responsa collection.

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  23. 3323Legal documentT-S 10J26.3

    Legal document(s). Very faded/damaged. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1 Ḥeshvan 1450 Seleucid, which is 1138 CE, under the authority of Maṣlīaḥ …

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  24. 3324State documentENA 3968.12

    Recto: Small fragment (2 lines) from an official report. Needs examination for content. Verso: The report was torn and reused for an order of a …

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  25. 3325List or tableJRL C 139

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mostly dealing with commercial activities of Ḥayyīm and Moshe Bibas. Dated halfway down the recto as Shaʿbān 1193 AH which is 1779 …

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  26. 3326Legal documentT-S NS 224.78

    Damaged fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE), probably from a court ledger, as this was originally a bifolio. Remnants of Arabic …

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  27. 3327Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 76/54

    Legal document, probably contract of debt. Unfinished. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver? Dated: Elul 1456 Seleucid = August/September 1145 CE, under the …

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  28. 3328State documentBL Or. 5557K.25

    State document, possibly a decree fragment, two lines, with wide spacing. The second line reads as "was kutiba li-sitt khalawn min Shawwāl ʿaẓẓama-llāhu". Reused widely …

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  29. 3329Legal documentT-S AS 147.78

    Bill of rent between Moshe Hakohen and Shemuel. A store owned by a gentile is involved. Signed by Menhaem b. Avraham. The year 53[...] = …

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  30. 3330Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J60

    Legal document. Draft. Dated: 18 Av 15[..] Seleucid, which provides the possible range: 1188–1287 CE. More of the date might be deduced from the titles …

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  31. 3331List or tableT-S AS 177.88

    Accounts.

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  32. 3332Literary textAIU VI.B.65

    Leaf from a literary work discussing magic, medicine, demons.

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  33. 3333Legal documentENA 2562.1

    Legal document. Location: Malīj. Dated: Monday, 11 Tevet 1800 Seleucid = 15 December 1488 CE. Looks like a deed of sale for a piece of …

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  34. 3334Paraliterary textT-S K 1.132

    Recipes for פתיחת לב, for love, for hate, to know if a woman will become pregnant, for invisibility and salvation from dangers on the road, …

    Page two, per editors (folio 1, recto, right side)

    1. (For) opening of the heart.

    2. Take a new bowl and write

    3. for 3 days, every day these names,

    4. w…

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  35. 3335Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 66

    Legal document, in Arabic script, late. Probably a transaction between Yeshūʿa the Jew and Bilāl Agha Kujrātī (?) recorded at the dīwān anwāl al-ḥarīr in …

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  36. 3336Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 38

    Block printed amulet.

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  37. 3337Literary textENA 2943.8

    Piyyut

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  38. 3338Literary textBodl. MS Arab. c 56.15

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Book of tales.

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  39. 3339Unknown typeENA NS 76.339

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  40. 3340Legal documentT-S AS 148.102

    Legal document relating to a ketubba (trousseau list), mentioning the groom [...] son of the late [...] ha-Levi ha-Parnas and the bride Mubāraka. (Information from …

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  41. 3341LetterENA 2735.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic - from the end of the 12th or first half of 13th century. Mentions "Sayyidnā may he live forever," which may be …

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  42. 3342State documentT-S AS 106.128

    State document in Arabic script. Mentions Arslān b. Khuṭlukh of the 'old' Ḥāfiẓī regiment (ṭāʾifat al-ḥāfiẓiyya al-qudamāʾ"); the estate/town (ḍayʿa) known as Sumusṭā in Middle …

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    1. ].بو الارسلان بن خطلخ من طايفة الحافظية القدما

    2. ] واجبة في الضيعة المعروفة بسمسطا من الصعيد الادنا

    3. على حكم الاستمرار بها..وفي السنة

    4. من…

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  43. 3343LetterT-S AS 142.55 + T-S AS 203.161

    A damaged letter from a merchant. 16th century. A sale of wheat and cheese is mentioned, and few names such as PYMH פיימה, David Shamno, …

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  44. 3344State documentT-S AS 183.307

    Capitation tax receipt for the Jewish teacher Khalaf b. Ghālib in Fustat.

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  45. 3345LetterF 1908.44V

    Letter from Ḥassūn b. Yiṣḥaq al-Safāqusī, probably in Būṣīr, to Abū l-Ḥayy Khalīla (the father of Mūsā), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1048 CE. Deals …

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    1. תקדם כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך

    2. ונעמאף ואעלמתך פיה חאל בוציר וגמהא ותעבהא ואנה

    3. בלד אן כתיר אלשגב ואלתעב ולו חלפת …

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    1. כתבתי לך לפני כן, אחי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך, והודעתי לך במכתבי את המצב בבוציר, ואת המצוקה והסבל …

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  46. 3346Legal documentENA NS 37.17

    Legal document. In which Hārūn and Nissim agree to repay the 11 dinars they owe to Benaya within a certain period, and if they do …

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  47. 3347LetterT-S Ar.18(1).123

    The shelfmark T-S Ar.18(1).123 unites three fragments, which all have Hebrew liturgical poems on one side and remainders of letters in Judaeo-Arabic on the other. …

    T-S Ar.18(1).123

    1. וצלת רקעה מולאי אלשיך ישמרו צורו ווצל
    2. מא דכרה והו ה אחמאל ארבעה לחצרה
    3. סידנא אלאגל אב יהי שמו לעולם וחמל
    4. חצל פי גהתי אנא ווזנת אגרתה…

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  48. 3348LetterT-S 10J11.29 + T-S 10J11.30

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Fustat, expressing gratitude for funds sent to the community in Jerusalem, and requesting the intervention …

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    א

    1. וי[ ]
    2. ב[ ]
    3. ציורה לבוקר [טו]ב [ ]
    4. בשבע כתות ישיבתו תיסקר [ ]
    5. ויסור ממאני לסור ועל מכת אבל לא דובבת [ ] ואין
    6. מפגיע ואין משיב ואין מקשיב ואין גו…

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  49. 3349Unknown typeENA NS 76.666

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  50. 3350LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/16

    Recto: Petition to Masliah Gaon from a woman wishing to have a divorce. Probably 1127 CE. Discussed in detail, with translation, in Oded Zinger's dissertation, …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. יענך יי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב וג
    3. אעלם חצרה אדונינו גאונינו נזרינו וכתרינו ועטרת ראשינו
    4. מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יברכהו וי…

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