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  1. 33801LetterT-S AS 147.129

    Letter to Yeshuʿa the judge. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  2. 33802LetterHalper 466

    Pledges for ransom of captives. A pledge-drive (pesiqa) for the man from Antioch for the ransom of his children. In four columns divided further into …

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    1. בשמ`] רח` פדיון שבוים
    2. ....]בש פסיקה אלאנטאכי לאולאדה

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    1. ...] ב` סלאמה א` בן סלימאן ב`
    2. ...].ם ב` בן אלביאן ו` בן אלחזן ר`…

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  3. 33803List or tableT-S AS 181.248

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, late.

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  4. 33804List or tableT-S AS 148.187

    Someone's notes to self: "I will find out from Abū Isḥāq אלגוולי if Ibn Ṭalāʾiʿ traveled to Mecca... and from Faḍāʾil al-Ḥazzan... and I'll go …

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  5. 33805LetterJRL Gaster ar. 832

    Letter, in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  6. 33806Legal documentENA 4011.45

    Partnership agreement. Location: Fustat. Dated: Av 14[..] Seleucid, which is 1089–1188 CE, but if Goitein's identification is correct (hand of Hillel. b. ʿEli), this can …

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  7. 33807LetterHalper 407

    Letter from [Yose]f ha-Kohen in Jerusalem to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew. Late. The writer denies a claim against him. He advises the addressee to …

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  8. 33808Legal documentENA NS 17.31

    Legal document. Court record. Dated: 1084. Location: Fustat. This document contains a partial court record of a partnership between Yefet b. Wad‘a and Abū Zikrī. …

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    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרין ושיתה יומין בירח  
    2. ניסן דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמש שנין למנינא  
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה  
    4. ח…

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    1. On Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of the month
    2. of Nisan of the year one thousand three hundred and ninety-five years according to the count
    3. to …

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  9. 33809LetterT-S 8J22.3

    Petition addressed to Masliah Gaʾon, requesting that he allow Abū l-Riḍā b. Yehuda he-Ḥaver to lead services in the synagogue of the Palestinians (אלשאמיין), because …

    1. צדק ממרומים וחסד מהרומים לאמצו פת מ
    2. להעטו כצדיקים הולכי תמים : עם כל מבטח ותקוה
    3. הנואמים הגלויים והסתומים יהיו זר ונזר ועטרה על
    4. ראש כגק מרנו ורבנו וא…

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  10. 33810LetterAIU VII.E.191

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  11. 33811Literary textT-S K24.2

    Literary text in Judaeo-Persian and Hebrew. Connected to the book of Esther. Three fragments; it is not clear of the second fragment belongs with fol. …

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  12. 33812LetterT-S 8.12

    Letter from Faraj, the emancipated slave of Barhun al-Taharti, Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Awkal and his two sons.

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם
    2. נעמתה עליך ודפע אלאסוא ואלמכארה ענך ברחמתה מסתהל שבאט אסל
    3. אללה אן יגעלה עלי…

    My illustrious elder and master, may God prolong your life and make your well-being and happiness permanent, may he in his mercy always favor you and…

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  13. 33813Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 757

    Awaiting description

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  14. 33814List or tableT-S NS 190.66

    Unidentified

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  15. 33815LetterT-S AS 149.138

    Very faded letter from Hillel he-Ḥaver b. Avraham(?). In Hebrew. The layout is reminiscent of letters from Byzantine senders (see the publications of de Lange).

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  16. 33816List or tablePUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.34 (Michaelides 34)

    Detailed accounts (official/fiscal?) relating to a deceased Abū l-Ḥasan. Needs examination.

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  17. 33817Legal documentT-S NS 184.68

    Fragment of an engagement contract in the handwriting of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe. The bride is a widow, but there are no details about her …

    . . . . . 1 שידך בפנינו אנ[ןִ בית דין דחתימין לתחתא ...]

    . .2 בר כגק מר[ור ]

    3 אלמנתא בת כגק מ[רור]

    4 ועשרין ואלתזם עלי נ[פסה שתהא ... נאמנת בדיבור…

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  18. 33818Unknown typeENA NS 76.409

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 33819LetterT-S AS 206.161

    Right side of an informal note probably addressed to R. Aharon, informing him to do something to do with 'our colleagues' without delay.

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  20. 33820Unknown typeENA NS 85.812

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 33821Legal documentENA 2727.11a

    Detailed trousseau of Bint Menahem (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, 403, and from Goitein's index cards)

    1. ] בת מנחם ר מ זיבורית
    2. ].הץ ה תוב דביקי ומעגר
    3. ] עצאבה מני ומכלף ותוב
    4. ] דביקי ומנדילין ללוגה
    5. ] צנאדיק כימוכת
    6. ] מרתבה דיבאג רומי
    7. ]. . . . . .ורש ורירא

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  22. 33822LetterJRL SERIES B 4690

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Alexandria and silk.

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  23. 33823Unknown typeENA NS 85.901

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  24. 33824LetterT-S 8J23.2

    Recto: Letter from Peraḥya b. Yosef to Eliyyahu the Judge from. About a needed release for a business venture. (Information from CUDL)

    1. בש רח
    2. לפי קוצר העת והשעה כתבת לאדני ועטרת ראשי
    3. כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו אליהו הדיין החסיד
    4. הענותן גן הביתן ישמרו שומר נפשיות חסידיו אנס
    5. סואה אן אל…

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  25. 33825LetterT-S 12.14

    Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. [ ] ואין משדל נשדל לא שמטה
    2. [ ] אשר הם צעקות ברננות
    3. [ ] מכורים ואין מקבל מוספיה
    4. [ ] שקר מכוער לאין חקר כנואם [ ]
    5. [ ]מו וירחם עמ[ו] אשר בחר נאמן …

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  26. 33826LetterT-S NS J601

    Official letter. Resembles T-S NS J602 and T-S NS J605, but it is not clear which of these (if any) come from the same original …

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  27. 33827List or tableT-S 8J11.8

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Hebrew pen trials on the side. Mentions people such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū l-Faraj al-Ṣayyād, Sulaymān the …

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  28. 33828Legal documentT-S 8J11.14

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: ca. 1210s. Location: Fustat. This fragment preserves the right side of a partnership agreement between Ibrahīm b. Mūsā al-Māyurkī ("from …

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    1. למא כאן פי אלעשר אלאכיר מחדש תשרי שנת אלפא וחמ[ש מאה ... שנין לשטרות בפסטאט 
    2. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה רשותיה דאדונינו נגידינ[ו .... הרב המוב…

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    1. In the last ten-day period of the month of Tishri, of the year one thousand and fiv[e hundred … years of (the Era of) Documents, in Fusṭāṭ]
    2. Egy…

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  29. 33829List or tableL-G Ar. I.93

    Contributors list. In Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic script, and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Perhaps 13th century. Mentions a large number of individuals, such as Joseph, Abū l-Faḍl, Makārim, …

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  30. 33830Legal documentT-S NS 226.81

    Fragment from a legal deed. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). An agreement involving Abū l-Faḍl Shela b. Elʿazar and …

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  31. 33831Literary textT-S Misc.8.68

    Dream interpretation in Judaeo-Arabic. E.g., if you dream you are building a synagogue or mosque, you are a peacemaker and a leader.

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  32. 33832List or tableT-S NS 90.48

    Accounts, at least partially in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions silk.

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  33. 33833Literary textT-S 16.326

    Palimpsest, with Palestinian Talmud, ʿEruvin 20d-21d, written over a Syriac version of 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13; 4:1-14. (Information from CUDL)

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  34. 33834LetterT-S 6J4.23

    Letter referring to a courtier, ‘the honoured Sar’. Neatly and closely written. Mentions Abū Khayr Efrayim b. Yeshaʿyahu. The letter is written both in the …

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  35. 33835Legal documentT-S 12.159

    Marriage contract. Location: Cairo. Date is missing. Groom: Natan ha-Kohen b. Shela ha-Zaqen. The trousseau list may be found in ll. 6–13. (Information from Goitein …

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  36. 33836LetterL-G Misc. 67

    Letter from a man, in Damascus, to his father, perhaps in Fustat. The sender expresses his longing and desperation in this foreign land, especially after …

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    1. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך וגו
    2. בלכתך לא יצר צעדיך וגו
    3. אשרי איש ירא ייי וגו
    4. אשרי האיש לא הלך וגו
    5. ואמרתם כה לחי וגו
    6. וצל כתאב ואלדי אלעזיז אטאל אללה בקא…

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  37. 33837Unknown typeENA NS 76.430

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  38. 33838Legal documentHalper 376

    Legal formulary, including templates for a deathbed will and for a release (meḥila)

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  39. 33839Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1862/17a

    Legal fragment (lower right corner). Witness signature: Avraham b. Yeshuʿa.

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  40. 33840Legal documentAIU VII.D.43

    Legal document of ḥaliẓa, probably from the first decade of the 18th century (the year is very faded but appears to begin 546[.]). Shelomo b. …

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  41. 33841LetterT-S NS 297.155

    Family letter. In Arabic script. Almost all of what remains (the first 8 lines) consists of formulaic expressions of longing. The sender informs the addressee …

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  42. 33842Paraliterary textT-S 8J27.10

    Recipes for two medicines: "the sweet musk paste" and "the bitter musk paste."

    1. ] יוכד [
    2. ] חתי יעוד אלי [
    3. ]צל קדר מע תלתה ארטל שראב גלאב ויטבך חתי
    4. ינעקד שראב ויעגן //בה// מן אלדוא נצפה וידפע פי ברניה
    5. קד בכרת בעוד רפיע פיכון הדא …

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  43. 33843LetterT-S 8J14.14

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Elʿazar Shammāʿ (candle maker or seller) to Abū l-Fakhr b. Abū l-Maʿālī. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Only the opening and the …

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    1. עבדו ומודה חסדו השוגה בא[הבתו
    2. ישועה בר אלעזר שמאע
    3. בש] רח
    4. ] חכמה ולשונו חבר משפט תורת אלהיו בלבו לא תמעד אשוריו

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    1. ואלגואב…

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  44. 33844Legal documentJRL Series B 3858

    Court proceedings (possibly in draft form) from January/February of 1182, involving Ibn Ibrahim and Abu Zikri b. Atiyya. The mention of 'lie' (line 6) and …

    1. נקול נחן אלואצעין כטוטנא בא[כר הדא אלמסטור
    2. מן שהר שבט שנת אתצג ל[
    3. בן אברהים אלמערוף באבן אלא[
    4. אבו זכרי בן עטיה קד אחט[
    5. ולם יגב לה קבלי חק ולא ד[...

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  45. 33845Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 178.10

    Note in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, related to the financial instrument of ḥawāla (begins with the verb aḥāla, subject Sayyidunā, object ʿalā al-Shaykh [...]). …

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  46. 33846Unknown typeENA NS 76.247

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  47. 33847LetterENA 2808.52

    Letter from a woman to an unknown addressee. Around 1060. Mentions details about Nahray b. Nissim’s family. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #293) VMR

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    1.                          ] אלא קלת [                          ]
    2.         ] מא כנת פי אמר [[עט'ים פמ]] קליל פמא קאל [          ]
    3.   …

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  48. 33848LetterMIAC 136

    Report of the general association of the Ashkenazi Community in Cairo – 1943CE and concerning the accounts of income and expenses in 1942CE and the …

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  49. 33849LetterT-S 24.29

    Recto: Letter from the two congregations of Alexandria (No-Amon), led by the judge Yosef b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, to the Jerusalemite congregation in Fustāt, led by …

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  50. 33850Unknown typeENA NS 78.32

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