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  1. 34051List or tableT-S AS 184.301

    Accounts. Mentioning soap.

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  2. 34052List or tableT-S AS 179.132

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists goods such as mastic; tartar; labdanum; marjoram; pepper.

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  3. 34053LetterENA 3817.9

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Asking the addressees to help the Jews and the Conversos (הן ליהודים הן לאנוסים). Dating: Presumably dated to after the Spanish …

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  4. 34054List or tableT-S K6.146

    Colophon commemorating the presence in ‘this noble place’ of Elʿazar b. Avraham b. Shānjū Isaiah(?) (שאנגו יזייא) on Sunday, the Eve of Yom Kippur of …

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  5. 34055Legal documentT-S 12.119

    Ketubba (marriage contract) fragment describing that one-third of a house is given to a daughter upon marriage, on the condition that it would become her …

    1. [... דינרי]ן ונכללו בנדונייתה [ו]אשתיירון עלוהי חמשין ד[ינרין ...]
    2. [... לית לה ר]שות למתבע מנהון פר[ו]טה חדא כל זמן דהוא חאיי וקאים בתלת מיל[י סיפוק…

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  6. 34056Unknown typeYevr. IV 156

    Non-Geniza, probably. An exchange of letters written as Hebrew poetry.

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  7. 34057LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/11

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1781/82 CE (542 = מבשר) from the Jewish community of Jerusalem to the Jewish community of Pisa begging for financial aid. …

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  8. 34058State documentENA 2921.4

    Brief official letter in Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The addressee is to give the bearer Yūsuf and ʿInān(?) 100 silver pieces "for Minyat …

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  9. 34059LetterT-S NS 224.208

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Damietta; someone's cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū l-Surūr who is in Fustat; speaking to 'the Nazir' (Heb.); and …

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  10. 34060LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/21

    Letter to the community of Jerusalem from Elhanan b. Shemarya, 1013 CE.

    1. אלחנן ראש הסדר בירבי שמריה אב
    2. אל העדה האפודה אודם ופטדה המישרת צעידה ומשינה
    3. נדודה באזרוע צעדה ועל ידים צמודה המשפרת רעודה
    4. המחומשת תעודה בצרה מודה וב…

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  11. 34061Literary textENA 3950.6

    Poems, probably. In Arabic script. There are also a couple lines of sums in Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  12. 34062Paraliterary textT-S NS 325.106

    Prayer in Hebrew, attributed to Saʿadya al-Nadiv b. Saʿadya ha-Levi.

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  13. 34063Unknown typeENA 4032.1

    Document in Arabic script, possibly. Badly damaged. Requires further examination.

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  14. 34064LetterMIAC 110

    Invitation from the union of Jewish religious institutions of Egypt to the president of the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva for participating in the collective and it …

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  15. 34065State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 800

    Writing practice or drafts of the formulae typically used in official documents with prayers for the caliph ("... al-ṭāhirīn... al-akramīn...).

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  16. 34066LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/38

    Letter from Hārūn b. Sulaymān ha-Ḥaver al-Kohen to [...] b. Ṣadaqa(?) Ibn Shaʿya(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century, on paleographic grounds. The writer opens …

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  17. 34067Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. a 3/16

    Legal query in Arabic script. The case is that of two brothers who inherit 3.5 shares in a property from their third brother, but upon …

    1. ما يقول السادة الفقها وفقهم الله تعالى لما يرضيه
    2. في شخص مات وخلف حصة مبلغها ثلثة اسهام ونصف سهم وكان له من الورثة اخين
    3. اقتسم كل منهم سهم //واحد// ون…
    1. What do the master jurisprudents say, may God grant them success in what will please Him,
    2. regarding a man who died and left a property amounting to …

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  18. 34068LetterIOM D 55.12

    Letter from a son, unidentified location, to his father, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is anxious for news of Abū l-Majd, and how he …

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  19. 34069Legal documentHalper 342

    Folio from a court ledger. Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Under the jurisdiction of the Gaon Masliah (1127–39). Settlement between …

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  20. 34070Legal documentBL OR 5524.2

    Geṭ (bill of divorce). Location: New Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 11 Ḥeshvan 1409 Seleucid = 20 October 1097 CE. Husband: Ṭahor b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen. Wife: Banāt …

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  21. 34071LetterT-S AS 161.207

    Recto, with the address on verso: Letter from [...] b. [...] al-Ṣayrafī to Abū l-Ḥusayn [...] b. Mūsā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged and faded. Dating: likely …

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  22. 34072Legal documentJRL A 792

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Ottoman era. Emanating from the bureau of silk looms (dīwān anwāl al-ḥarīr) in Alexandria.

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  23. 34073State documentT-S NS 101.31

    A few words from an Arabic state document: "kutiba... dhī l-qaʿda...." Reused for Hebrew literary text.

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  24. 34074Legal documentENA NS 77.224

    Minute fragment from a legal deed (upper left corner) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves [...] al-Amshāṭī and [...] …

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  25. 34075LetterENA 3171.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and hard to discern any of the content. Mentions time/fate several times, cites Berakhot 3b, “A pit cannot [be filled …

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  26. 34076Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.81

    Receipt of some sort. For Sahl b. Saʿd? Needs examination.

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  27. 34077LetterT-S AS 145.135

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. Asking for help on behalf of a woman named [...]da bt. Yaʿaqov al-Aluf, who may have been abandoned by her husband.

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  28. 34078LetterENA NS 30.6

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 12th century. The sender's name appears in the upper left corner but is very faded (Khalfūn?). He mentions having left …

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  29. 34079LetterT-S 10J18.16

    Verso (original use): Left half of an Arabic-script letter with wide line-spacing. Refers to the wages owed for transport of wheat. Reused for a letter …

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  30. 34080LetterT-S AS 155.283

    Recto: beginning of a letter (or report), followed by a poem in Arabic script, mentioning Baghdad, which may be part of the letter. Verso: rhymed …

    1. נהר אלמלך נאחיתי : ושרחת ליהודהא קצתי : ומא גרי
    2. מן קאעדתי ענד סידנא ראס אלמתיבה נור אל יעקוב :
    3. תאג אסראייל : אלמכתץ אלמחבוב : אלמסתקים אלמחסוב
    4. אלמנס…

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  31. 34081LetterT-S K25.232

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Includes learned legalistic discussions. After the beginning of a citation of a legal document, it refers to the death of Abū …

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  32. 34082Paraliterary textENA NS 47.8

    Calendar for the year 5424 AM in Hebrew (1663/64 CE). The month of Sivan (May-June) includes reference to the onset of the yearly Nile floods …

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  33. 34083State documentENA NS 83.249

    Fiscal account? Small fragment.

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  34. 34084LetterT-S NS 306.233 + T-S NS 306.230

    Letter in Arabic script. Possibly to Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallāh (l. 2). The sender reports that "these lands" are just as he heard in terms of …

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  35. 34085LetterCUL Or.1080 J15

    Letter from Yisrael b. Natan from Jerusalem to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. September 8, 1060. Several financial issues between Israel and Nahray. Also mentions copying …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך מן אלקדס
    2. עמרה אל[לה]
    1. יום אלגמעה ליא כלון מן תשרי ערפך אללה ברכתה ומא יליה מן אלש…

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  36. 34086List or tableENA NS 48.21

    Note concerning the wages of the teacher Abū Isḥāq for four weeks (Teruma through Vayaqhel). Each week he taught 3 boys and earned 1.5 dirhams.

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  37. 34087LetterT-S NS 338.87

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The topoi include weakness of vision and hearing and "all day long I sit in the corner of …

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  38. 34088Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 148.132

    Order of payment (or rather receipt / record of payment) to the community officials Maḥfūẓ al-Shammash and Sālim al-Zariz, dated Adar 1476 Seleucid era = …

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  39. 34089LetterENA NS 2.34

    Recto (secondary use): Hebrew praises and blessings for a certain Yeshaʿya.

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  40. 34090LetterENA NS 83.60

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic. Mentions "it has now been a month and a half. . . and no news. . …

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  41. 34091LetterENA 4100.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Missing its top part. Dated 8 Tammuz יהפך אבלו לששון, but no year is given; likely 14th or 15th century. The sender …

    1. אלכלאם אלדי תקולו בה עלי אלממ וכל מא
    2. רסלת פתוי לשופט מן גהה אלממ מע ענאיה
    3. אללה סב ות יקול אלשופט ען אלממ חאשא פלאן
    4. אנה יקע פי שי מן דלך ויפתי ללממ ב…

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  42. 34092Paraliterary textp. Heid. Hebr. 2

    Copious jottings in Arabic script, including medical recipes and a Hippocratic aphorism (vita brevis ars longa), and pen trials in Hebrew script.

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  43. 34093LetterDK 231.1 (alt: IX)

    Verso: Letter or letter draft from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to the judge (dayyan) Avraham ha-Kohen. Consisting entirely of Hebrew encomia.

    1.  הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אברהם הכהן
    2. הדיין הנכבד החכם הנכבד החסיד ישמרה אל עלה
    3. תפלת תמיד שלותו שקט יתמיד ואויביו ישמיד
    4. ומשנאיו ינקום מהם ו/י…

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  44. 34094Legal documentT-S 12.539 + T-S 16.66

    Deed of release. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1277 Seleucid = 965/66 CE. Granted by Natan b. Yaʿaqov b. Shaʿbūn (שעבון) to Ḥasan b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, declaring …

    . זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו בשלישי [...]

    2. שנת אלך ומאתים ושבעים ושבע שנים [........רגי]לין [....]

    3. בפיסטאט מצרים שעל נילוס נהר מושב[ה] איך נתן בן …

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  45. 34095Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 121

    Ottoman-era legal document, in Arabic script. Probably a receipt of payment for Binyāmīn al-Ukūrand(?) in Alexandria. Needs examination.

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  46. 34096LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 669

    Letter from Muslim b. [...] al-ʿAṭṭār to Nahray b. Nissim. In Arabic script. Only the top of recto and the address on verso are preserved.

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  47. 34097Legal documentT-S AS 164.218 + T-S NS J490

    Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108). Rough draft of an agreement between spouses, detailing the conditions that the husband must …

    1. ב[ ]ת
    2. [ ] ואן דנת ופאתי כאנת אלגאריה מעכשו להא דון [ ]
    3. //[ ]מערקתין ונצף רדא וחזה וקדם שית אכסו //אלמרה אלדי אתזוג[הא ]// אלאכרי או לא אכסו[הא ]//
    4. […

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  48. 34098Legal documentT-S AS 145.317

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Late. Fragment: upper right corner. Involves [...]ya ha-Kohen and Avraham.

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  49. 34099Legal documentENA 2738.25

    Lower fragment: Legal record in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to "our master the noble judge, the judge of judges (sayyidnā al-qāḍī al-ajall qāḍī al-quḍāh); a fight (munāzaʿa) …

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  50. 34100List or tableT-S K3.21

    Account of the qodesh ca. 1240. A record of pecuniary operations. Apparently legal matters and relations with the Muslim authorities now figure among the activities …

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    1. אלמגרם אלדי לם יחצל לדאר
    2. בן נעמאן מנה מנפעה
    3. קטע תראב אצחאב מן גהה רשיד
    4. קיראטין נקרה מן יד
    5. אלמהדב ⟦. .⟧ בן אלעודי
    6. 6 ½
    7. ואלגראמה אלאולי ותאני סנה

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    1. (1-2) The debt to be deducted from the revenue of Dār b. Nuʿmān:
    2. (3-6) Removal of garbage, 73½. The watchmen, on account, for Rashīd, 2 qīr…

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