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  1. 34201Legal documentT-S Misc.23.8

    Court record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Ṭevet 1438 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE. A woman (Ḥasana bt. Menashshe ha-Kohen the …

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  2. 34202LetterT-S NS J116

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking the addressee to try to sell a commodity in his location.

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  3. 34203List or tableT-S AS 212.16

    Small fragment from a list of commodities

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  4. 34204Legal documentT-S Misc.25.107

    Deathbed will in which Sitt al-Dalāl bt. Ḥananel (n’e) endows the enslaved woman who took care of her through illness with freedom (and likely other …

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  5. 34205Legal documentBL OR 5542.4

    Legal document. Dated: Monday, 2 Iyyar 1398 Seleucid, which is 1087 CE. Location: Fustat. Moshe b. Elḥanan comes before the court and declares that he …

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  6. 34206Unknown typeENA NS 79.4

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 34207LetterT-S 12.396

    Circular letter, fragment, by the Nagid Shemuel b. Hananyah. The format closely matches that of 12.238 and BL OR 5533.1 (circular letters by Maimonides). Only …

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  8. 34208LetterT-S 10J14.3

    Letter from Sahlān b. Avraham perhaps to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. Written in a calligraphic hand and beautiful biblical style. Only the …

    1. . כומות השלומות לה חב[
    2. רצופות להחפות ולהגבר [
    3. מ . ו // . //תכם לכב גד קדש מר[
    4. יושמר משד ושבר ויאתא ל[
    5. נוחו בגן בישתני:[
    6. והפעם הראשונית שתה הרופא[
    7. נת…

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  9. 34209Legal documentENA 4010.17

    Court record in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dating: No earlier than late 1097 CE, as it contains a copy of an …

    1. אחצר אלינא נחן אלשהוד אלכאתמין לתחתא מעשה כאן גרי בחצרה
    2. בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים דממנא מבי דינא רבה שלכבוד
    3. גדלת קדשת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו מבורך אלוף …

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  10. 34210Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 53

    Ottoman-era rental receipt, in Arabic script written on a bifolio. The object of rent might be a mill (Ṭāḥūn) in the Ḥārat al-Yahūd, the payer …

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  11. 34211LetterJRL SERIES B 5244

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged.

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  12. 34212Unknown typeENA NS 76.288

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  13. 34213Literary textT-S 13J28.22

    Recto: treatise with many biblical citations and Judaeo-Arabic comments and explanations. In the recto margin is probably a different text, very likely halakhic. The text …

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  14. 34214LetterENA 2556.2 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/1 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/2 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/3 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/4 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/5 + Bodl. MS heb. f 26/6

    Epistle regarding the calendar controversy of 921–22 CE, including a response by Aharon b. Meʾir, who writes from Palestine to Baghdad. The letter begins with …

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    1. שלום מעניף ע[ ] מרומים ומצליל עד יצוק הדומים

    2. סובב ומקיף סב[ ]ים אפוד חן עטוף רחמים ממתיק

    3. טעם כמו לרחו[ ] כסוחים כאיתן בא בימים כאהוב…

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  15. 34215LetterT-S AS 209.63

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the names Abū l-Munā and Abū l-Riḍā and the children of אלמחשב(?).

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  16. 34216Unknown typeENA NS 79.33

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  17. 34217Legal documentCUL Add.3422

    A leaf from a court register. Contains four different entries, dated to Nissan and Sivan 1409 Sel. (Spring 1098 CE). On left hand of Verso, …

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    1. יכתץ באבו אלפצל בן אלעסאל ובן אללואז
    2. שר שלום בר יכין החזן פקאל לשר שלום מא
    3. לי ענדהם שי ואלסידור הו לי מא לאחד פיה
    4. שי פאחצרה לבית דין וטאל…

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  18. 34218Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.131

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay a sum to the bearer. See T-S AS 179.212 (PGPID 36725) and …

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  19. 34219LetterT-S 10J13.5

    Letter from Zikri b. Abu al-Rida, the perfume seller, to Abu al-Mahasin, a tailor and weaver, dealing with financial business and referring to several textiles. …

    1. בר עבדהא זכרי
    2. כתאבי אלי אלשיך בו אלמחאסן //דאם(!) אללה//
    3. עזה אני כתיר אלשוק אליך וכאן בשר קד
    4. אוקפני עלא כתאבך קאלי (!) אן א . אסרו
    5. אבן עמך אבו אסחק …

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  20. 34220Legal documentT-S 10J3.10

    Fragments of bills of divorce. T-S 10J3 ff. 2-11. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  21. 34221LetterT-S AS 150.111

    Small fragment of a letter, likely in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Urges the (male) addressee to do something with all …

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  22. 34222LetterMoss. V,372.6

    Letter of condolence, with extensive biblical quotations. The Judaeo-Arabic on verso, ‘from his servant...’, is either a postscript or address (seems to mention Malīj). (Information …

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  23. 34223List or tableT-S NS 264.69

    Business accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef, See PGPID 20645.

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  24. 34224LetterT-S Misc.28.252

    Probably a letter. In Hebrew, in flowery style. The portion preserved consists entirely of blessings.

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  25. 34225List or tableCUL Or.1081 2.8

    Tables for divination, late, entitled Urim ve-Tumim, each headed with a different question (e.g. "boy or girl?" "is this man trustworthy or not?").

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  26. 34226Legal documentT-S AS 184.300

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Recto involves Bū ʿImrān b. Bū l-Faraj b. Mardūkh al-Ṣayrafī, then refers to an administrator of a compound (mutawallī al-rabʿ), …

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  27. 34227LetterT-S H10.95

    Business letter dealing with spices. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is likely that of Yedutun ha-Levi. (Goitein, too, flagged the script as familiar.) The letter is …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .אל. . . . . . . בהדה אל. . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . .הא ואתה .מ. . .ם . . . . . . .בק.ואנה . . . .…

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  28. 34228Legal documentT-S AS 214.251

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Fragment (thin vertical strip). Writing on both recto and verso. Location: Fustat. It is …

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  29. 34229Legal documentAIU VII.A.38.1

    Clockwise from upper left: (b) Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. At the top there is a list of names including Bū l-Ḥasan; Sitt [...]; Abū ʿAbdallāh …

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  30. 34230Unknown typeENA NS 85.207

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  31. 34231List or tableT-S AS 176.349

    Detailed accounts in Arabic. Refers to a ruqʿa and 'kātib al-muwaffaq.' Needs further examination.

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  32. 34232Unknown typeENA NS 85.1041

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  33. 34233Legal documentT-S 16.78

    Marriage contract (ketubba); line two begins with the phrase "on the river," the only clue to establishing the provenance of the document. Dated 4844 A.M. …

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  34. 34234Legal documentT-S AS 153.408

    Small fragment of a power of attorney (שטר אורכתא). Mentioning al-Iskandaranī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  35. 34235LetterT-S 10J31.8

    Fragment of a letter from Avraham b. Farah from Alexandria, to an unknown person. Mentions shipments of linen, silk, and cotton. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, …

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    1. [                ] אן ינ[                      ] אלי פי תאני אלסוק

    2. [                  ] וסערה [                         ] ענדי וקד

    3. […

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  36. 34236Unknown typeENA NS 76.673

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  37. 34237LetterENA NS I.3

    Letter from a woman to Sitt [Qa]ḍīb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions items like the robes (shuqāq?) and the blankets (al-mulayḥifāt). Regards to Sutayt, the elder Abū …

    1. . . .
    2. ]א ללאימאן אל
    3. ]עלי ולד . ויתקל
    4. ] אלגויים ואל . . .
    5. וא [. . . . . . . .]לת ואכדתהא מעי
    6. . . . . . . . . . . .] . ב . . . . . . . . . .
    7. וגדת . . …

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  38. 34238LetterT-S AS 161.172

    Letter addressed to Yeshuʿa b. Zekharya the judge (with many grand titles, including החזק הפטיש). Same addressee as T-S 13J21.16. Mentions someone's arrival from Alexandria …

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  39. 34239Paraliterary textRNL Yevr. II B 159

    A manuscript of the pentatuech, only the last pages of it survive, including several colophons. The first, by the copyist, dates its completion to "the …

    Copyist's colophon, top-right corner

    1. אני יצחק הכהן בירבי יוחיי
    2. הכהן החבר נ'נ' גמרתי את
    3. התורה הזאת לקץ
    4. ארבעת אלפים ושבע
    5. מאות ושלש שנים
    6. לבריות עולם : …

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  40. 34240LetterT-S NS 342.14

    Minute fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.

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  41. 34241Unknown typeENA NS 76.478

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  42. 34242Paraliterary textT-S AS 23.39

    Recto: ownership transfer note for a book, in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, quoting Job 22:28. Owner: Faḍl b. Aharon. Verso: ex libris in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in …

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  43. 34243Legal documentT-S NS 320.77

    Recto: End of a legal document, written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Shevaṭ 1445 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE.

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  44. 34244Legal documentT-S 8.225 + T-S 28.23

    4 fragments of a ketubah from 1106. The bride is Sitt al-Dar b. Yefet. The groom is Eli b. Yehezkel ha-Haver be-Sanhedrin Gedola. Contains also …

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  45. 34245LetterT-S AS 182.106

    Recto: Letter fragment in Arabic script. Too fragmentary to understand the context, but in the margin it says, "Do not delay... a single one of …

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  46. 34246Paraliterary textT-S NS 321.62

    Liturgical text (qiddush?) for Passover. Signed: Shelomo b. [...]. Dated: Friday, 7 Nisan 1606 Seleucid, which is 1295 CE.

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  47. 34247Legal documentT-S NS 321.84

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Date missing. Fragment of a Hebrew contract of partnership in which a woman named Summāna ("Quail") invests 8 dinars. She will …

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  48. 34248LetterT-S 10J18.22

    Letter from Yosef b. Nadiv the cantor, in Bilbays, to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly about business in wheat. The …

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  49. 34249Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 471

    Unidentified document, in Arabic script.

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  50. 34250Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/33

    Marriage-related document. Includes a menstrual purity clause, so no earlier than late 12th century. The handwriting is probably known.

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