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  1. 34551

    LetterBL OR 10112B.21

    Letter of condolence. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand may be known. No names or specifics preserved.

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  2. 34552

    Legal documentT-S 13J25.16 + T-S 16.135

    A communal enactment (taqqana) passed by the Jewish community of al-Maḥalla, in which they pledge their loyalty to their judge Peraḥya [b. Yosef], to retain …

    1. ...אלתקנה אל]די כתבוהא אהל אלמחלה אלבעץ מנהם פי מא יכץ ר פרחיה בן
    2. ר יוסף ?...] בקהל אלמחלה ש"צ ומא אפתי פיהא רבנו משה ש"צ מלה במלה:
    3. מא יקול כבוד גדו…

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  3. 34553

    Legal documentENA 2727.13c

    Bill of divorce. Written by Shemuel b. Seʿadya (1165–1203). Husband: Avraham b. M[aymūn?]. Wife: Miryam bt. Ḥabīb ha-Maʿaravi.

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  4. 34554

    LetterENA NS 36.2

    Right half of the end of a letter by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. Mentions: the coats (al-shuqaq); his …

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  5. 34555

    LetterENA 3958.1–2

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Faded and damaged. Mentions Damietta (ENA 3598.1, third line from the bottom); a qalʿa (ENA 3598.2, line 7 and again …

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  6. 34556

    LetterENA NS I.31

    Verso: Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic written in an 11th-century Maghribī hand. It may be a letter, but there is no discussion of business affairs. Rather, …

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  7. 34557

    Literary textBL OR 5554A.50

    Recto: A gripping tale of King Solomon battling the demons. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic poetry, probably related to the same story (lots of precious gems are mentioned …

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  8. 34558

    List or tableENA NS 15.8

    Bifolio containing accounts. Late. Listing various numbers.

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  9. 34559

    LetterT-S AS 146.240

    Probably a letter with marginalia and jottings. (Information from CUDL)

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  10. 34560

    Legal documentT-S AS 179.190

    Possibly a legal document. In Arabic script.

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  11. 34561

    Literary textAIU VI.B.103

    Folktales of King Solomon and his wisdom and Ashmoday/Asmodeus.

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  12. 34562

    Legal documentT-S NS J401j

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Drawn up under the authority of the head of the yeshiva [Maṣliaḥ?] b. Shelomo. …

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  13. 34563

    Legal documentT-S NS 323.28

    Court record in Hebrew. Location: Jerusalem. Dated: Wednesday, 26 Nisan 5285 AM = 19 April 1525 CE. Signed by three known figures: Yisraʾel b. Yeḥiel, …

    1. בעה
    2. מה שמעיד מהררי בירב הנל שהיה העולה מחשבון הצמוקים שמונה מאות
    3. פרחים בין רב למעט ושהשארית שבעבורו נכנס בסוהר היה ש פרחי בלבד הנה
    4. החכם הנל בעצמו הו…

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  14. 34564

    Legal documentT-S 8.119

    End of a ketubba for the bride [...] bat Hillel ha-Levi. Witnessed by Judah ha-Kohen b. Yefet, Ṣedaqa b. Baqā, Hārūn b. Judah, Aaron [...] …

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  15. 34565

    Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 13/12

    Legal document. Copy (nuskha) in Hebrew script of an Arabic-script acknowledgement regarding a sale of a store in Tiberias. Dated: middle decade of Shawwāl 425 …

    1. [יקול מן כתב]ת שהאדתה בידה אכר הדא אלכתאב ומן אנכתב ענה פיה שהאדתה
    2. באמרה [ ]ה שהדו גמיעא ופראדא והם יומיד מן אהל אלעלם ואלמערפה בצחה
    3. מא שהד בה אנהם …

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  16. 34566

    LetterAIU VII.E.0

    Letter from Yishaq b. Avraham al-Mishmar (ha-Kohen?) from Fustat, to his son in Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya). The writer instructs his son to pay his debts and …

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    1.                           וסלא]מתך וכאן לך ולי וחאפץ' פי גמיע
    2. [אמורך ....] איאם בקין מן אלול ען סלאמה פי אלנפס ועאפיה
    3.            ] וען שוק אן …

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  17. 34567

    Unknown typeENA NS 85.1316

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  18. 34568

    Unknown typeENA NS 85.1401

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 34569

    Paraliterary textT-S Ar.37.7

    Bifolio from a sort of commonplace book. In Judaeo-Arabic. (There are a few words in Arabic script from an earlier document that was recycled.) On …

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  20. 34570

    Legal documentENA 2742.4

    Acknowledgment of a debt. Between Sedaqa b. Yosef and Yeshuʿa b. Hannaya. Signed by Elʿazar b. Yosef and the parnas ʿOvadya b. Shabbetay. Dated: Last …

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  21. 34571

    Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1552

    A Karaite agreement to give a bill of divorce in case the husband will be absent for more than one year.

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  22. 34572

    List or tableAIU VII.F.67

    List of donations collected on various Shabbatot.

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  23. 34573

    List or tableMoss. IXa,3.21

    Note, receipt or account? Tiny. Two different hands. Both hands use Coptic alphanumerals to express numbers.

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  24. 34574

    LetterStras. 4038/9

    Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …

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    "Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39). 

    "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…

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  25. 34575

    Legal documentMoss. VII,93.5

    Legal document, tiny fragment. Marriage-related?

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  26. 34576

    LetterYevr. II A 1571

    Long letter discussing various issues. Few cities are mentioned e.g. Warsaw.

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  27. 34577

    LetterJRL SERIES A 468

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a cursive Maghrebi hand. Damaged. Deals with sums of money. Yosef is mentioned. There are also references to the Sicilian cities …

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    1. ………… מא …………………..

    2. ........אלמדינה . . יב(?) ג וזאיד(?) אכרי ללמדינה לא

    3. למאזר ואקל מא פיה מן אלפסאד אן אלאעדאל

    4. ...…

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  28. 34578

    Literary textT-S J2.21

    Hebrew poetry. One side has a rahaṭ attributed to Yehuda (ZL) (Yehuda ha-Levi?).

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  29. 34579

    LetterENA 1822a.78

    Recto: Note in Portuguese. Mentions Jose Loise. There is further text underneath also Latin script. Verso: Accounts in Hebrew script. Currency: fulūs. 16th century?

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  30. 34580

    Unknown typeT-S NS 83.32

    Small fragment with text in Judaeo-Arabic. Legal? Literary?

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  31. 34581

    LetterENA NS 49.24

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script on verso. Quite damaged. Addressed to the parnas Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh (a.k.a. ʿEli …

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  32. 34582

    LetterT-S 13J21.1

    Letter from Moshe b. Yefet to Tamīm b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen (apparently a merchant trading in the East). Dated: Monday, 8 Adar I 1421 Seleucid, which …

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  33. 34583

    LetterT-S 8.30

    Letter fragment in the hand of Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju addressed to Avraham b. Aharon ha-Kohen, with greetings to sons Abū ʿAlī and Abū l-Surūr. …

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  34. 34584

    LetterT-S 13J19.6

    Letter from Yosef b. Moshe ha-Levi the Jerusalemite to Yefet ha-Neʾeman b. Elʿazar, the representative of the community of al-Maḥalla. Dating: לate 11th or early …

    1. יצר סמוך תצור שלום שלום מגדל עז שם ייי בו ירוץ צד ונשג
    2. שלומות וטובות וברכות מרובות ושישות רבות ומילוט מכאיבות
    3. ורפואות חונות מכל סביבות וניצול מכל חו…

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  35. 34585

    LetterT-S 13J23.12

    Condolence letter from Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.

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    1. תנחומי ש[ ]רצ [
    2. נחרצות מחוללים [ ]צות יסורים [ ]
    3. זעוכים וזעומי הפרצות דרכיו גוחימו בעליצה אשר יאשרי[מו]
    4. לאחוז צדקימו במועיצות לדעת בטוהר ידימו…

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  36. 34586

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/5

    Letter from Yehuda b. Moshe ibn Sighmār, in Alexandria, to ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Yaḥyā (aka Ḥayyim) the parnas, in Fustat. Yehuda explains the problems he …

    1. ענדי מן אלשוק אלי מולאי אלפרנס אלנאמן אטאל אללה בקאה
    2. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מא יעלמה אלכאלק עז וגל
    3. ואלכאלק סבחאנה יקרב אסבאב אלאגתמאע קריבא ברח…

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    1. The Creator, powerful and great, knows how I yearn for my master the parnas and trustee,
    2. may God prolong your life and make your honored posi…

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  37. 34587

    List or tableJRL SERIES B 3813

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Somebody (with a Greek name?) bought "the rest of Plato's Laws (nāmūsiyya)." A cane seller (bayyāʿ al-qaṣab) is mentioned. …

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  38. 34588

    Legal documentBL OR 10655.24

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated 2 Muharram 1248 AH which is 1832 CE. Part of a pair with BL OR 10655.25. Mentions Da'ūd (?) …

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  39. 34589

    Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 1: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of apple syrup.

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  40. 34590

    List or tableT-S NS 340.1

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Spanning several months of the year, with numeric totals written underneath specific dates. One side is headed "account …

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  41. 34591

    LetterT-S AS 145.340

    Recto: communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly addressed to al-Maḥalla. Verso: Hebrew text with citations from several rabbinic sources, such as the Talmud. (Information in part …

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  42. 34592

    LetterT-S Ar.36.77

    Recto: A curse in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew against whoever is spreading false rumors about the writer and stirring up conflict between him and (probably) …

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  43. 34593

    Literary textT-S NS 292.32

    Probably a commentary? written by the hand of Hanan'el b. Shemuel

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  44. 34594

    List or tableT-S AS 148.21

    List, it seems of weekly vows, with Coptic numerals. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. ויסעו
    2. אלכ דאווד ופתאוי 5
    3. אללוי יוסף בן מוהוב 2⁄1 2
    4. צדקה בן מופק רומי 5
    5. אברהם בן אליה כאל 2
    6. שכץ קדסי
    7. אל שבוי כאל
    8. מנצור בן סבאע 2
    9. מוסי גמרי 2⁄1 2
    10. יעקו…

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  45. 34595

    LetterT-S AS 200.163

    A short note written by Avraham Maimonides. Ordering Eliyyahu the judge to pay capitation tax to R. Zakkay the teacher and Ibrāhīm the beadle. AA

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  46. 34596

    Legal documentENA 2607.22 + ENA 2607.21

    Responsa. Avkat Rochel no. 2-4. Published by Glick, Seridey Teshuvot, pp. 32-47. AA

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  47. 34597

    Legal documentENA NS 2.41

    Legal document. Apprenticeship agreement. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tishri 1339 (September 1027). Location: Fustat. Written in the hand of Yefet b. David. Bishr b. Efrayim apprentices …

    1. חצר פי בית דין פי יום אלכמיס לה וכ יום מצא מן
    2. תשרי שנת אשלט לשטרות בכניסת הירושלמים
    3. בשר בן אפרים וברהון בן יחיה ואעתרף בשר הדא אנה
    4. קד אגר ולדה יוסף …

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    On Thursday, the 25th of Tishri of the year 1339 according to the Era of the Documents there appeared before the court in the Synagogue of the …

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  48. 34598

    Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 178.83

    Document(s) in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, possibly a cheque or other credit instrument. Needs examination.

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  49. 34599

    Unknown typeENA NS 85.450

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  50. 34600

    LetterT-S NS 305.79

    Informal note in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 13th century. Asking for "a good jar" (of wine?) from Makīn or from somebody else. On recto there …

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