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  1. 34551Legal documentT-S J3.27

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    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. On parchment. Location: Fustat. In the hand of Avraham b. Aharon ha-Mumḥe. Containing marriage conditions in Aramaic. Preceded by a note to the …

    TS Box J 3, f. 27, ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp. 62-65, N.H. 2-24-88, (P). Legal Document from Fustat written in the hand of Halfon Ha-Levi b. M…

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  2. 34552LetterHalper 425 + T-S 8J31.6

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter, copy. Written in poetic Hebrew. Possibly a letter of appeal for help, since the author describes his woes. Join by Dr. Ezra Chwat. See …

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  3. 34553State documentT-S Ar.22.140 + T-S K25.221

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Report to a Fatimid vizier. Dating: fifth/eleventh century. Khan published T-S K25.221 as the end of petition. Marina Rustow later found the join to the …

    Lower fragment

    1. ولمولانا الوزير الأجل صفى أمير المؤمنين وخالصته ادام الله علاه وكبت اعداه 

    2. الراى العالي في ذلك ان شا الله

    3. والحمد لله وصلواته على…

    1. To my master, the mighty vizier, the sincere and intimate friend of the commander of the faithful, may God cause his exaltation to endure and crush…

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  4. 34554LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/51

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Efrayim b. ʿAzaryahu to an unnamed addressee. There are 13 lines of eloquent Hebrew blessings and flattery ("my soul is tied up with …

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  5. 34555Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3972.10

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    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Small receipt or order. For Ḥusayn b. Ḥarami(?). For 100-some dirhams. At upper right: bi-rasmihim?

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  6. 34556Unknown typeT-S AS 101.268

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    Arabic

    Unidentified text in Arabic, may be documentary.

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  7. 34557State documentENA 3937.1

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    Arabic

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Trigger: addā. One registration mark; al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-rāʾfa.

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  8. 34558LetterT-S AS 111.93

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    Arabic, Hebrew

    Recto: letter fragment in Hebrew (טובה יתר . . . הראשון ואני במהרה . . . על כבודך . . . שמעתי היה לך צער …

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  9. 34559LetterT-S AS 184.12

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    Arabic

    Long mercantile letter in Arabic script. Refers numerous times to the sending of a chest (ṣundūq). Needs examination. Reused on verso for Hebrew scribal writing …

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  10. 34560List or tableT-S NS 327.19

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    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Bifolio of private accounts. Mentions Saʿīd, Faḍʾil, ṣāhib al-rahn(?). Needs examination.

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  11. 34561List or tableT-S J1.50

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Sale of a woman's estate/outfit, for which her heir (husband or other) had no use. This explains the exceedingly low prices (and something else—see Goitein's …

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  12. 34562Unknown typeENA NS 85.600

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  13. 34563State documentT-S K25.240.6

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    Arabic

    Verso. Very small tax receipt, but complete with registrations/mottos/multiple hands. It is "for the poor Jews (ḍuʿafāʾ al-yahūd) in Fustat. The year 615 AH is …

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  14. 34564LetterYevr. III B 640

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq to Abū Yiṣḥaq Avraham b. Dā'ūd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions people such as: Yūsuf al-Andalusī. Mentions …

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  15. 34565LetterAIU VII.E.140

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Late letter in Hebrew.

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  16. 34566LetterT-S AS 151.233

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Very faded. (Information from CUDL)

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  17. 34567LetterT-S AS 200.173

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bifolio containing draft(s) of letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic and some Arabic script. Late.

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  18. 34568State documentMoss. IV,249

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. The sender bemoans his poverty (ṣaʿlaka) and expresses his trouble with paying a tax, probably his capitation tax. …

    Verso

    1. ]في يومه(؟) رضوان مع نزول[
    2. ]المملوك يهتدي مسالك الطرق وقد علت حياته 
    3. وضعفت قدرته وبقي المملوك من ارباب الصدقة وعنده
    4.  عائلة واطفال وليس …

    Verso

    1. ]In his days (?) happiness in residing [
    2. ]The slave finds guidance in the paths of life but his life has become difficult.
    3. His abilities have …

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  19. 34569Paraliterary textENA NS 83.223

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Looks like a fragment torn from the beginning of a book, with notes about the contents and owners. In Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  20. 34570Legal documentT-S 12.573

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1690 Seleucid = October/November 1378 CE, under the reshut of the Nagid ʿAmram. Concerning the sale of the part …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך [יום אלא]תנין אל . . . . [מן] חד[ש מ]רחשון שנת אלפא
    2. ושית מאה ותשעין שנין לשטרות למניינא [דר]גילנא לממני ביה הכא
    3. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר …
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  21. 34571State documentMoss. VIII,243.1-2

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State document, in Arabic script, wide spacing, maybe a petition. Mentions a wazīr but the portion of his name is cut off in the lacunae. …

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  22. 34572List or tableENA 2958.16

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Order for shopping? Items mentioned include rose syrup, 1/2 pound; basil seed; another kind of seed; chicken; green almond, 1 1/2 dirham; something large and …

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  23. 34573Paraliterary textENA 3982.10

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Medical prescription or recipe in Arabic script. Possibly sharāb rummān, a pomegranate syrup. The penultimate line reads, "The whole body should be anointed with the …

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  24. 34574LetterT-S AS 166.246

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Containing detailed information about medical matters. Maybe a report from a patient to a doctor (begins استعملت). Reused on recto …

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  25. 34575State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 29

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso is a faded receipt of some sort, maybe fiscal. Recto: من السوح(؟؟) للنصر(؟) الواصل من ثغر الاسكندرية حماه الله تعالى . . . . …

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  26. 34576LetterENA 3787.9

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yehuda (b. Ṭuviyyahu) Kohen, in Jūjar, to Rabbenu [Menaḥem?], presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 12th or early 13th century. Written in …

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  27. 34577Legal documentJRL B 2865

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Fragment of a legal document. In Hebrew. Mentions Yehuda, a sale, and an oath. Dating: probably ca. 16th century.

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  28. 34578LetterT-S 13J24.24

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to Moshe ben Hini ‘the lesser’, mentioning business affairs and people including Abraham Leon (c. 17th century). (Information from CUDL)

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  29. 34579State documentENA 3947.3

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    Arabic

    Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Asking for "the lofty rescript" (التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا وعلوا) apparently concerning a certain Abū Saʿd, "sitting …

    Verso

    1. التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا وعلوا الى الشيخ ابو سعد
    2. باسشفاف حاله وتمكينه من الجلوس في بعض الحوانيت
    3. لتحيي هو وعائلته رحمة عليهم واحسانا اليهم…

    Recto

    1. Abū Saʿd, the elder, to investigate in his affair [
    2. the stores, so that he and his family can live, [by extending] mercy upon them and kindnes…

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  30. 34580LetterENA NS 83.8

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Probably a letter fragment in Arabic.

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  31. 34581LetterAIU VII.D.102

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew from Azarya Zeevi, Jerusalem, to Yiṣḥaq Castro, Cairo/Fusṭāṭ. Dating: mid-seventeenth century. Should be read together with T-S 20.67—same writer and addressee. The …

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  32. 34582Literary textT-S K14.17

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    Hebrew, Yiddish

    Bifolio from a magical text in Hebrew and Yiddish. Including medical, magical and alchemical recipes, e.g. for making a woman love her husband, for producing …

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  33. 34583LetterT-S Misc.25.22

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. After many nice phrases, the body …

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  34. 34584Legal documentENA 4100.16

    Legal query in the form of a letter to Yiṣḥaq b. Sasson, Maimonides' contemporary with his answer on the verso. The writter of the query …

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  35. 34585Unknown typeENA NS 76.592

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  36. 34586Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/26

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    Aramaic, Hebrew

    Marriage contract. Groom: Munā b. Shelomo. Bride: Mubāraka bt. Avraham. Location: Fustat. Dated: 13 Tishrei 1406 Seleucid = 26 September 1094 CE. The couple is …

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  37. 34587Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 68/106

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bill of sale for an enslaved woman. Dating: ca. 1100 CE (based on Med Soc II, p. 601 n. 18). The name of the enslaved …

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  38. 34588LetterMoss. V,332

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a man to his wife. In Judaeo-Arabic. Oddly, the sender refers to himself in the third person most of the time. The address …

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  39. 34589List or tableENA 624.24

    Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)

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  40. 34590List or tableENA NS 77.166

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto mentions a sum of 7.5 dinars and verso mentions someone sitting. It's possible that verso is a fragment of a …

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  41. 34591Legal documentT-S 10J28.11

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Quittances for 15 dinars and 68 dinars (the latter apparently in Alexandria) to Sitt al-Kamāl, widow of Abū Sahl Mukhtār, witnessed by Yefet b. Ṣedaqa, …

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  42. 34592State documentT-S NS 278.188

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Tax collection (ḍamān) contract from the era of the caliph al-Mustanṣir. Mentions a state official by the title of Kāfī al-Dawla. Mentions two gates of …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. ضمن لمولانا وسيدنا الامام المستنصـ[ـر بالله صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابايه

    3.  الطاهرين وابنايه الاكرمين واخبرته(؟)

    4. بن محسن و…

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  43. 34593LetterMoss. II,175.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment (bottom half) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic regarding a communal dispute over slaughtering. A certain person, likely a rival of the writer, came to …

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  44. 34594LetterJRL B 2793

    Primary language
    Ladino

    Left side of a letter in Ladino.

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  45. 34595List or tableT-S NS 259.82

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    List of names of Andalusian families (b. Kafril, Ishaq Ibn Ghiyath, Yehuda b. Fakhar), maybe a memorial list. On verso a calendar for the year …

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  46. 34596List or tableENA 624.2

    Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)

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  47. 34597Legal documentT-S 10J28.9

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1130–38 CE, based on Ḥalfon's dates and the fact that Abū l-Barakāt …

    1. [שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא למט]ה כן הוה למא סהל אלכאלק תעאלי
    2. [ותבארך אסבאב אלוצ]לה בין אלשיך אבו אלברכאת כגק
    3. [מרור אברהם הלוי בן כגק] …
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  48. 34598LetterT-S 13J25.14

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, in Tinnīs, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: August 20, 1046. The writer describes his difficulties. He almost did …

    Recto

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה

    2. וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן תניס נצף אלול כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא

    3. ועלא כל ישר' באחסן כאתמתה אעלמך יאמו…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך 
    2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מתניס, בחצי אלול, יחתום אותו אלוהים …
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  49. 34599LetterT-S 8J15.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of complaint to Maimonides regarding funds for the Qodesh. Written in the hand of Meʾir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av. Dating ca. 1168–1204 CE, …

    1. ביראת שמים ובאמונה פי מא כאן מתוליה לישראל
    2. ושהאדה אלדיינין אלקבועין פי דלך אלוקת מעי עלי דלך
    3. כט רבינו חייא ורבינו יעקב ומן אנצאף מעהם וחס
    4. לכבודו אן …

    Recto

    . . . (R. Isaiah ha-Levi was appointed to be in charge of the qōdesh since he excelled in) 

    1. piety and trustworthiness in his administration o…

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  50. 34600List or tableT-S NS J444

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    List of twenty-six names and contributors of wheat. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:479.) Dating: Probably early or mid-12th century, since Abū l-Naṣr Ibn Zubbaybāt …

    Recto

    1. .... בן .[...וא]בנה ויבה
    2. אבו סעד בן רשיד ויבה
    3. בן צביאן ויבה מוהוב אלדהבי [
    4. מבארך אלצירפי ויבה בן מחבו[
    5. ת]מאם אלטביב ויבה
    6. אבו אלפרג אלאסכנדראני…

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