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  1. 34751Paraliterary textT-S 12.219

    Astrological prognostications. See Goitein's index card for further information.

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  2. 34752List or tableYevr. II A 1406

    Memorial list, Qaraite. Dating: Unknown; catalogued as 18th century.

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  3. 34753Legal documentMoss. VII,66.1

    Deathbed will. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 29 Kislev 1448 Seleucid = 25 November 1136 CE. The testator is owed 2/3 dinars …

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  4. 34754LetterT-S AS 147.22

    Letter of recommendation for a needy widow with two children from Damascus who, on recommendation of a letter from the muqaddam of Ascalon, had received …

    1. כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו
    2. יצחק הרב החסיד המהניין בכל ענין יברכו
    3. שומר נפשות חסידיו ויגן בעדו ויחיה
    4. חמודו יראהו שמחתו וחופתו אמן סלה
    5. ביר כגק מרנו ור…

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  5. 34755LetterT-S NS 324.70

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Hārūn. In Judaeo-Arabic, with idiosyncratic spellings. Addressed to Qayrawān, it seems. Dating: Likely 11th century. Dealing with trade in ṭabarī cloth, …

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    1. בסם אללה
    2. כתיבי יא סידי אטאל אלה בקאך [
    3. ללה כתירא וקד כתבת אליך [
    4. וקופך עליה ואלגוב מני באלקו . [
    5. . . . ך ביע אטברי בקיסם אל[ה
    6. . . ד ואחד עמל …

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  6. 34756State documentT-S NS 139.36

    Small fragment from an official document, most probably a petition. The second line of the fragment is in a thicker script than the first, and …

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    1. الراي]العالي فيما يامر به ان [شا الله
    2. ]الاقطاع ان شا الله
    3. الحمد لله وحده و]صلواته على سيدنا محمد النبي واله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما

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  7. 34757List or tableJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110d/1

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: 18th or 19th century. There are many joins in other Geniza collections.

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  8. 34758LetterTel Aviv 4

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Semi-official-looking. Mentions Abū l-Faḍāʾil the brother of [...]. Approximately 3-4 lines are preserved on each side in addition …

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  9. 34759LetterT-S 12.785

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is in Fustat, writing with four days remaining in the month of Tamuz. Dating: Likely 12th or early 13th century. …

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  10. 34760LetterENA 4020.19

    Letter from the Jerusalemites to Bishr ibn Ghalib, the parnas of Fustat, apparently 1024.

    1. ] ועודף ברכות ועטור ישועות וענוד שם טוב [ ]
    2. של]ומות והצלחות והבטחות שתהיינה לכקמר בשר
    3. ] הטוב המכובד והמיוקר הטוב במעשיו הכשר
    4. ] צדקות [ ] מכובד נכבד …

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  11. 34761Legal documentT-S AS 148.179

    Order for a quantity of apple syrup from al-Asʿad. Possibly in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. This was left incomplete. There is one line …

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  12. 34762LetterT-S J3.3

    Pages from a manual of writing letters.

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  13. 34763LetterT-S NS 278.250

    Informal note in Arabic script. Begins, "The slave reports (=I report) that the aforementioned shipment/bale (ḥaml) is still with me, and if you order me …

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  14. 34764LetterT-S K3.26

    Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering …

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  15. 34765LetterMoss. II,129

    Recto: Faded business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "the rest of the dirhams" and "I say they are recorded in his ledger." Resembles the handwriting of …

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  16. 34766LetterT-S NS J537

    Formal letter in Arabic script. Dating: Maybe Mamluk-era, but this is a guess. Wide space between the lines. Difficult to understand the content. There is …

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  17. 34767State documentT-S Ar. 41.139

    State document, in large oversized chancery script, two words. From a gigantic decree.

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    1. والدين ممـ[ـن] حـ[

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  18. 34768Legal documentT-S 8J4.1

    1r-v: Agreement between Sari b. ‘Eli and Sedaqa b. […] with regard to goods left by Musafir b. Yish‘i. Shari undertakes to pay after his …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. תום חצר סרי בר עלי למ צדקה בר
    3. ואסתקר אלאמר בינהומא עלי אן [
    4. פי אסתיפא מא יגב לה מן אלחוכם פי גמי[ע
    5. אלמוטאלבאת אלמקדם שרחהא פי אלמושב
    6. אלמקדם …

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  19. 34769LetterT-S AS 117.42

    Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a rhymed letter in Hebrew addressed to a notable. Possibly a draft as several words are crossed out. The …

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  20. 34770Paraliterary textT-S NS 324.111 + T-S AS 146.92

    Secondary use (probably): Calendar in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū for the years 1463–68 Seleucid (=1151–57 CE). Resembling Ibn Yijū's other calendars but with …

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  21. 34771Legal documentT-S AS 145.164

    Minute fragment, extremely damaged. Only few words can be read מגלימא דעל כת[פיה] so this is probably a fragment from a ketubah. The shape of …

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  22. 34772Legal documentT-S 12.685

    Ketubba fragment (left side only). Dated: [13]77 Seleucid, which is 1065/66 CE. Groom: Yaʿaqov. Marriage payments: 5 + 10 = 15. No dowry. (Information from …

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  23. 34773Unknown typeENA NS 76.525

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  24. 34774LetterENA 2805.6

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Describes his tribulations due to the winter; mentions business in flax; the animals …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר אלגליל גדול הישיבה ואדאם

    2. עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה מן אל[א]סכנדריה ליב בקין מן טבת כתמה

    3. אללה עליה באחסן כאתמה ע…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר הנכבד גדול הישיבה, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את
    2. גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך, מאלכסנדריה, בי"ח בטבת, יחתום או…

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  25. 34775Legal documentT-S AS 145.163

    Small and torn fragment probably from a ketubba, written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Yeshuʿa b. ʿEli.

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  26. 34776Legal documentT-S 10K15.1

    Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.

    Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.

    We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …

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  27. 34777State documentENA 3914.4

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Possibly mentions ʿAbdallah b. Manṣūr in line 4 after the basmala in line 3. Requires further examination.

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  28. 34778LetterENA 4010.29

    Letter in Hebrew. Signed by [...]HL b. Shelomo Gaon. The sons of the addressee, Shemarya and Moshe, are mentioned. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  29. 34779LetterENA 4096.f

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  30. 34780List or tableT-S AS 187.183

    Accounts in Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals, badly damaged. Medieval-era.

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  31. 34781Literary textT-S K6.22

    Ownership or authorship note: Ḥalfon b. Sheʾerit b. Yaʿaqov.

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  32. 34782Unknown typeENA 3973.12

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  33. 34783LetterT-S NS 226.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Appears to be from Natan b. Shemuel to [Abū l-Ḥa]san b. Rabbenu Shemuel. Mentions the capitation tax several times. Mentions al-Maḥalla, but …

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  34. 34784Literary textENA 4011.70

    Piyyuṭim. With a colophon/dedication to Yehuda ha-Talmid. Dated: Tuesday, 18 Ḥeshvan 4878 AM = 1429 Seleucid = 16 October 1117 CE.

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  35. 34785Legal query or responsumT-S Ar.30.208

    Notes on halakhic matters (lecture notes? draft of a treatise? responsa?). One side discusses a gentile converting to Judaism.

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  36. 34786LetterT-S AS 152.265

    Letter mentioning Abū l-Faraj and a Kohen, al-Bānyāsī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  37. 34787List or tableT-S Ar.35.47

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists many calendar dates, but possibly not the year. A ḥamām is mentioned in the third entry on …

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  38. 34788Legal documentJRL A 316

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). No names preserved. Release from legal obligations in a business relationship involving …

    1. ..........] .... [....................
    2. ........] אבה אלאן ומ[.............
    3. ........] ביני ובינה פי מא דכרה [..........
    4. ........אכ]תלאף אנואעהא ואצנא…

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  39. 34789Legal documentT-S NS 326.79

    Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Location: Cairo. None of the content is preserved.

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  40. 34790Literary textT-S NS 322.88 + T-S Ar.29.153 + T-S Ar.10.19 + T-S K25.207 + Stras. 4110/87 + T-S AS 165.14 + T-S AS 166.125 + T-S NS 322.85 + ENA 3577.7 + T-S AS 157.344 + T-S Ar.29.165 + T-S Misc.36.144 + T-S AS 219.189 + T-S K2.17

    Several folios of astrological tables in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand resembles that of Avraham Ibn Yijū but is probably not his (the מ especially looks different). …

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  41. 34791State documentT-S NS 219.10

    Original text: Possibly a fiscal account in Arabic script. Mentions names such as Maḥmūd and Aḥmad and "messenger" (rasūl) and 10 dinars on both sides. …

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  42. 34792List or tableCUL Or.1080 15.75 + CUL Or.1080 15.47

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic giving people's names and various goods, including garments and many "khawātim" (seals) such as khātim Fāṭimah and [...] min al-ʿayn. Needs further …

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  43. 34793Legal documentT-S 8.92

    Ketubba fragment. Bride: Sitt al-Maʿālī, a virgin. Location: Fustat. Date: Tammuz 14[..] Seleucid, corresponding to the range 1099–1187, under the authority of Moshe ha-Rav ha-Gadol. …

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  44. 34794Legal documentT-S AS 149.254

    Beginning of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentioning Alexandria (possibly drawn up there) and the authority of …

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  45. 34795List or tableT-S NS 306.2

    Private accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Interesting layout. Items include ṭarrāḥa; liḥāf; ṣundū. Names such as Makārim; Muḥammad. Recto is official-looking but is …

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  46. 34796State documentT-S NS 305.147

    Tax receipt? Mentions: ...al-yahūdī... bi-ḥudūr...

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  47. 34797LetterT-S 8.71

    Fragment of a 'magnificent' letter of recommendation. In Hebrew. Refers to the bearer's release from prison, and how he is appropriately abashed. (Information from Goitein's …

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  48. 34798Paraliterary textT-S K5.17

    T-S K5, 16-40. Exercises of children, representing letters in various combinations and copies of the beginnings of the third and the first books of Moses. …

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  49. 34799State documentT-S Ar.18(2).193 + T-S Ar.30.306 + T-S Ar.30.314

    State document in Arabic script, an internal memorandum or report containing multiple hands. Containing (on the last fragment) the signature of the vizier Ḥusayn b. …

    T-S Ar.30.314

    1. ان شا الله
    2. حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل
    3. عبد مولانا وسيدنا الامام المستنصر بالله امير المومنين صلوات الله عليه وعلى
    4. [ا]بائه الطاهرين الائمة ال…
    1. … if God wills.

    2. My sufficiency is God. How excellent a keeper is he!

    3. The slave of our lord and master the imām al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh, commander…

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  50. 34800Legal documentENA NS 77.98

    Small fragment of a legal document involving Petaḥya and customs (maks).

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