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  1. 3451LetterT-S 13J20.20

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to the writer's father, Shelomo (Abu al-Rabi Sulayman), and his father-in-law, Yeshua ha-Kohen, in Qalyub. The writer invites both the addressees and his …

    1. בש רח
    2. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה שלום ג
    3. ברכות רבות וישועות קרובות וחמלה וחנינה ומילוי
    4. כל משאל ומזל גבוה וכללי הברכות הערוכות תהיה
    5. ל[כ]גק מר ור שלמה הכהן הזק…
    1. In the n(ame of the) Me(rciful)  
    2. "Say as follows: 'To life! Greetings to you,'" etc. (1 Samuel 25:6). 
    3. –8. May your [h(onor)] g(reatness and) h(oli…
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  2. 3452Legal documentT-S 12.442

    Fragmentary, short marriage contract from Cairo, from which most of the details are missing and which does not mention dowry. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, …

    1. בשעה מעולה ועונה [
    2. בחד בשבה דהוא חדסר [
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בעיר אלקא[הרה דסמיכא לפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא
    4. מותבה איך עלי בר צדק[ה
    5. כדת משה וישראל ואנא אפ…
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  3. 3453LetterT-S AS 157.68 + T-S AS 157.67

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, probably, though the layout is literary. Might be a literary text conveying the text of a letter. The addressee is Yaʿqūb ("yā muʿallim Yaʿqūb"). …

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  4. 3454LetterT-S 18J3.19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, detailed, sent from Tripolitania, Libya, by a man to his brother who had settled many years before in Alexandria. Dated August 1089. (Information from …

    1. אלי אכי וסיידי ורייסי וגלילי ואתירי אטאל אללה פי
    2. ב]אלכיר בקאה ואדאם איאם סלאמתה וכאן לה
    3. . . . . . ו]לי ונאצר פי גמיע אמורה תקדם
    4. כתאבך א]לי אעז אלכתב…
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  5. 3455Unknown typeENA NS 85.984

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  6. 3456Paraliterary textMoss. VIII,346.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Popular poetry? A narrative about mourning including quoted speech and laments, about the death of Yosef and Ṣedaqa, and addressing someone called Abū Naṣr. Merits …

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  7. 3457List or tableYevr. II A 1415

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Memorial list, Qaraite. For the Fayrūz family. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.

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  8. 3458LetterENA NS 41.19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter/announcement addressed to the entire Jewish community of Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the office of the Nagid. Bears an 'emet' motto at the top. …

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  9. 3459Unknown typeENA NS 85.1118

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  10. 3460Legal documentT-S AS 170.30

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment (lower left corner) of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Little of the content is …

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  11. 3461Unknown typeENA NS 76.573

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  12. 3462Literary textENA 2627.100

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Persian

    Judaeo-Persian

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  13. 3463Unknown typeT-S AS 184.181

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fragment of document(s) in Arabic script. Verso contains the beginnings of two lines in an elegant hand: ḥasala ʿalā . . . Recto is in …

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  14. 3464Legal documentENA 4010.39

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Left lower corner of a will from Fustat. The elder daughter is in charge of the partitioning of the house. The dying man says that …

    1. ] מן יטלבהא ומן יענתהא או יחאכמהא או יחלפהא
    2. ]יד דינאר תנצרף פי נואיבי ומא בקי יצדקבה בראי
    3. תובי] אלסבת ורדאיי אלסבת בלא תטאול פי גיר דלך וענדי
    4. א]לד ו…
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  15. 3465State documentT-S 24.42

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State correspondence (petition?) addressed to a higher official. In Arabic script. Very wide line spacing. 4 short lines are preserved. Phrases such as: التهاني(؟) اليه …

    1. التهاني اليه تتوالى والمسار
    2. ]تهدي اليه تفصيلا واجمالا
    3. وايام السعادة يدوم لسلطانه
    4. فلا يخشى لها زوالا ولا انتقالا
    5.                                  ]..…

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  16. 3466Paraliterary textL-G Misc. 99

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Colophon written by the doctor Yedutun b. Levi ha-Levi (likely the same man who is better known as the cantor for the Palestinian synagogue in …

    1. כתבתי
    2. אני ידותון
    3. הלוי הרופא
    4. ביר לוי הלוי

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  17. 3467LetterT-S NS J499

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a certain ʿAbd al-Karīm possibly to someone named Ḥasan or Iḥsān (margin, line 1). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th or 14th century, based …

    Recto

    1. מ]חליו ויהיה לו עוזר וס[ומך
    2. ו]מעוז ומחסה ואן יפרחנא
    3. בעאפייתה ויבקי לה אלולד אל
    4. אלעזיז אלשיך סלימאן יזכי מולאנא
    5. יזכינא ויזכי מולאנא ללשיך סלימא…

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  18. 3468State documentT-S AS 177.262

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State-related report on unrest all over Egypt, from the Delta (Ṭalkha and Suwayd on recto) to Upper Egypt (al-Ṣaʿīd on verso). Mentions Bedouins (al-ʿurbān and …

    Recto

    1. ] على مخالطته ولا الذين منه ……… تقدم ذكره
    2. ]حوى بينه وبينهم خطاب يكرر ويذكر لما مضى
    3. ] واستقر الصلح وشروطه {{عا}} وشرطوا عليه نقل
    4. ] العربان الذي…
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  19. 3469LetterMoss. II,140

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Ḥayyīm b. __ad(?) al-Gāzī (Algazi) to an unknown recipient. The letter is dated in late 1764 CE (Cheshvan 5525 AM) (or …

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  20. 3470LetterJRL B 2699

    "The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, …

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  21. 3471Unknown typeENA NS 76.625

    Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, a few partial words are visible alongside the names Menashshe and Sulaymān. Medieval-era, based on the paleography..

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  22. 3472List or tableENA NS 27.6

    Document date
    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Ladino

    Accounts. In Hebrew, possibly Ladino, and western Arabic numerals. Dated: Heshvan 5502 AM, which is 1742 CE.

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  23. 3473LetterJRL B 7669

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Informal note addressed to "Rabbenu" asking him to pay Abū l-Faḍl the maintenance payments (mezonot) for the Shabbat of parshat Toldot.

    1. י]נעם רבנו בפצלה
    2. ידפע לאבו אלפצל
    3. מזונות שבת ואלה
    4. תולדות יצחק ו . . .

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  24. 3474Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/31

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A Karaite marriage contract (ketubba) between Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef and Karīma bt. Avraham, whose father is also her legal representative. Karīma was perhaps a Rabbanite, …

    Recto

    1. כי יבעל בחור בת'    עוד אבנך ונבנ[ת] …
    2. אז ימלא שחוק      הגדיל יי' לעשות …
    3. ביום שלישי בשבוע שהוא יום שנים עשר …
    4. שנים למספר יונים בארץ מצרים במ…

    Recto

    1. For as a young man marries a virgin (Is. 62: 5) Again I shall build you and you shall be rebuilt (Jer. 31:4) …
    2. Then our mouth will be filled w…
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  25. 3475Legal documentENA NS 76.451

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Responsum? Explaining that everyone who "does not enter (יטכול(!)) the synagogue" is called an "evil neighbor" (Jeremiah 12:14). On verso Talmudic citations about drunkenness. Written …

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  26. 3476List or tableBL OR 10578N.1 + BL OR 10578N.2

    Long list of men's names arranged in columns, about 120 in all, accompanied by numbers. Appears late.

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  27. 3477List or tableT-S AS 156.320

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Accounts. Looks like the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. See separate record for the Arabic document on verso.

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  28. 3478List or tableT-S AS 183.333

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment of accounts, probably. Mentions the term "mablagh."

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  29. 3479List or tableJRL C 95

    List of inventory in Ladino for a "מאגאזין / magazin" or storehouse whose contents include: 6 copper plates "פלאטוס די קוברי", one lid or pot …

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  30. 3480Unknown typeT-S AS 183.299

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Document in Arabic script, unclear if it's a piece of an account or an order or receipt. Mentions al-Shaykh Bū Manṣūr b. Bū [...].

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  31. 3481List or tableT-S NS 114.35

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  32. 3482Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.8

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal record (#13b). Loan contract. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Barakāt b. Abū l-Ḥasan declares that he owes 30 dirhams to Abū l-Ḥasan b. …

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  33. 3483Legal query or responsumENA 3039.9

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Responsum regarding qiyyum of legal documents

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  34. 3484Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3971.11

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Small receipt or order for 5 raṭls of something.

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  35. 3485Literary textBL OR 10578D.8

    Literary. The book of Numbers with targum.

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  36. 3486LetterAIU XII.37

    Document date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. Dated: Ramaḍān 1148 AH = January/February 1737 CE. Mentions ʿAbdallāh al-Ajhūrī and a power of attorney. There is a seal on …

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  37. 3487List or tableT-S NS 324.127

    Primary languages
    Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

    List of commodities and quantities. Mainly textiles and jewelry. Part of a dowry evaluation? (Information in part from FGP.)

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  38. 3488Unknown typeT-S AS 116.355

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. On recto there is piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  39. 3489LetterT-S 12.92

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter from Yisrael b. Yūsuf, in Qayrawan, to Abū Sahl Menashshe b. David, in Fustat. The writer describes how the Rav (the highest authority …

    Recto

    1. על שמך
    2. אטאל אללה יא שיכי וריסי וגלילי פי אלכיר בקאך ועלא ארתקאך ולקאך אלכיר טולמא(!) אבקאך כתאבי
    3. יא שיכי מן אלקירואן לי מן אב יהפך לששון ולשמח…
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  40. 3490List or tableENA 2592.8

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Memorial list of the ancestors of a well-known judge, the late Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Headed "the Levite family." Starting with Yiṣḥaq ha-Sar; his son …

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  41. 3491LetterENA NS 77.41

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a fūṭa.

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  42. 3492Unknown typeENA NS 76.364

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 3493List or tableT-S AS 146.385

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Minute fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mirror image text only. Little preserved apart from the word [...] al-Sijilmāsī. Many of the surrounding fragments are in …

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  44. 3494Unknown typeENA NS 76.102

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Small scrap with Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic words including אלגואב (often the introduction to a responsum).

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  45. 3495Unknown typeMoss. III,11.4

    Partial drawing of a galley, with people on board. Writing above and below picture, including [...]כרג סהמ. (Information from CUDL.)

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  46. 3496List or tableT-S AS 207.115

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Much damaged, faded and rubbed. Seems like a list. On verso might be a letter or other document. The state of preservation males it almost …

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  47. 3497Unknown typeT-S NS 225.84

    Mostly empty except for the name b. Sai'd

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  48. 3498Legal documentT-S 10J21.4

    Legal document. A trousseau list likely in the hand of Moshe ha-Levi b. David of Cairo, Fusṭāṭ. Dating: 1110. A detailed trousseau list labeled as …

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  49. 3499State documentT-S AS 184.258

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State document, in Arabic script. Dating: Looks late, perhaps Mamluk-era. Might begin with the word "qabaḍa" and might mention an iqṭāʿ. Contains an ʿalāma: al-ḥamdu …

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  50. 3500Legal documentJRL B 7744

    Small fragment of a legal document. None of the substance is preserved.

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    PGPID
    40379
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