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  1. 34951Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 337

    Few preserved words in Hebrew script with a humanoid figure, presumably magical text. Needs examination.

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  2. 34952LetterT-S 10J18.16

    Secondary use: Letter from ʿAwāḍ b. Ḥananel to Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: 1045–96. Dealing with numerous business matters. He reports that Shemuel dropped a vessel …

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    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר
    3. ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה
    4. ונעמתה ומא אעלמך אן וצל
    5. כתאבך עלי יד שמואל ווקפת מנה
    6. עלי סלאמתך וסלאמת ולדך
    7. א…

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    1. (2-1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    3. ואת חסדו לך, אודיעך שהגיע
    4. מכתכך בי…

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  3. 34953LetterT-S AS 153.397

    Business letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  4. 34954LetterT-S 13J19.25

    Late letter to Abd al-Karim Kashani dealing with orders for goods. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. לקי
    2. סלאם אללה תעאלה וברכאתה וזכי תחייאתה
    3. עלה אלאך אלעזיז עבד אלכרים ואלקפץ וצל לי
    4. יום אלתלאת וקלבתה חאזה ואלתרנגביל
    5. אלי הוא אלאצל מא ראיתה ואשכית אנ…

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  5. 34955LetterDK 237.1 (alt: 237/A, I, XXI, XXVIII)

    Letter from Meʾir b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, in Damascus (חדרך סוריא), to his brother Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli, in Fustat. Dating: beginning of September 1127 CE. The …

    1. בש רח
    2. וצל כתאבך יאכי ואעז אלנאס אלי וקראתה
    3. ופהמת מצמונה ושכרנא אלכאלק יתברך
    4. שמו עלי עאפיתך יודו ליי חסדו ובריך רחמ דיהבך
    5. ומא נחן ברחמי אהינו אלא סאר…

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  6. 34956Legal documentT-S AS 154.67

    Bifolium from a rabbinic work dealing with ritual slaughter, possibly a responsum, quoting Exodus 12:6. (Information from CUDL)

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  7. 34957Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/76

    Leaf from a court ledger in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan he-Ḥaver, who also signed one of the entries. Probably belongs together with Bodl. …

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  8. 34958Legal documentENA NS 49.23

    Fragment of a legal deed, with the first few lines missing. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 22 Adar II 5456 AM = 26 March …

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    1. ...................................]ת .. מ.[....................…

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  9. 34959Unknown typeENA NS 85.704

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  10. 34960Legal documentT-S AS 207.206

    Fragment of a ketubba. Thin sliver from the leftmost side; it seems to have been cut into a rectangle with a triangle at top. Unclear …

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  11. 34961LetterT-S NS 34.146

    Letter from Isḥāq b. Mubārak to (his brother?) Abū Naṣr [...] b. al-Mubārak al-jahbadh, in al-Maḥalla. A basmala and the opening four lines are preserved …

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  12. 34962Unknown typeENA NS 85.343

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  13. 34963Unknown typeENA 3972.31

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  14. 34964LetterT-S 8J22.27

    Recto: Petition addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, beautifully written but with rudimentary spelling. From a woman who had been married …

    1. בש רח
    2. ייי ישפות שלום למרנה ורבנה (!) מצליח הכהן
    3. ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב סררתו(!) תיכון לעד
    4. וממא אעלם חצרתה באן אלממלוכה להא מעה(!)
    5. הדה כמסטעשר סנה לם תע…
    1. In your name, O Merciful.
    2. May God grant peace to our master and teacher Maṣliaḥ haKohen,
    3. Head of the yeshiva “The Pride of Jacob,” may his authority…

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  15. 34965List or tableT-S AS 149.90

    Leaves from a notebook with accounts, mentioning commodities such as pepper. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 34966State documentENA 3971.24

    Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …

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  17. 34967LetterBL OR 5566D.23

    Letter from Shūʿā b. Yūsuf. In Arabic script. Short. Fragment (missing the left half of recto and the right half of verso). (Information from Goitein’s …

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  18. 34968Legal documentT-S AS 152.196

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). With Arabic jottings in the margin. (Information in part …

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  19. 34969LetterT-S 8J20.18

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The writer is about to …

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    1. וצלני כתאבך יסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך

    2. וכאן לך ומעך ולי וחאפץ פי גמיע אמורך ווקפת מנה עלא

    3. מא דלני מן חסן סלאמתך ועאפיתך אדמה…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך
    2. ויהיה לך ועמך מגן ושומר בכל ענייניך, וקראתי בו
    3. דברים על שלומך הטוב ועל ב…

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  20. 34970Legal documentT-S Ar.39.459

    Ledger of a qāḍī court, possibly. Bifolio, with three of the four pages each containing a distinct deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). Each about ten lines. …

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  21. 34971State documentENA 3763.16

    Decree, probably. 3.5 words from the end of a line. Reused for writing exercises (including a Judaeo-Arabic jingle about Nebuchadnezzar destroying the temple).

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  22. 34972LetterJRL B 3590

    Recto: Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter with wide line spacing, with praises for the addressee and good wishes for Purim. Verso: Likely a distinct document, …

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  23. 34973Legal documentT-S NS J203 + T-S 10J14.21

    Legal document containing the wording of the vow to be made by Bū Isḥāq Ibn Kathīr. Also mentions ʿOvadya b. Aharon and the wife of …

    T-S NS J203:

    1. בשמך ר
    2. אלדי יחלף עליה [א]בו אסחק אלמערוף
    3. באבן כתיר אלגזי [אנה] //מן// יום אתפק שרכה
    4. עובדיה בן אהרן [אלח]בר זל ושרכה הדא
    5. אלמסמא פי הדה […

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  24. 34974Paraliterary textT-S 6J1.10

    Medical prescription. In Arabic script.

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  25. 34975State documentMoss. VII,201.4

    State document, fragmentary decree, two lines, in Arabic script. One word probably reads as "al-dukkān". Reused for a letter in Judaeo-Arabic on verso. Needs examination.

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  26. 34976State documentT-S Misc.6.5

    Tax receipt for jawālī with registration marks.

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  27. 34977LetterT-S Ar.46.6

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly an appeal for help of some kind, but it seems more complex than the usual flattery and litany of …

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  28. 34978Legal documentT-S NS 314.5

    Bill of release. Dated: 15 Kislev 1525 Seleucid = 29 November 1213 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides (with the title "Nagid"). Abū ʿImrān …

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  29. 34979LetterJRL B 4775

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. ...סם עליה בחק אלתורה אדא אכת עמך... ולא יגוז אן ירד סואלי פי הדא...

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  30. 34980Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/3

    Colophon to Kitāb Khalq al-Insān by Abū l-Ḥasan Saʿīd b. Hibatallāh (1045–1101). In Judaeo-Arabic. This copy was completed 7 Shevat 4883 AM, which is January …

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    1. תמת אלמקאלה אלמסמאה כלק אלאנסאן תאליף אלשיך אלאגל אל[
    2. אלפילסוף אבי אלחסן סעיד בן הבה אללה
    3. בן אלחסין אלטביב וכאן אלאפראג מן דלך יום אלגמעה א…

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  31. 34981Literary textT-S AS 166.242

    Poetry in a mixture of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Vocalized.

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  32. 34982Unknown typeENA NS 85.578

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  33. 34983LetterMIAC 195

    Personal letter sent from Aden – 1928CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 195) – in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, …

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  34. 34984Legal documentT-S Ar.18(1).14

    Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents. (Information from CUDL)

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  35. 34985Unknown typeBL OR 5554B.13

    A folio possibly from the same original work as Or. 5554B.12, though the subject matter appears different. Recto: possibly the conclusion of a form of …

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  36. 34986List or tableENA 2747.13

    List of names. Faraj b. Nisun(?), Shelom b. Yisra'el, Binyamin b. Simḥa, etc.

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  37. 34987Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 33/1

    Masora.

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  38. 34988Literary textAIU VI.B.99

    Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic manual for pharaonic treasure hunters, this section focusing on the area around Dahshur. Contains topographical descriptions paired with magical acts & …

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  39. 34989Legal documentT-S K24.1 + T-S Ar.30.301

    Legal deed or letter. In Judaeo-Persian. There are at least two separate sections, one of which is a list of names. The document mentions Khurāsūh(?, …

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  40. 34990State documentENA 3920.7

    Probably fiscal accounting. Dated: 575 AH = Accounts in Arabic on recto and verso, probably state. Medieval era. Requires further examination.

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  41. 34991LetterENA NS 77.108

    Small fragment of a Hebrew letter, probably. Faded. Narrow vertical strip from the middle.

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  42. 34992State documentENA 3378.9

    Fragment from the top of a petition in Arabic script. The sender is introduced as "the basest slave" (aqall al-mamālīk) and then "al-burhāniyya"(?). Reused for …

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  43. 34993Legal documentMoss. IXa,3.20

    List of synagogue honors and the amounts congregants bid for them, with numbers expressed in Indic/Arabic numerals. Names: Angelino Gallico, Avraham Sabāʿī, Binyamin Yisraʾel, David …

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  44. 34994List or tableT-S AS 207.23

    Writing exercises in both Hebrew and Arabic script, with a fascinating array of drafts and calligraphic practice across both languages. The ink and penstrokes appear …

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  45. 34995Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#12) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 11-13) Folio 4r

    1. הירמוזא פה מצרים כעת פטירת אמה הופקד עזבון המ׳ אסתר הנז׳ שבכללם חזוקי העלייה הנז׳
    2. ביד שליש וכעת באה המ׳ הירמוזא הנ…

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  46. 34996Literary textMoss. Xa, 3.43 + Moss. IXa,2.24

    A folio from a fiqh manual entitled "kitāb al-iqtiṣār" by the 10th-century Fatimid chief jurist, al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān. The folio is from the book of sales …

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    1. الَىْ اَهْلِهَا مُكَذّباً بِفَرْضِها اَوْ مُدَافِعاً لِهاْ وَجَبَ قتالهُ وَقتلَه
    2. اذا قَدِر عَليهِ الّاَ اَن يَتُوبَ وَكُل من حَالَ دُوْن حَدٍّ…

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    1. [Whoever defies an act of obligatory practice, or a ritual from the rituals of Islam, or refuses from fulfilling his obligation to the righ…

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  47. 34997Credit 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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  48. 34998Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/8

    Court proceeding from the court of Yoshiyyahu Gaon, approximately 1010. Testimony of two business partners who quarreled. Original document of their partnership done in Fustat …

    1. שמריה הרב בירבי אלחנן הרב [
    2. ]מר כלוף בן אהרן הידוע ב[ ]אק[ ]א עא[ ] בשרוט כי קנו ממנו
    3. כלוף בן] אברהם בן כליל אלאטראבלס[י הט]ילו לכיס שלוש מאות וחמיש…

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  49. 34999Legal documentBL OR 5561B.17

    Recto: Legal document(s). Location: Cairo. Dated: 14 Sivan 5547 AM, which is 1787 CE. ʿIsqa agreement in the "negotiation/brokerage business" = עסק המשא ומתן (ll. …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר יוסף הלוי ידיע כ'יאט יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר עובדיה נ׳׳ע הודאה גמורה שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מעצמו ומדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי…

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  50. 35000State documentMoss. Xa,3.2

    Recto: fragment of a fiscal account in a Fatimid chancery hand, including amounts in dīnārs. In l. 7, mentions something al-mubāraka ilā mawlāy (or mawlāhā). …

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