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  1. 35151State documentT-S 20.154

    Recto: Fragments of two lines of a grand state document, perhaps a decree. The word ملاحظتك is discernible.

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  2. 35152Legal documentENA NS 16.16

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-38 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). On parchment. Opens with a string of titles very …

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  3. 35153LetterT-S Ar.39.432

    Possibly an account

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  4. 35154Literary textENA 2804.10

    Lament (seliha) by Efrayim b. Shemarya after the death of Shelomo b. Yehuda, May 1051. In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. See also: ENA …

    1. למא תופי רבינו שלמה גאון
    2. עמל אפרים הדה אלסליחה
    3. פי אלנצף מן אייר סנה אשסב
    4. אבלה נבלה הארץ בהתוסף מכתי
    5. פרץ על פני פרץ בכיתי וצרחתי
    6. לדר ערץ: יי אדוננו מ…

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  5. 35155Legal documentMoss. VII,53

    Recto: Legal document. Dated: Thursday, 17 Iyyar 5316 AM, which is 27 April 1556 CE. May be a copy or a version of a document …

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  6. 35156State documentAIU XII.69

    Possibly an official document in Arabic script, but the hand is crude. Could also be an IOU with a layout reminiscent of state documents. Concerns …

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  7. 35157Unknown typeENA NS 85.465

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  8. 35158LetterT-S NS 313.21

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment. Mentions business matters and collaterals.

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  9. 35159LetterENA NS 41.1

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Refers to many losses over the last two years. …

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  10. 35160Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 202.248

    Possibly a damaged order of payment: [...] lā ghayr yawm al-[...]

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  11. 35161LetterT-S AS 155.119 + T-S AS 155.314 + T-S 6J4.24

    Letter from Shelomo Abū Shaʿra to a certain ʿOvadya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–18th century. The sender's name is given in the body of …

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  12. 35162Literary textT-S Ar.30.302

    Literary text in Hebrew. Late.

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  13. 35163Legal documentJRL B 3129 + AIU VII.D.117

    A curious fragment of a late calligraphic legal document (though the date does not survive), possibly appointing Avraham b. Uri Shabbetay Ashkenazi as someone's agent …

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  14. 35164LetterT-S 8J38.3

    Letter from Avraham b. Hillel to Moshe ha-Kohen ha-Talmid. Dating: ca. late 12th or early 13th century. Beginning with a biblical quotation (Shemuel I 25:6). …

    1. בובאל אלנחאס וסנ . . ל
    2. עבדהא מודה חסדה
    3. אברהם ביר הלל נע
    4. כה לחי ] ואתה שלום וביתך וג
    5. וצל כתאב חצרה אלולד אלעזיז מרנ ורבנ
    6. משה הכהן התלמיד המבין הירא ש…

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  15. 35165State documentAIU XII.162

    Lists in Arabic of unclear significance, needs examination. All four pages of the bifolium are filled. Likely a fiscal account. Many names appear, e.g., Qusṭanṭīn, …

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  16. 35166LetterT-S NS J29

    Letter from the physician Abū Zikrī, in Alexandria, to his father Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Dating: Shortly before 1227 CE. Abū Zikrī tries to …

    1. ולא עדם בקאה
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    3. וצלת [[כתב]] כתב אלמולי אלסייד אלאגל אלואלד
    4. אלאעז אלאכץ אלמפצל אלמכרם אלמחתרם
    5. אלמחסן אלמנעם אלמתפצ…

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  17. 35167List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 794

    Verso could be the bottom part of accounts, in Arabic script. The part of date is preserved and the day Wednesday is readable. Needs examination. …

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  18. 35168Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 263

    Verso: Receipt. In Arabic script. For Ibn Mazhar the Jew. The scribe's name appears at the bottom: Abū l-Majd b. ʿAlī. Dated: 506 AH (or …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم [vacat]
    2. صح دليل بن مزهر اليهودي //عن حكر//
    3. نصف الدورة الذي في سوق الكبير
    4. لسنت ست وخمسمائة [vacat]
    5. [vacat] من الورق اربع…

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    1. In the name of God, the merficul, the compassionate
    2. A valid receipt has been issued for Dalīl b. Mazhar the Jew for ground-rent
    3. on half the co…

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  19. 35169LetterJRL B 5970

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer wants the addressee to meet with somebody. The writer may be a teacher. He describes what a certain mother …

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  20. 35170LetterENA 1628.35

    Jottings and drafts of phrases both from a petition (yuqabbil al-arḍ) and an order of payment (yadfaʿ li-muwaṣṣilhā) addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn Abū l-Faraj (early …

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  21. 35171LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/22

    Letter written by Nissim b. Ḥalfon on behalf of Mardūkh b. Ṣalaḥ Tāhartī (Gil) and sent from Alexandria to Abu Isḥāq Barhūn b. Ṣalaḥ Tāhartī …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמאך מן אסכנדריה 
    2. לכ''ו כלת מן מרחשואן ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה אעלמך אן כתבת אליך כתב אן 
    3. ול…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת חסדיו לך, מאלכסנדריה,
    2. בכ"ו במרחשון. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר. אודיעך שכתבת…

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  22. 35172Legal documentT-S NS J234

    Fragment of a legal settlement involving a number of relatives and other persons. Dating: mentions Tishrei 1512 Seleucid = 1200 CE. Mentions a sum of …

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  23. 35173State documentT-S AS 177.219

    Possibly an official receipt, or simply a private account.

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  24. 35174Unknown typeDK 36.22

    Awaiting description

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  25. 35175LetterHalper 399

    Letter from Nissim b. Benāyā, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1085 (Gil) or 1100 (Goitein). Nissim brought a …

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    1. בשמך

    2. כאן קד תקדם כתאבי אלי סיידי ומולאי אלשיך אלגליל

    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמ[תה]

    4. אעלמה פיה אדאם אללה עזה אן קד וצל לה …

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    1. (2−1) כתבתי לפני כן מכתב אליך, אדוני ורבי ומרי הנכבד, 
    2. (4-3) ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך; הודעתי לך …

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  26. 35176LetterCUL Or.1080 J163

    Letter from Yehuda to Sulaymān and ʿAzīz. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Looks no earlier than 14th c, but this is a guess. Yehuda is spelled יהודא. …

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  27. 35177Legal documentENA 4020.52

    Folio from a court notebook. Two records, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Recto: record of a legal dispute between Abū Naṣr b. …

    1. חצר אלי מושב בית דין מ אלעזר הנקרא אבו נצר ביר אפרים הזקן דידיע
    2. כתיר אלגזי נע ואדעא עלי אכיה שקיקה מ אברהם הנקרא אבו אסחק
    3. בכזאנה דולאביה והאון אספאר…

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  28. 35178Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 73/4–8

    Literary text. In Hebrew. Ashkenazi hand. Late.

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  29. 35179Unknown typeENA NS 76.377

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  30. 35180LetterT-S NS J4

    Letter of a prisoner mistreated by a Maghribi guard and affected by illness, who asks a notable ("my brother, Abu Imran") to intervene for him …

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  31. 35181Unknown typeENA NS 9.1

    Document in Arabic script. Maybe a fiscal account? Needs examination. On verso there is Hebrew poetry/piyyut.

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  32. 35182Unknown typeENA NS 76.420

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  33. 35183LetterT-S 10K8.14

    Letter to Moshe b. Maimon (Maimonides) from an unnamed friend. Includes poetic verses by Yehudah haLevi. (Identification and information from Joel Kraemer, "Six Unpublished Maimonides …

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    1. בשמ רחמ שלום רב לאוהבי [תור]תיך
    2. ואין למו מכשול
    3. גיר כאף ען הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו
    4. ורבינו אור עינינו נשף חשקינו צניף ראשנו
    5. ותפארתנו יחיד דור…

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    1. In your name, O merciful one. Those who love your teaching enjoy well-being; 
    2. they encounter no adversity. 
    3. His eminent dignity — diadem of gl…

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  34. 35184Legal documentENA NS 67.21

    Recto: Legal document. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency muayyadi. This appears to be a rental contract for a portion …

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  35. 35185LetterAIU VII.E.12 + ENA NS 10.19

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two fragments. Mentions Abū Ṭālib, a qāḍī with many concerns, and Manṣūr. The …

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    1. וקלת לי אן סיידנא אדאם אללה [עזה
    2. אבו טאלב פי מענאנא אלל[ה
    3. וקע אלכלאם פי הדא אחרא[
    4. קאצי כתיר אלאשגאל פיכון מע [
    5. לם ואלא אנה עלי עין מא ת[רא
    6. מבא…

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  36. 35186LetterT-S 8J27.21

    The fragment preserves the opening of a letter to an individual, which is prefaced with eleven short lines of biblical quotations (arranged as a pair …

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  37. 35187State documentENA NS 18.27

    Official letter in Arabic script. 4 lines preserved, wide line spacing. Reused for legal documents in Judaeo-Arabic (see separate entry). Seems to be a report/petition …

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    1. جدي وسعد بما حوطه[
    2. وجردت راي في الخدمة بحيث ساء(؟) [. . .] السـ[. . .] دعـ[وة(؟)
    3. على المنابر ونشر الباب كلمة الصدق باعلى المآثر وصرفت
    4. لوا عشير…

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    1. … and fortune in … 

    2. I unsheathed an intent to serve in [...] the mis[sion](?) …

    3. [from] on top of pulpits, and spreading the kernels of th…

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  38. 35188LetterENA NS 47.13

    Letter of recommendation, likely a draft, from Cairo. Dated: 5375 (מעֿשֿהֿ) AM = 1614/15 CE. The bearer, Avraham b. Shemuel Ashkenazi, fell into Ottoman captivity …

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    1. מוסדי ארץ העומדים בפרץ רודפי צדק מחזיקי הבדק אשר עליהם יציב ונכון הבית ואולם נצר מטענה
    2. להתפאר קורא ומורה לצדקה להשביע נפש שו…

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  39. 35189Unknown typeENA NS 85.1273.2

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  40. 35190Paraliterary textBL OR 5566C.8

    A Judaeo-Arabic magical spell of some kind, probably malevolent, for "binding" somebody. The female victim's name is meant to be filled in in lines 5/6. …

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  41. 35191Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/6 + Bodl. MS heb. b 12/29

    Legal document. Date: 11 Av 1270 Seleucid (959 CE). Location: Fustat. A father gives two houses and two stores to his first-born. (Information from Goitein’s …

    1. זכרון עדות [שהיתה] בפנינו בשלישי בשבת ב/אחד עשר יום לחדש אב ש[נת] אלף

    2. ומאתים וש[בעים] שנה למיניין שאנו רגילין למנות בו בפיסטאט מצרים שעל ניל[וס] …

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    This is a statement of testimony given before us on Tuesday, the eleventh day of the month of Av, in the year one thousand two hundred and seve…

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  42. 35192LetterCUL Or.1080 4.17

    The opening portion of a letter with poetic praises for a certain R. Yefet ha-Ḥakham. On parchment. Verso contains lists possibly of piyyuṭim (אנא אל …

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  43. 35193List or tableENA NS 83.141

    Accounts in Arabic script.

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  44. 35194Legal documentT-S 6J4.7

    Halakhic discussion, might be from a responsum, written by Samuel b. Yaaqov, the French Rabbi who was active during Abraham Maimonudes' period. It appears to …

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  45. 35195State documentT-S AS 148.117 + ENA 2808.25

    Original use: Fragments of two lines from a state document, perhaps a decree or report. Includes the phrase "they desisted and returned to their fiefs" …

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  46. 35196Legal documentT-S AS 152.359

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involving portions of a house, likely a deed of lease or sale. …

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  47. 35197List or tableCUL Or.1081 J48

    List of names (memorial list?)

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    1. אברהם השר היקר החכם והנבון והנכבד הח(סיד)
    2. ושלשת חמודיו כקג מרור יעקב השר
    3. ואחיו אברהם השר היקר הקרוי אלקירואני
    4. ואחיו כגק מר יוסף הרב המובהק החס…

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  48. 35198LetterT-S 10J18.6

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father-in-law Abū l-Faraj. The addressee's daughter Sitt Ghazāl is well. Shelomo writes that when two letters went unanswered, …

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    1. יי אורי וישעי ממי אירא וג' שאכרה שלמה ברב אל[יה
    2. אלסבב אלמוגב לאצדאר הדה אלורקה אלי אלאך אלעזיז

    3. אלשיך אלמכין אבו אלפרג הוד הנשיאות אדאם אללה…

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    1. God is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear, etc. the one indebted to you, Solomon son of R. El[ijah].
    2. The reason which prompted the …

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  49. 35199LetterENA 2808.66

    Letter from Avraham b. Natan Av, judge in Cairo, to al-Mumhe, i.e. "the specialist," meaning a permanent member of the court, whose name is not …

    1. [ ] וצלח [
    2. [ ] תולי חביבי ולד ק[ ]ת[
    3. [ יכ]ון אלמשי ענדי אסהל מן רכוב דאבה דון פלמא
    4. [ ]אב עישי וזאלת אלאמראץ ואלעלל וצח אלגסם
    5. [ ]אלממחה חפטך אללה אן …

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    1. .... 

    2. ....appointed my friend, the son…

    3. .....it is easier for me to walk than to ride an animal, so that when 

    4.  . . . . my life, and th…

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  50. 35200LetterT-S NS 223.4

    Letter from Bū l-Khayr(?) addressed to his father Samʿān al-Iskandarānī, in Fustat, in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. In Arabic script. Dating: 13th (or perhaps 14th) century, based …

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