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  1. 35351LetterT-S Ar.29.105

    Letter in Ladino. Dating: possibly 16th century. The letter seems to have been dictated by a blind man. He says: ,Rabi Jacob dijo ke afilu …

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  2. 35352Legal documentT-S 12.118

    Ketubba (marriage contract) fragment that begins with the clause setting forth the wife’s obligations (to serve, etc.) and concludes with a dowry list. A minimum …

    1. [...] .ת[..]ן [...]
    2. [...]פלחא ומשמשא ומוקרא ומיקרא [י]תה כהלכת [...]
    3. [... חמ]שה ועשרים כמנהג קהלא ושארה אוספה לשם מה[ר ...]
    4. [... לא יתח]ייב בשלומו א…

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  3. 35353LetterCUL Or.1080 J134

    Letter from David al-Qalʿī, perhaps in Minyat Zifta or nearby, to Yosef al-Faranji (it seems his uncle), perhaps in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: mid-16th century, …

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    1. אדוני ומארי ועטרת ראשי אור שמשי וצניף תפארתי כמה"ר     נר"ו
    2. הן זאת להודיע לאדון ממצבינו כי טוב ש"ל כן נשמע נתבשר מכם תמ[יד]    

    3. [א]נ"ס ורוב…

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  4. 35354Legal documentJRL B 5269

    Fragmentary court record concerning marital payments. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps a tafsīr; cites Exodus 2:25 (line 4).

    1. הנגיד ישמרו צו[רו
    2. פי דלך ואן לזם אל[
    3. פי דלך בחית אן יסת[
    4. נדוניא וקת אלאס[
    5. אלתזויג אן יסתט[יע
    6. פי דלך חד מחדוד [
    7. אסתיפא אלאלמ[
    8. אוקפהם בית די[ן
    9. בית דין…

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  5. 35355Legal documentYevr. II K 49

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom name is not preserevd and the bride is Esther.

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  6. 35356LetterJRL A 1661

    Minute fragment, contains mostly rhymed sentences, might be from a letter or a poem to honor a certain Halfon, but too little text remained. AA …

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  7. 35357Legal documentT-S AS 180.193

    Small fragment of a legal document, involving [...] al-Ḥāmī and his wife Sutayt bt. ʿAbdallāh al-Khashshāb, and possibly conditions about what happens if he travels …

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  8. 35358State documentT-S H15.62

    Petition to the Ayyubid sultan al-ʿĀdil regarding the capitation tax. Dating: ca. 596–615 AH, which is 1200–18 CE. The petitioner asks that his tax rate …

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    1. العادلى المظفري [     ]ـي .[سلطان]

    2. جيوش المسلمين وادام قدرته واعلا ابدا كـ[ـلمته] ...

    3. المملوك يقبل الارض امامه وينهى الى

    4. رافته واحسانه …

    1. ... al-ʿĀdil, the victorious [ sultan]

    2. of the armies of the Muslims, (may God) cause his power to endure and exalt his word for ever.

    3. The slave…

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  9. 35359Legal documentT-S 6J1.12

    Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) contract in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (wrote documents 1150–81). Dated: Sunday, 27 Sivan 1470 Seleucid = 1159 CE. The document …

    שטר שידוכין משנת 1159 בכתב-ידו של מבורך בן נתן (תעודות ממנו מן השנים 1150-1181). קרוע וקריא רק בחלקו. שטר זה מכיל את התנאים הרגילים, אותם אנו מוצאים …

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    On Sunday, 27th of Sivan 1470 [1159 CE], His Honor, Greatness, and Holiness, the young man, Nathan […], the esteemed elder son of His Honor, Gr…

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  10. 35360LetterCUL Or.1080 5.8

    Letter from a woman to her son Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn b. Salāma al-Ghurābī(?). In Arabic script. Well preserved and beautifully written. She writes that she …

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  11. 35361LetterAIU VII.E.77

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Merkado Karo and Shimʿon Frances, of Karo y Frances & Company. Dated in Iyyar …

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  12. 35362LetterT-S 8J26.12

    Letter from a certain Nissim to Abū Yaʿaqov Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. mentioning the recipient's deliverance from some disaster.

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסיידי ומולאי ואעז אלכלק עלי וע[נדי
    2. אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאיידך וסעאדתך
    3. וסלאמתך ונעמתך ושוק אליך שדיד וממא
    4. אעלמך אנני וצל אפרים אל…

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  13. 35363Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 177.141

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Maybe some sort of receipt. Dated: Jumādā I 723 AH, which is 1323 CE if read correctly.

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  14. 35364LetterT-S 10J22.4

    Letter in Hebrew from a man with the unusual name of Revaya (? רויה) to a ḥaver who was the leader of the Fustat community, …

    1. בקשתו של רויה מאת בוראו שישיב אדונינו החבר לביתו לשלום
    2. בתוך קהילותיו הצאן שנשארו בלי רועה ונוהג ואני רויה עבד אדוני
    3. מצטער על מה שעשה לי זה יוסף הניק…

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  15. 35365LetterJRL B 7567

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century? Mentions items including a bracelet (siwār) and something of gold. Refers to meeting with "the …

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  16. 35366State documentT-S 13J26.24

    A Fatimid decree fragment, possibly of an investiture. Recycled by Efrayim b. Shemarya.

    1. . . . . . . .] الداني من طبقات الرعية لياخذ كل احد
    2. . . . يحفـ]ـظه من المسرة به ان شا الله والسلم عليك  
    1. . . .] the lowly among the ranks of subjects, for each one to take 
    2. . . . prote]ct him in happiness in it/him, God willing. Peace be upon you. 

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  17. 35367Legal query or responsumMoss. VI,155.2

    A responsum dealing with partnerships. (Information from CUDL)

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  18. 35368Unknown typeENA NS 85.1232

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 35369LetterT-S Ar.53.67

    Continuation of a long business letter sent from Alexandria to Cairo. Dating: Ca. 1235 CE, based on the date of T-S Ar.54.66 which is by …

    1. לא יביע ולא ישתרי ואלממלוך
    2. יכלפך פיה לכונך שביה מן שבט
    3. ישכר ואלבצאיע מטלובה אלניל
    4. כב دينارا לובאן מן סבעה למא חולה
    5. קרפה יב בקם ס ומא ינחל אלאנסאן
    6. סר…

    . . . he should neither sell nor buy, and your servant imposes this on you since you are in a position like that of the tribe of Issachar.

    Goods ar…

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  20. 35370List or tableT-S AS 186.3

    Document(s) in Arabic, mostly accounts with a longer entry on the verso that may represent a separate document type. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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  21. 35371List or tableENA NS 38.5

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late, probably 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. The accounts are detailed and well-preserved enough that there may be an Islamic-calender …

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  22. 35372LetterT-S 12.16

    Draft of a letter of recommendation by Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, on behalf of the scribe of the Yeshiva, Shemuel b. Semah the cantor …

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    1. ]בעריה ובבנותיה וכל
    2. סביבותיה חזניהם והמומחים שלהם
    3. (!)והפרנסים והעומדים בצריכיהם
    4. וסוחריהם יועדפו ברכותיהם וחן וחסד ימציאם
    5. יקומם ויבנה ביתו בימיהם…

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  23. 35373LetterT-S NS 292.63

    Letter in a very cursive, difficult script. Mentions the names Avraham and [...] b. Ḥalfon.

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  24. 35374State documentENA 684.2

    Decree to a lower official commanding him to retrieve bricks and everything belonging to the government from a certain location (a ruined mosque?); and from …

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  25. 35375Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 566

    Receipt, with an ʿalāma at the top. The name of the payer isn't very readable but the word 'muʿallim' suggests a late-Mamlūk/Ottoman-era dating. Needs examination.

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  26. 35376LetterAIU VII.E.99

    Letter in Hebrew from Meʾīr b. Shalōm Ben-Naʿīm to Rabbi Yaʿaqov Molkho (perhaps from Cairo to Dimyāṭ). Dated 5580 AM which is 1819/20 CE. The …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. איש יהודי הודה והדרה ׳׳ איש חיל פעלים במלחמתה של תורה ׳׳
    3. איש הפנים מבין דבר מתוך דבר אכ׳׳א סברא ׳׳ איש זרוע הוא לו זרוע
    4. עם גבורה ׳׳ ה׳׳ה הח׳ ה…

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  27. 35377Unknown typeENA NS 85.760

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  28. 35378List or tableENA 2591.8 + ENA 2591.11

    List in large, beautiful Arabic script (perhaps of the judge Shemuel b. Saadya ha-Levi?), containing about 55 names, followed by a column in Hebrew characters …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. الشيخ بو السرور                                   اخوه بو نصر
    3. الكوهان سعد . . . .
    4. بو الفضائل الطبيب   …

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  29. 35379Legal documentMoss. VII,103.1

    Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two business partners who had gotten into legal fights (mushājarāt kathīra) state that they are reconciling with each other in accordance …

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  30. 35380LetterENA 3594.5

    Document in Arabic script. Likely a letter (seems to be a first-person narrative: wa-waṣaltu... wa-dakhaltu...). Very faded. Needs further examination.

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  31. 35381List or tableT-S Ar.34.19

    Bifolio of neatly written Judaeo-Arabic business accounts. Late. Mentions (mostly Muslim) names such as Aḥmad b. Mūsā, Ḥājj ʿUmar Shāmī, Ḥājj Ibrāhīm b. ʿImrān, ʿUmar …

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  32. 35382List or tableJRL A 1464

    List of accounts. A few names and corresponding quantities in eastern Arabic numerals are rendered in an idiosyncratic scribal hand (probably the same as JRL …

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  33. 35383State documentCUL Or.1080 J7

    Petition to al-Mustanṣir in Arabic, preliminary draft (possibly also in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya), complaining about the closure of the Palestinian synagogue in …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبيد ينهوا الى الموقف الشريف زاده الله شرف حالهم وذلك انه لما
    2. جرى على ريسهم واحبارهم منذ سنتين [[من الفا]] ما كان فيه…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. The slaves report their case to the noble presence, may God increase his nobility, as foll…

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  34. 35384Legal documentENA 972.3

    Bill of divorce. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Friday, 25 Iyyar 1439 Seleucid, which is 1128 CE. Husband: Natan b. Shela. Wife: …

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  35. 35385State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 176

    Verso: Fragmentary document, in a chancery hand. Typical closing formula of a state document "في ذلك ان شاالله". The second line could be a date. …

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  36. 35386Legal documentT-S NS 254.99

    Marriage contract (ketubba) possibly from Tyre that includes the list of goods in the dowry: a cloth, a curtain, a lamp, two dyeing vessels, two …

    1. [...] ......... ותרי ....א... [...]
    2. [...] מרבתה דינר ה...... חמש.. תלת ......ש ..[...]
    3. [...] דינרין עשרה מותלתה סתר[......] דינרין תרין [...]
    4. [...]נ…

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  37. 35387Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 61

    Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Probably a record of payment to the bureau of silk looms "dīwān anwāl l-ḥarīr". Needs examination.

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  38. 35388Unknown typeJRL B 4537

    Very faded text in Hebrew script. Unidentified. A few words in Arabic script on verso.

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  39. 35389LetterT-S 12.248

    Letter from Yoshe’a b. Natan, probably from Bahanasa, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. September 29, 1051. The letter contains many details about the last phase …

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    1. על שמך

    2. תקדם כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה עלי יד עלי בן

    3. גלפיוה אלנותי וטיה כתאב אלי בן מנארה בתסלים י תלאליס קמח …

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    1. (2−1) על שמך; אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת חסדיו לך, שלחתי לך לפני כן מכתב בידי עלי בן
    2. גלפיוה הספן, וכרוך בו …

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  40. 35390Legal documentENA 1822a.36

    Legal deed from a qāḍī court, Ayyubid period. Dated: Jumādā I 592 (line 1). Line 2 reads wa-abraʾatuhu min jamīʿ dhālik barāʾa qabḍ wa-stīfāʾ. Lines …

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  41. 35391Paraliterary textCUL Or.1080 5.4

    Amulet for Abū Saʿd b. Baladīn (?) to annul the evil wishes of his enemies and make everyone love him. In Hebrew, Aramaic, and nomina …

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  42. 35392Legal documentT-S NS 310.72

    specimens of כתובה דמירכסא and שטר מסירה, followed by the heading שרח הלכות מן יבמות. The hand might be of Halfon Hakohen b. Elazar, who …

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  43. 35393LetterT-S AS 150.232

    Verso: First-person note (letter?) in Judaeo-Arabic. Phrases: "... my departure from... the Sabbath 19 Sivan of the year... after the prayer... and the parsha was...." …

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  44. 35394Legal documentT-S AS 151.151

    Fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed referring to Mevorakh he-Ḥaver, mentioning an orphan girl, possibly concerning her marriage. May be related to …

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  45. 35395Paraliterary textBodl. MS Arab. c 56.72

    Paraliterary text, in Arabic script. Possibly an alchemical or medical text. The document at the bottom is probably part of a tale.

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  46. 35396Literary textT-S NS 263.70

    Commentary on Job 8:18–22. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are undeciphered marginal notes in Arabic script.

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  47. 35397List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 13/4

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, at least partially for rental income, including for the year 1337/38 CE (1649 Seleucid).

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  48. 35398Legal documentT-S AS 176.481

    Legal document(s). In Arabic script. On parchment. The documents on both recto and verso concern Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf al-ʿAṭṭār al-Sharīf(?). The document on recto may …

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    1. هـ]ـذا ما اوصى به اسمعيل بن يوسف العطار في حـ[ـال صحة
    2. ]ـال من سنة ست عشرة واربع ماية اوصـ[
    3. ]اتوب بيده الخير وهو عـ[ـلى كل شي قدير
    4. صـ]ـلوات ملا…

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  49. 35399State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 477

    Fiscal account.

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  50. 35400LetterT-S AS 149.157

    Letter of business written in the 11th century by Yeshuʿa b. Ismaʿīl, sent to Alexandria to [...] b. Abī l-Ḥayy. (Information from CUDL)

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