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  1. 35401List or tableBL Or. 10578R.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In a common hand previously misattributed to ʿArūs. Mentions Abū Manṣūr.

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  2. 35402LetterT-S 8.220

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: Letter of recommendation written by Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaon (r. 1025–1051 CE) on a Friday, late in the afternoon, 4 Sivan, probably 1048. Verso: …

    ....

    1. וצל סתרו ובשיבה טובה [י]עט[רו
    2. ישא החבר רוב שלום מאדון [השלום
    3. משגבינו אנו שלום ומודים אנו [
    4. שצ להודיע כי התהלך אל צוען כ[
    5. מתוך קוצר יד וכובד עול…
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    1835
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  3. 35403State documentT-S AS 147.156

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment of a state document mentioning the amīr Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿUmar.

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    2023
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  4. 35404State documentT-S AS 178.69

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Mūsā b. Futūḥ, in Alexandria (bi-thaghr al-Is[kandariyya?]).Same cluster: T-S AS 178.69 (PGPID 36898) T-S AS 180.22 (PGPID 37373) T-S …

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    36898
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  5. 35405LetterENA NS I.78

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Alexandria, to Abū Bishr Azhar b. Manṣūr (aka Avraham), in Fustat, ca. 1075. Mentions a shipment of …

    recto

    1. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה וכב[ת]

    2. עדוה עדה גואבא ען כתבה אלואצלה אגבתה ען כל פצל פיה[א ואמא]

    3. מא דכרה מן קבצ…

    recto

    1. כתבתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ויכה את
    2. אויביך, מכתבים אחרים, תשובות על מכתביך שהגיעו, ועניתי …
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  6. 35406LetterT-S AS 178.155

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Report or official correspondence in Arabic script. Approximately 5 to 6 lines are preserved. Unclear how much of the substance is preserved. Mentions "وقد طالع …

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  7. 35407Legal documentCUL Add.3420.1

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB I, 3. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in Fustat. …

    Recto

    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמני סר יומין בירח אדר
    2. דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ותשע שנין למניאנא
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס
    4. נהרא מותבה כן הוה חצר אלי בי…

    Recto

    1. [Date, place, and parties.]

    5. …Mr. Jekuthiel claimed

    6. that he had sold to Joseph indigo from

    7. the House of Raisins against clearing a…

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  8. 35408Paraliterary textYevr. II A 1748

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Karaite enactment on the gifts permitted to give in happy occasions and mourning.

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  9. 35409Legal documentYevr. III B 655

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew

    Ketubba fragment. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dated [..]24 Seleucid. Bride: [...] bt. S[...], virgin. It is a very small strip.

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  10. 35410Legal documentT-S NS J272 + T-S 12.91

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1126–29 CE, based on the mention of the state official Abū Najāḥ ibn Qannāʾ (who …

    1. ] גרי מן אלראהב לענה אללה מא גרי עלי אלנאס ממא
    2. ]ך אלחרים ואכד אמואלהם ואמלאבהם וכאן ימחה שמו
    3. ] מאיה באליהוד ואשהאר חאל כל מנהם פעל פי דלך מא
    4. אה]רן ב…
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  11. 35411List or tableT-S AS 187.137

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Verso: Document in Arabic and Coptic numerals, reused for Hebrew pen trials.

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    PGPID
    42418
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  12. 35412Unknown typeENA NS 85.679

    Minute fragment with a few partial words in Hebrew script visible on the recto and verso.

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    2017
    PGPID
    15689
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  13. 35413State documentMoss. IV,235.2 + T-S NS 205.47

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Unidentified document in Arabic script, possibly official. Maghribī or Andalusī hand. Seven lines are partially preserved, including the prayers for Muḥammad often found in state …

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    2023
    PGPID
    38081
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  14. 35414Paraliterary textENA NS 48.23

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recipe in Judaeo-Arabic involving iron, sal ammoniac, cotton, silver, and other items. Alchemical?

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    33814
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  15. 35415Paraliterary textENA 3769.9

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Multilingual writing exercises in an early modern scribal hand (or hands). There are many instances of calligraphic signature practice for the same name on the …

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    2025
    PGPID
    41001
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  16. 35416LetterT-S AS 166.233

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning an amir and someone saying "O dogs and sons of dogs!" (יאכלאב יאולאד אלכלאב). Reused on verso for …

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  17. 35417Legal documentT-S Misc.22.307

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Ownership note on a literary work that resembles but is not identical with Ruth Rabba (information from FGP). "The undersigned witness that Yehuda b. Ovadya …

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  18. 35418State documentT-S Ar.35.198

    Primary language
    Arabic

    State document, probably accounts of some sort. Mentions "al-mustakhdimīn". Needs examination.

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  19. 35419State documentT-S AS 84.147

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Arabic letter, probably official correspondence based on the handwriting and the wide space between the lines. This is the upper right corner. Mentions something to …

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  20. 35420List or tableT-S K15.13

    Document date

    Account for Marheshvan and Kislev 1495 Sel. ca. 1183. This is a double leaf of the notebook of Shemuel b. Saadya. The first part is …

    recto, right column

    1. תצקיע גבאיה אלפ[רנס אבו אלביאן מרחשון]
    2. וכסליו אתצה דאר אלזגאג [אלקאעה לא]
    3. מנצור ג' מכארם י' עבד אלע[זיז ז]
    4. אם יוץ ד' עיסא י''ב א…

    Recto, right column

    1. The accounting of the collection of the parnās Abūʾl-Bayān, Marheshwan 

    2. and Kislev 1495: Dār al-Zajjāj, the qāʿa, 31.

    3. Manṣü…

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    1987
    PGPID
    1329
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  21. 35421Legal documentT-S NS J183

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document, possibly a draft. Location: Cairo. Dated: Kislev 1542 Seleucid (=November/December 1230 CE). Abū l-Ṭāhir Hiba b. Yosef the superintendent (al-qayyim) of the small …

    1. למא כאן פי שהר כסליו שנת אלפא וחמש מאה וארבעין ותרתין שנין לשטר[ות
    2. בעיר אלקאהרה אלמעזיה הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה
    3. חצרנא נחן אלשהוד אל…
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    2017
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  22. 35422Legal documentT-S NS 169.33

    Fragment of two responsa of a Babylonian Gaon.

    Verso (starts halfway down the page)

    1. (הוספה בשוליים: [כ]ה]) וסאלת אמראה מחלת לז[וגהא]
    2. בגזו כביר מן כתובתהא וכתבת לה כתאב וקאלת אני אנמא עמלת
    3. דלך למא…

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  23. 35423Paraliterary textT-S K 1.132

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recipes for פתיחת לב, for love, for hate, to know if a woman will become pregnant, for invisibility and salvation from dangers on the road, …

    Page two, per editors (folio 1, recto, right side)

    1. (For) opening of the heart.

    2. Take a new bowl and write

    3. for 3 days, every day these names,

    4. w…

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  24. 35424LetterJTS Krengel 123

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, asking for the addressee's help in sending something to the writer with the bearer Abū l-Faraj.

    1. על] שמך
    2. אס]עד אללה מסא מולאי אלשיך ואטאל
    3. בקאה] ואדאם עזה ונעמאה לי איאם
    4. מא ר]אית מולאי וקד אסתוחשת
    5. מנה ו]הו יעלם ציק אלוקת ונחתאג
    6. . . .] חואיגנא חאג…
    1. [In] your na[me]
    2. May God [make eter]nal the nights of my master the elder and prolong
    3. your life [...] and your good will.
    4. [I have not s]een my maste…
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    33947
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  25. 35425State documentCUL Or.1080 J7

    Inferred date
    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew

    Petition to the caliph al-Mustansir concerning the schism of 1038–42 between Shelomo b. Yehuda, the gaʾon of Palestine, and a pretender to the gaonate, Natan …

    Verso, upside-down relative to Hebrew text

    1. بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبيد ينهوا الى الموقف الشريف  زاد الله شرف حالهم وذلك ان لما

    2. جرى على ريسهم …

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    1988
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    4474
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  26. 35426LetterJRL B 7540

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment probably from the top of a letter. Headed by Psalms 85:9 (ואל חסידיו ואל ישובו לכסלה) and begins "alladhī ajmaʿnā...."

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    PGPID
    40410
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  27. 35427Legal query or responsumJTS MS R1888.2

    Responsum (FGP)

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  28. 35428Legal documentT-S AS 200.321

    Small fragment of a ketubba, probably. Dating: ca. 11th century.

    No Scholarship Records

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    2025
    PGPID
    40741
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  29. 35429LetterMoss. VII,169

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Very damaged. Needs examination.

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    2021
    PGPID
    33876
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  30. 35430LetterAIU VII.E.24

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, complete. Dated in the month of Tammuz in the final lines of the verso, but without a year. The letter was …

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    2020
    PGPID
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  31. 35431LetterT-S AS 157.34

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Informal note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū l-Ḥasan asking him for the favor of speaking to Abū Saʿd, "because he תגייר (converted?) and will enter …

    1. ממלוכה [. . . . . . . . . . .] זצל
    2. אלמקר באחסאן אלמולי אלשיך אלרשיד אבי אלחסן אחסן אללה
    3. אליה ישתהי מן אנעאמה אן יכמל גמילה יכלם אלשיך
    4. אבו סעד שמ צו …

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    1 Transcription

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  32. 35432Paraliterary textT-S K25.79

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Astrological or astronomical table.

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    2023
    PGPID
    38332
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  33. 35433LetterT-S AS 150.202

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter(s) from the circle of Mosul Nasis active in the early to mid 13th century in Egypt (cf. T-S 12.654 and the numerous related documents, …

    Verso

    1. מן שער הנשיאות יל
    2. יא סבחאן אללה כיף יחסן ענד גלאל יקירנו נכבדנו
    3. אצילנו מר ורב . . . . . כבד גדל יקר
    4. אליה שהל [. . . . . .] . . . [
    5. כתב . . . ל…

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  34. 35434LetterMoss. IV,32.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small, damaged fragment probably from an 11th-century mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions people such as a qāḍī, the brother-in-law of Ibn al-Qābisī, and [Yaʿqū]b b. …

    No Scholarship Records

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    2022
    PGPID
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  35. 35435LetterENA NS 7.80

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter fragment (upper part only) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (identification based on handwriting). In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a group of people, it seems. …

    Tags

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    2017
    PGPID
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  36. 35436Unknown typeT-S AS 208.330

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Document in Arabic, medieval-era. Two partial lines of text are preserved. Requires further examination.

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    • 1v
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    2024
    PGPID
    39754
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  37. 35437LetterT-S J2.74

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: Letter of condolence to a Nagid upon the death of R. ʿUzziʾel.

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    2022
    PGPID
    36226
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  38. 35438LetterT-S AS 158.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Brief letter in Judaeo-Arabic accompanying calendrical tables spanning 1007 years, informing the addressee about the tables.

    No Scholarship Records

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    2023
    PGPID
    38269
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  39. 35439Legal documentT-S 12.577

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Deed of sale for a house. A woman purchases a house for 30 dinars adjacent to the saqīfa of Yazid the perfumer. Location: Fustat. Dating: …

    1. עד המ[...] הידוע ה[....

    2. ראשון מזרחי מגיע אל מבאו[י ...

    3. בארוזי מצר שלישי דרומי מגיע א[ל...

    4. המסילה שבין החניות הללו ובין החצר הידועה [...

    5…

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    2017
    PGPID
    7273
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  40. 35440List or tableENA 3931.11

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    List of mostly Coptic alphanumeral figures and some text in Arabic. Probably accounts.

    No Scholarship Records

    • verso
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    2017
    PGPID
    10332
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  41. 35441Legal documentT-S NS 226.67

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed.

    No Scholarship Records

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    2019
    PGPID
    24393
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  42. 35442State documentT-S 16.16

    Document date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    State correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of 13 lines are preserved. May involve a tax farm (ḍamān) and includes the dates Ṣafar 439 AH …

    1. . . . . . .بالجري في الديوان [

    2. اطال الله بقاك المعدية(؟) [

    3. وكانت اخره فوقها وما ا . . [

    4. وقطعات الجسر مضمنة(؟) . . .[

    5. الثاني من صفر سنة تسع…

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    2017
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    7427
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  43. 35443State documentENA NS 45.23

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, three lines of Arabic in a chancery hand. The date of the tawqīʿ is Dhul Qaʿda (3)70?

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    2017
    PGPID
    10952
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  44. 35444Unknown typeENA NS 76.521

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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    2017
    PGPID
    13246
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  45. 35445List or tableT-S 8J11.7

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Account for Elul 1494 and Tishri 1495 sel. ca. 1183. This document contains the last part of the expenditures for Elul. Then additional revenue from …

    recto

    1. [אלמ]גריבי ורק א ¼ חמולה ½ אלגמלה שב ולה איצא פי תמן
    2. אלכסוה יו וען זית לבן גלאב מן חדש תשרי אתצה
    3. י ד עמל קנאה דאר אלזגאז יג ½ דאר בן טיבאן ב ½
      4. …

    Recto, main region

    1. Al-Maghribī; paper, 1¼. Transportation, ½. Total, 302. Also, to his credit, paid for
    2. clothing, 16. For oil, to b. Jallāb for the…
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    1987
    PGPID
    1875
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  46. 35446Unknown typeENA NS 85.1403

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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    2017
    PGPID
    14761
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  47. 35447Legal documentT-S NS J401h

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? No names preserved. Warns someone about paying something and may mention the Gaon or at least …

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  48. 35448Literary textENA 3948.5

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Arabic, probably literary. Pinholes at the margin sewn in a non-straight line at unequal distances apart; same holes in ENA 3948.7, ENA 3949.5, ENA 3949.6, …

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  49. 35449Legal documentT-S NS J203 + T-S 10J14.21

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  50. 35450List or tableJRL A 1032

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bifolium of potential state accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on large pages (~12cm) listing immense sums of money. Dating: 18th- or 19th-century based on the paleography and …

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