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  1. 35701List or tableENA NS 77.385

    Fragment of an account in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). Mentions the price of silver; a piece of [...]; the price of …

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  2. 35702LetterAIU VII.E.16

    Fragment (bottom half) of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is urged to sell something quickly. The cotton(?) and the garment arrived. The sender …

    1. לדלאלה וביעה [במא
    2. אטעם אללה ורזק ולא
    3. תתואני פי ביעה סרעה
    4. ואלקטן(?) ואלתוב קד וצלוני
    5. קראת עליך אלסלאם ועלי
    6. כרימתי אלסלאם וואלדי
    7. ואבו סעיד ואבו אלפרג

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  3. 35703LetterCUL Add.3340

    IB IV, 18 (ח3). Letter from Yosef Ibn al-Lukhṭūsh, in Granada, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, in Fustat. Dated: middle of May, 1130 CE. The …

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    1. אדאם אללה למולאי וסידי אלרייס אלאג'ל אלעזה ואלכראמה ואלגבטה ואלסלאמה ופסח פי מדתה וואלא
    2. באלמזיד רפעתה ואבקא עלי ג'מלה אכואנה ואוליאה מהג'תה וח…

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    1. יתמיד ה' כבוד ותפארת ואושר ושלום לאדוני ומרי, הראש המפואר ביותר, ויאריך את ימיו וימשיך
    2. את מעלתו עד בלי די ויאריך את חייו בעד כלל אחיו ובני חסו…

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  4. 35704List or tableT-S AS 146.303

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic, headed with the name Ibn Shaʿyā, mentioning garments (fūṭ) and "al-Sharīf al-Qābiṣ[ī]" and 30 dinars. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  5. 35705LetterT-S AS 152.95

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to multiple people. The sender hopes to see the addressees in the place where he is traveling …

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  6. 35706Legal documentBL OR 5566D.24 + T-S 10J16.8

    IB IV, 6-7 (ח7). Copy of a court record from Aden. Dating: Summer 1131 CE. Concerning a controversy over Jewish communal leadership in Yemen. Goitein …

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    1. ולמא כאן יום אלסבת תאני יום אלכלאם אשתמעו גמיע אלצחאבנא (!)
    2. אלגרבא וגאו אלי ענד אלשיך אבו סעיד וקאלו לה אש עולת
    3. אן תפעל פקאל להום לאני וחדי מא…

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    1. וכאשר היה יום השבת, למחרת אותם דיבורים, התאספו כל חברינו היהודים
    2. הסוחרים הזרים והלכו אל השיך אבו סעיד ואמרו לו: 'מה אתה מתכוון 
    3. (3–4) לעשות?' …

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  7. 35707State documentENA 3977.6

    Petition/report in Arabic script, begins with a taqbīl formula. Addressed to [...] b. Muḥammad intriguingly called 'the agent (wakīl) of the sultan.' Dating: probably Mamluk-era …

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  8. 35708State documentENA NS 83.243

    Tax receipt, in Arabic script. Needs examination. Dated:first quarter of the 11th century.

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  9. 35709Legal documentT-S NS 34.165

    Order for goods. From Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to deliver 3 ounces of soap (ṣābūn).

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  10. 35710Literary textAIU VIII.B.19

    8 pages from a Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew medical treatise.

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  11. 35711Legal documentT-S 8J11.19

    Query from Nadiv b. Yiṣḥaq, “the son of the brother of Umm Nadiv,” asking whether a woman who was deserted by her husband with whom …

    1. בש רח עבדו ותלמידו הקטן נדיב
    2. כתבתי זו הכתב לשאול בשלום הדרת יקרת צפירת
    3. הדרת מרנו ורבנו המלמד ר ישועה הרב הגדול גאון (?) ה/ח/כמים
    4. תפארת הרבנים מרדכי …

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  12. 35712Unknown typeENA NS 76.616

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  13. 35713Paraliterary textT-S K1.18 + T-S K1.30

    This Aramaic amulet, found in the Cairo Geniza, was composed for the protection of Ḥabibah bint Zuhra during childbirth. The amulet requests that the zodiacal …

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    In the name of Him who was, is, and will be, I have adjured and decreed upon you—you, the constellation of Leo—that you …

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  14. 35714Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 5566D.12

    Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or …

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  15. 35715Unknown typeENA NS 85.1108

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  16. 35716LetterT-S AS 156.128

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  17. 35717State documentT-S H5.201

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of 5 lines are preserved. Mentions the term 'istikhrāj.' In the margin there are pen trials and/or endorsements, …

    1. انه قد هلك عن استخراج[
    2. وحمل في الوقت ست ..[
    3. ويردد بين العبد وبـ[
    4. طال ويردد امـ[
    5. تعلقت به جارية[
    6. ستـ[

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  18. 35718State documentT-S AS 102.100 + JTS MS L596.39

    Original use: Accounts in Arabic script, probably fiscal. Dating: twice mentions the year 413 AH = 1022/23 CE. The sums mentioned are very large, e.g., …

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  19. 35719State documentT-S AS 176.254

    Official account. "That which was expended for the allowance (ʿamāla) of Mukhtār al-Dawla." Entries include "clay" and "brick." Needs further examination. On verso: "al-mamlūk Yūsuf …

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  20. 35720List or tableMoss. III,4.2

    Fragment containing mainly Hebrew literary text and one line in Arabic script: يقطع . . . النصف

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  21. 35721LetterT-S NS 163.29

    Very damaged letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The text is rubbed and hard to read, but the letter seems to be of a private or family nature. …

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  22. 35722LetterBodl. MS heb. c 50/7

    Either a poem or letter in rhymed prose addressed to a dignitary, probably a Gaon, who is a Kohen.

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  23. 35723LetterT-S 13J19.13

    IB IV, 61 (ח78). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanel, in Qalyūb or Fustat/Cairo, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanel, probably in Alexandria. Dating: November 17, …

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    1. פארקת מולאי ואכי ומן געלת פדאה ואנא
    2. משגול אלקלב כיף מכנתה מן אלאנחדאר פי
    3. מר̇ץ וחדה וליס מעה לא ראכב ולא תאגר
    4. וכאן לה כטר עצים הק' בר' הוא יעקב…

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    1. נפרדתי מאדוני אחי ומי שיעשה כפרתו, בשעה
    2. שאני מוטרד, איך קרה שהנחתי לו לנסוע לאלכסנדריה,
    3. כשהוא חולה, לבדו, כשאין אתו שום נוסע אחר או סוחר.
    4. והיה…

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  24. 35724Legal documentAIU VII.A.22

    Two legal fragments in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Unclear if they are part of the same document or not, but …

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  25. 35725List or tableT-S K15.32

    Fragmentary list of contributions, it seems in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, details of about twenty-five preserved: five giving 1, eight giving 1/2, two …

    1. אלמולי אלתפא[ר]ת נצף
    2. אבי אלפצל אצרפי אלהן אבו אלפרג
    3. ר נצף
    4. אבי אלעלא צירפי אלשׁיך אבי אלמגד בן אלעף..
    5. רבע נצף
    6. ולדה אלאסעד מנגא אלכהן אלשׁיך אבי אלבקא

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  26. 35726List or tableT-S 8K22.1

    Memorial list. At least three families are listed: that of Nafīs al-Sharābī(?), that of the in-law of R. Yeḥiel, and that of R. Yeḥiel himself, …

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  27. 35727LetterT-S 10J11.21

    Letter from the cantor Ḥalfon b. David (aka Khalaf al-Lādhiqī), in Jerusalem, to the elders (sādatī wa-mawālayya jamāʿat al-shuyūkh al-miṣriyyīn), in Fusṭāṭ. In Judaeo-Arabic, in …

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  28. 35728Unknown typeT-S AS 184.359

    Narrow vertical strip from an Arabic document.

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  29. 35729Legal query or responsumMoss. VIII,403

    Legal query in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel addressed to the judge Shelomo ha-Talmid, aka Shelomo b. Natan ha-Levi. With his autograph response. Also …

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  30. 35730LetterT-S NS 304.43

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Makārim b. Abū [...] and a ḥaver.

    1. ] אן ימ[
    2. בקינא תאלפין מן אלערי ואלגוע ומא [
    3. אלנאס נטלב שי נאכל תכון(?) לנא שי נרגע [
    4. וכדלך כאן לנא ענד מכארם //אלדי יגבי . . // בן אב[
    5. טאלבנאה פי אל…

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  31. 35731List or tableT-S AS 184.287

    Accounts.

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  32. 35732List or tableT-S NS 296.108

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing amounts, days of the week, and at least one item of clothing (thawb siqlāṭūn).

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  33. 35733Legal query or responsumENA NS 35.5

    Responsum regarding a cantor who mistakenly called to six readers instead of seven in Shabbat Hodesh. Published Glick, Seridei Teshuvot, II, p. 894-888.

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  34. 35734LetterT-S NS 148.106

    Letter fragment (upper left corner). From Peraḥya b. Yosef al-A[...]. Only the Hebrew opening with biblical verses and poetical blessings is preserved. There are also …

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  35. 35735List or tableAIU VIII.C.6

    Interesting grids with Judaeo-Arabic writing, presumably for casting lots.

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  36. 35736List or tableENA 3966.4

    Accounts or grocery list. Probably dated 1 Jumādā I 516 AH (the century is not totally clear). Mentions sumac, squash, eggplant, grapes. linseed oil.

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  37. 35737List or tableT-S AS 153.127

    List or accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, using Islamic calendar months and Hebrew numerals. Probably late. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 35738LetterT-S 16.270

    Recto: two alchemical recipes. The first recipe (ll. 1-8) is aimed at producing ‘the work’ (אלצנעה), a word commonly used for indicating the production of …

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  39. 35739List or tableT-S AS 184.231

    Possibly accounts. Faded.

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  40. 35740LetterT-S K3.26

    Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering …

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  41. 35741Unknown typeENA NS 76.592

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  42. 35742Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.276

    Miniature receipt for 'the judge' (ṣaḥḥā lil-dayyān).

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  43. 35743Unknown typeENA NS 76.668

    Legal text of some kind, possibly documentary. Mentions "dīn ha-Torah" in line 3 and לחשבון גדו in line 5. Requires further examination.

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  44. 35744Literary textENA NS 76.337

    Legal text, possibly responsa. Mentions the hypothetical/anonymous name Shimʿon on many occasions, payments, a legal deed, and cites ha-Rambam in l. 5v. Requires further examination.

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  45. 35745LetterT-S Misc.26.35

    Letter in Arabic script. Most of the paper is preserved, but the text is very faded and overwritten with Hebrew jottings. Needs examination.

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  46. 35746List or tableT-S Misc.28.86

    List of tenants. In Judaeo-Arabic. "My tenants in the house in Ḥārat al-Zuwayla in the Alley of the Christians: Abū l-Faḍl Natan b. Yeshuʿa; Abū …

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  47. 35747Unknown typeENA NS 85.229

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  48. 35748LetterAIU VII.E.32

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Letter in Arabic or Judeo Arabic to a woman in Kairouan, Oshtak(??) Elia b. Ibrahim. AA

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  49. 35749Literary textBodl. MS heb. b 3/30

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣīr al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Large and well-preserved. Probably mainly love poetry.

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  50. 35750List or tableT-S AS 183.13

    Table of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals in a very disorderly scribal hand. Medieval-era.

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