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  1. 35851List or tableT-S AS 152.372

    Accounts. (Information from CUDL)

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  2. 35852Literary textPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.25 (Michaelides 25)

    Love poetry (3 lines), starting with: "amūtu wa-lā tadrī". [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Poeme d'un amoureux" ; on a separate small piece of …

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  3. 35853List or tableT-S AS 181.52

    Accounts.

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  4. 35854Legal documentT-S 8.252

    Recto: legal document concerning debt, referring to Ibn Mardūk, Abū l-Faraj al-Kohen b. Mordekhay […] b. Saʿadya. Verso: unidentified Arabic document. (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 35855Legal documentAIU XII.149

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) by a certain Futūḥ b. Aḥmad. Mentions the judge in whose presence the iqrār took place, another person by the name …

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  6. 35856State documentT-S AS 184.309

    Verso contains the beginning of a petition. The tarjama appears at the right. The petition begins "yuqabbil al-yad al-ʿāliya al-mawlawiyya al-ajalliyya. . ." Recto contains …

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  7. 35857LetterAIU IX.B.16

    Ladino letters or copies of letters from 1788 CE (Shevat 5548 AM). One is addresed to a Martinelli.

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  8. 35858Literary textT-S 13J19.8

    Poems in Judaeo-Arabic (rhymes in -יה).

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  9. 35859Legal documentT-S NS 320.106

    Large legal document. Fragment (right side only). In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions a codex; a partnership (sharika); payments in installments. Names listed …

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  10. 35860List or tableT-S Misc.36.150

    Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. Very extensive (69 lines). Gives headers for the books' location on the shelves as well as their names.

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  11. 35861LetterMoss. II,144.3

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto, upper right corner of verso). Refers to a woman's separation from the addressees; "your accompanying …

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  12. 35862Paraliterary textYevr. II B 281

    Recto: Colophon stating that this copy of the 'ketuvim' has been checked completely without any errors. There is a brief disquisition on the canonical raised …

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  13. 35863LetterENA 4007.6

    Letter from Avraham ha-Reviʿi b. Shemuel ha-Shelishi, probably in Ramla, to Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dating: Ca. 1040 CE. The letter is …

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    1. הפסח יודיעני רבינו הגע[תם
    2. אני לרבינו גאון בעבור משה בן מבשר
    3. אחי נתן בן מבשר אוהביו ודורשי שלומו
    4. כי משה זה בן מבשר נושא כתבים [הביא]
    5. בעבורו הידו…

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  14. 35864Legal query or responsumENA NS 10.1

    Responsum regarding synagogue ritual written in a late hand.

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  15. 35865Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 456

    A few words in Arabic script with diacritical marks on both sides. Late. Mentions "al-zanb maghfūra".

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  16. 35866Legal documentT-S AS 164.218 + T-S NS J490

    Recto: see PGPID 1305. Verso: distinct document, also in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli, dealing with a business partnership between Saʿadya al-Nīlī, Abū Isḥāq …

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  17. 35867Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1645

    Incomplete Karaite bill of sale for six shares in a house. Dated Friday 1 Nisan 5405 AM (1645 CE). Involving the buyer Yaʿaqov b. Avraham …

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלגמעה ראש ניסן המ׳ סנה הת׳׳ה ליצירה חצר אלאך
    2. כה׳׳ר יעקב צגיר יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר אברהם צג'יר נ׳׳ע ואשהד עלי נפסה באנה אן אחצר אלא…

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  18. 35868LetterT-S AS 160.400

    Letter sent from Gaza to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic.The sender heard a report that somebody "is praying in Qalyūb," maybe meaning that he is serving as …

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  19. 35869Legal documentYevr. II A 1269

    Karaite betrothal deed. Dated Monday, 8th Adar I 5398 AM (1638 CE). Mordekhay b. El'azar b. Aharon betroths Esther bt. Ya'aqov b. Avraham. Unlike most …

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    1.                         בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. ביום שני בשבוע והוא שמונה ימים מחדש אדר ראשון על דרך פוגה שנת חמשת אלפים ושלש מאות
    3. ותשעים ושמונה ש…

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  20. 35870Credit 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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  21. 35871LetterENA 2747.10

    Letter from Shelomo b. Nissim ha-Levi al-Barqī, in Alexandria, to Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1080 CE. Shelomo had been asked to …

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    1. על שמך

    2. לם יכן תאכיר כתבי ען מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה

    3. ואדאם עזה אלא אתר לתכפיף ען חצרתה ואלא אציף אליה

    4. שגל סר מן גהתי לאנני אער…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך ; נתאחרו מכתבי אליך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את גדולתך, אך ורק וקודם כול כדי להקל על הדרתך וכדי שלא…

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  22. 35872LetterCUL Or.1081 1.70

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: probably 11th century Addressed to a group of people (אלפצלא אלאגלא . . . אעצם אללה כראמתכם . . …

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  23. 35873List or tableT-S Ar.30.196

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrow bifolium. In a rudimentary hand previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef. Many names of commodities and people.

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  24. 35874Legal documentMoss. VII,27

    Legal record of the same case on the recto, which offers us an alternative vantage point against which we may evaluate the narrative imposed on …

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  25. 35875LetterT-S NS J391

    Letter from Yisrael b. Natan, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dated: 4 Tammuz = 18 June 1059 CE, according to Gil. The …

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  26. 35876LetterHUC 1295

    Panegyric or letter to a notable, referring on the last page to "your son our Gaʾon Shelomo." Needs examination.

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  27. 35877List or tableENA 2687.3

    Book list written by Yosef b. Ya'aqov Rosh ha-Seder. Published by Allony, the Jewish LIbrary p. 396

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  28. 35878Paraliterary textT-S AS 143.424

    Amulet for Sahlān b. ʿAzīza.

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  29. 35879Legal 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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  30. 35880Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 297.269

    Rent receipt? Mentions someone al-Ḥanafī and someone al-Yahūdī, and rent for a house for Muḥarram and Ṣafar 1057 AH = February/March and March/April 1647 CE. …

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  31. 35881LetterENA NS 13.26

    Blessings in large, thick, square letters, with the name "David b. Shekhanya" at the end (יברכהו בקהל עם ד[וי]ד בר שכניה). Dating: probably early 11th …

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  32. 35882LetterT-S NS J360

    Letter from Alexandria to a man from Jerusalem, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. Concerning a communal dispute in Fustat. At the center …

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  33. 35883LetterCUL Or.1080 J143

    Letter in Arabic script. Possibly from a mother to a son. Handwriting and spelling are dreadful. There are many greetings as well as instructions about …

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  34. 35884Legal documentT-S 13J6.26

    Legal document (actually two different documents concerning the same persons) concerning the poor treatment afforded to R. Moshe, a new hazzan, by R. Nissim, the …

    עדות שר' משה מאז בואו אל אלמחלה לא נכנס מעולם בגבולו של ר' נסים המוקדם,

    וערך קידושים בהיעדרו רק ברשותו. חתמו שלושה. בעמוד ב' עדות דומה חתומה על

    ידי ע…

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  35. 35885LetterENA NS 36.20

    Fragment of a late business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions David Revaḥ and possibly someone with the surname Ben-Zikrī, although these could be patronymics b. Zikrī. …

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  36. 35886LetterT-S 10J9.27

    IB IV, 59 (ח69). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanel, in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Monday, 3 Iyyar …

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    1. קד עלם אללה תבארך ותעאלי מא ענדי מן אלוחשה ואלשוק אלי
    2. מולאי אלאך אלנביל אלכרים אלפאצ'ל אחיאה אללה וגעלני //פדאה\\ מן גמיע
    3. אלאסוא ומא אסתוחשת ל…

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    1. יודע ה' יתברך ויתעלה את הגעגועים והכיסופים שאני חש אל
    2. אדוני אחי האציל, המכובד, הנעלה, יחיהו ה' וישימני //כפרתו\\ מכל
    3. הרעות, וכמה התגעגעתי עליו…

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  37. 35887LetterT-S NS J58

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Business letter stating that Umm Bayān, who is dragged to court every day by her creditors, opened her husband’s storage crate …

    1. אעלמתך אן אלשיך אבי אלמחאסן ש.[. . . . . . . .
    2. ושוי זעפראן ואשתרית אנא [. . . . . . . .
    3. ואלגמיע יכרג אן שא אלכלה צחבה אלשיך [. . . . . . . .
    4. ואלחריר…

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  38. 35888List or tableT-S AS 152.107

    Accounts with Hebrew numerals, possibly mentioning the head of the weighers guild (shaykh al-qabbāniyya). Dated in the upper left corner of the verso Thursday 18 …

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  39. 35889List or tableT-S NS 90.34

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  40. 35890Unknown typeNLI 577.5/27

    Verso: Jottings in Hebrew, including the name Shelomo ha-Baḥur b. Seʿadya ha-Melammed. On recto is a literary work in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  41. 35891State documentENA 2209.11 + ENA 2209.12

    Fragment of a decree on verso, possibly from the same state document as the neighboring shelfmark ENA 2209.12. MCD.

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  42. 35892List or tableAIU XI.85

    Recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions frankincense and Genoese saffron.

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  43. 35893List or tableT-S NS J359

    Inventory or accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists items such as a large turban for 60 (dirhams); a white bordered ʿarḍī; a tailored nuṣfiyya; …

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  44. 35894LetterENA 2727.53

    Letter addressed to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel b. Yiṣḥaq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Sent from (or to?) Alexandria. Dating: Mentions the year "499" as a year recently past, …

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  45. 35895Literary textT-S AS 184.28

    Fragment from a therapeutical work, dealing here with the treatment of the sort of convulsion known as Umm al-Ṣibyān, dysuria and alopecia. Rue cooked in …

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  46. 35896List or tableENA NS 76.538

    Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Reused for talmudic text on recto.

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  47. 35897Legal documentT-S NS J113 + T-S AS 153.4 + Moss. VII,85.1 + T-S 6J8.11 + T-S AS 142.250 + Moss. VII,85.2

    Legal document. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel or Natan b. Shelomo? Dated: 1456 Seleucid, which is 1144/45 CE, under the authority of the …

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  48. 35898Literary textDK 251

    Epistolary introduction to a medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. "Your letter arrived, O brother, inquiring after the books of Galen... and the Alexandrians..."

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  49. 35899Legal documentENA 2735.14

    Legal document describing how a person took an oath upon the holy Torah. Abū l-Makārim is mentioned and a fine of 5 dinars to the …

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  50. 35900LetterT-S 12.234

    Letter from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli, probably in a provincial town, to his cousin Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. Dating: 1122–50, based on the …

    1. . . . . . קד על]ם סובחאנה כתרה שוקי אלי הדרת כגק
    2. מרנו ורבנו] נתן הכהן החכם והנבון ישמרו שומר יש[ראל
    3. ויעזרו וכאנת רקעתה קד [[וס]] וצלתני קדים ות . . …

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