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  1. 3901LetterT-S Ar.54.23

    Verso: Letter of appeal for charity addressed to al-Rayyis Yūsuf. In Arabic script, calligraphic with large letters. Asking him to bestow two garments (thawbayn) on …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يخدم المجلس العالي المولوي
    3. المخدومي الاجلي المحترمي
    4. الريسي ريس العلامة يوسف
    5. ادام الله سعادته وينهي
    6. المملوك رجل سعلوك وف…

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  2. 3902LetterT-S NS 97.52

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half only). The sender is planning to travel to al-Shām the next day and he asks for money to cover …

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  3. 3903LetterT-S NS 225.14

    Verso: Letter addressed to Sulaymān b. Yosef ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Dating: 13th–15th century. A large piece is preserved, but it is torn …

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  4. 3904LetterT-S 12.306

    Extremely faded letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. The overall tone is distressed. When the content starts to …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    2. אמליה בדמעתי . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [

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  5. 3905LetterT-S K25.62

    Note from a parent to a teacher. In Judaeo-Arabic. The text is quite clear, but it's difficult to figure out what the sender is trying …

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    1. יא מולאי צני אנך תשגלה
    2. באלקראה חתי תאכל שיה
    3. ותכלי אלצביאן יאכלו ואיצא

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  6. 3906Legal documentT-S NS 298.32

    Page from a court ledger with some legal documents written by Avraham b. Nathan Av. One of the court records on the recto is dated …

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  7. 3907Legal documentT-S 8J6.18

    C1: Page from a court notebook dated Thursday, 26 Kislev 1338 Seleucid (December 1026 CE). unsigned, because only one witness appeared, Eli ha-Kohen b.

    1. חצר פי בית דין פי יום אלכמיס לסיתה ועשרין יום בחודש
    2. כסלוי (!) שנת אשלח לשטרות במצרים עלי הכהן בר יפת
    3. ודכר אנה אקני מן מוהובה בת יוסף הידוע בן בכאר
    4. א…

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  8. 3908LetterMoss. IV,27.2

    Note from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Yedutun requests an update on the circumcised boy and the …

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    1. יאכי ואללה קלבנא כלנא ענדך ואשגלת קלבנא בעאקה כתבך ואמרתי //לך// הגיד לי דבר הנימול

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  9. 3909LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 729

    Letter from a parent to a son. In Arabic script. Moderately wide space between the lines. It is unclear how much of the content is …

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  10. 3910LetterYevr. II A 1839

    This manuscript contains two different documents. One is a letter to Yehuda b. Moshe Migas. The other is a receipt by Zekharya b. Gershon from …

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  11. 3911Unknown typeCUL Or.1080 15.22

    The script is Hebrew, but the language is neither Hebrew (except in parts) nor Arabic. Possibly Ladino as per FGP's catalog, but an expert would …

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  12. 3912State documentENA 3945.8

    Tax receipt, late Fatimid, for the jizya payment of a Jewish person (name difficult to read), with registration mark - 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq', praise …

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  13. 3913List or tableMoss. V,378 + Moss. VII,37.2

    A dowry list of the couple Yefet b. Binyamin and Sirwa bt. Khalaf. On verso an Arabic letter or document. AA. {It is not clear …

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  14. 3914LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/39

    Letter from unknown writer, unknown location, to his 'brother,' in Fustat. The address is almost entirely gone, but one of them is named Bū Saʿd. …

  15. וב/א/קי תמן אלאוצאט סרעה סרעה סרעה ושלום
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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך
    2. קד עלם אלכאלק עז וגל שדה שוקי לחצרה מולאי וסידי

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  17. 3915LetterT-S Ar.30.160

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Concerning family and business matters. Mentions: 'my lord the qāḍī'; various instructions about transactions and …

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  18. 3916LetterMoss. IXa,2.36

    Letter fragment, in Arabic script. The addressee is asked to come immediately to Manfalūṭ or Akhmīm (in Upper Egypt). Needs further examination.

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  19. 3917LetterCUL 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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  20. 3918LetterENA NS 63.17

    Recto: Letter from Ḥayyim b. S[..], in Damietta, addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: שנת והלך לפניך צדקך, which is …

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  21. 3919LetterT-S AS 145.92

    Letter of congratulations to Sar Shalom ha-Zaqen (perhaps Sar Shalom ha-Levi, r. 1173–95) and to the groom and the bride and the whole congregation. In …

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  22. 3920Legal documentT-S 24.34

    Verso: Legal document. Copy of a divorce settlement, dated 11th Adar I 4973 (= 1213 CE), from Alexandria, in which Yeshuʿa b. Yosef b. Raṣon …

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  23. 3921LetterAIU VII.E.2

    Fragment (upper part) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to Avraham Maimonides from al-Muhadhdhab ha-Kohen b. Manṣūr (or Merayot?) ha-Kohen. From the body of the message that …

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  24. 3922LetterENA NS 70.18

    Recto: Letter addressed to Avraham ha-Sefaradi. In Hebrew, often rhymed. Dating: Probably no earlier than 15th century. The writer reports on a man who wishes …

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  25. 3923Legal documentT-S 20.152

    MS heb. a 3/9 (PGPID 508) which is another query to the Gaon on the same subject, published by Asaf, Responsa Geonica, 1942, 125–26). On verso there is poetry.

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    1. שאילה לבית דין הגדול לכ[בוד מא יקול] אדוננו דניאל הנשיא והגאון
    2. יחי לעד פי ראובן מצרי [ יכו]ן לראובן אלתלתי ולשמעון אלתלת וכתב

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  26. 3924Legal documentT-S NS 229.8

    Recto, left side: Legal document. Probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are three different text blocks, all belonging to the same document, oriented at 90 …

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  27. 3925LetterT-S NS J600

    Letter fragment (bottom part only). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably c.1100, since Abū Naṣr al-ʿAfṣī appears in Halper 466 and T-S K15.106. Gives various business instructions. …

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  28. 3926LetterT-S 8J16.2

    Letter (bottom part) from Alexandria to Fustat, dictated by Abu l-Najm Hilal, written down by Abu l-Muna, and addressed to Abu Ishaq b. Yaʿaqov at …

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    1. ותבלג סואלי לזוגתך ולא [
    2. לי פי אלסטל מן כל בד ואנא [. . . . . . . . . . ] והדא

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  29. 3927LetterT-S NS J371

    Recommendation letter addressed to Nahray b. Nissim, for a writer who is traveling to Egypt to copy manuscripts and to marry a relative of Nahray. …

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    1. כת]אבי אלי אלעבראני וקד וגה מע מר' רב יוסף הדא

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    1. …(לצרף את) מכתבי אל (המכתב) העברי; הוא שלח עם מר' רב יוסף זה 
    2. …ו'; ונייר כדי שיעתיק בשבילו משם מה שיוכל.

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  30. 3928Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/31

    A Karaite marriage contract (ketubba) between Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef and Karīma bt. Avraham, whose father is also her legal representative. Karīma was perhaps a Rabbanite, …

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    1. כי יבעל בחור בת'    עוד אבנך ונבנ[ת] …
    2. אז ימלא שחוק      הגדיל יי' לעשות …
  31. ...And Jacob ben Hillel ben ᶜAwkal and Isaac ben Joseph came …
  32. Karīma daughter of Abraham, the young girl, the virgin, fit to fulfil the commandments …
  33. to take care of the affairs of her marriage toIsaac, the groom, ben Joseph, and to accept the mo[har] …
  34. upon herself all the conditions stipulated by Isaac, the groom, ben Joseph and …
  35. Abraham, the agent, and declared before the elders and testified about himself according [tohis will] …
  36. the aforementioned [bride] tothisIsaac, the groom, ben Joseph by the mohar mentioned above …
  37. to be his wife and companion in purity, holiness and awe, and to obey [him] …
  38. pure [daughters of] Israel do in the house of their husbands, and to behave towards him …
  39. and to have her desire directed towards him.
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  41. 3929Legal documentENA NS 76.47

    Small fragment of a legal deed or legal query in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Refers to two people (business partners?), …

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  42. 3930LetterT-S NS J12

    Letter from Barhun b. Salah al-Tāhartī, from Mahdiyya to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1045. Barhun is in the Maghreb and makes business with the …

  43. וכדלך גהת [                          ] מן [                        ]

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    1. מא לך פי אלמאורד ואללובן ואלתנכאר וכאן ביעי בטראבלס ב[ ]

  45. ...כי יש מהן הנשלחות ....; מכרתי מזאת מספר רטלים במחירים שונים ....
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    השייך לך מתוך מי הוורדים ומן הלבונה(?) ומן הבורקס; מה שקניתי בטראבלס היה בעד ...

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  47. 3931LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/18

    Letter addressed to Aharon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Alexandria is mentioned at the bottom, but it is not immediately clear …

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  48. 3932LetterT-S AS 202.283

    Fragment of a communal letter, maybe a circular sent by the Gaʾon ("Rosh ha-Yeshiva" is all that is legible on the front side). Part of …

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  49. 3933LetterBL OR 10578A.72

    Letter addressed to Nissim Majjānī. In Hebrew. Late. Only the address is preserved.

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  50. 3934LetterDK 243 (alt: XII)

    Business letter to Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (Avraham David does not think it is Luria).

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  51. 3935Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 3088

    An Abu Zikri Kohen cheque. Sibāʿ is to pay the bearer three [...].

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  52. 3936LetterT-S 8J38.4

    Letter in Hebrew to two men, one of whom is called Abu al-Ḥasan.

    1. ] . .אות . . . . . . לבבך משה. . . . . . . . . . ונדעה
    2. ]יל. . . . . . . . . . . ידידותו ושכל אל. .ם . . . .פיד
    3. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . ולא חרד ליר…

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  53. 3937LetterT-S Ar.34.114

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Mentions a waraqa that is to be sent.

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  54. 3938LetterT-S AS 147.231

    Letter to [...] al-Kohen al-Ḥaver. Only conventional content is preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  55. 3939LetterT-S AS 153.25

    Letter to the Nagid Mevorakh. Only formulaic content is preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  56. 3940Legal documentT-S AS 201.463

    Ketubba fragment. The groom's name is Nissim. The payments amount to 100+ dinars.

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  57. 3941LetterAIU VII.E.161

    Recto and verso contain two different letters to "sayyidnā" from a certain Menaḥem. The one on recto is more legible. He says that he met …

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  58. 3942LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/24

    Letter from a certain Yosef, in Aden, to Yosef Ibn Shanju, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 16th century, based on the greetings to Efrayim …

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  59. 3943LetterCUL Or.1081 J22

    Nearly complete letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Ḥusayn Ṣedaqa b. Nissim al-Mukallifī (אלמכלפי ?) in Alexandria. The letter is written on a fragment torn from …

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  60. 3944LetterENA NS I.14

    Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his father Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about his terrible misfortunes this year ("everything that I had is buried," perhaps …

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  61. 3945LetterENA NS 64.2

    Letter fragment, probably. Only the address is preserved. Addressed to Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen ha-Ḥazzan b. Ḥesed. The blank space on the fragment is entirely filled with …

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  62. 3946LetterJRL B 6043

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew (with two words in Arabic script after the basmala). The tone is hostile and sarcastic; the specific issue is difficult …

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  63. 3947List or tableJRL B 7964

    Recto is an unidentified document in Arabic script. Verso is accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: probably 12th or early 13th century. Related to …

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  64. 3948LetterJRL B 7994

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to "mawlāy al-Rayyis Yosef." It is unclear how much of the content is preserved. There might be someone named Abū …

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  65. 3949LetterMoss. IV,61.5

    Letter fragment addressed to a certain ḥaver in al-Maḥalla. The surviving piece of the letter itself is in elegant Hebrew, and the address is in …

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  66. 3950LetterENA 2727.7a

    Letter from Aharon ha-Levi, Yosef ha-Borsaqī ("the tanner") to Abu'l-Ma'ali, ca. 1120. A certificate regarding the Estate of the Jerusalemites. The bearer of the letter …

    1. ממא אערף מולא אלשיך
    2. אבו אלמעאלי נט רח אן הדא
    3. מ אהרן הלוי הזקנ בן מ יוסף
    4. הלוי הבורסקי נע ופאץ כנאה
    5. פי דאר אלפד פי אלקדס
    6. תבנה במהרה בימינו ובימי
    7. כל עמ…
    And that he is one of the first Jerusalemites, there being no doubt nor suspicion concerning him.
  67. He is requesting (his due) from (the man) who (is in charge) of the allocations of the compounds  

  68. (10-11) of the Jerusalemites, since he is in a great distress.

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