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  1. 351Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1566

    Pre nuptial agreement between Nissim Halevi b. Eliyyahu b. Nissim and Rachel d. Mordechai b. Shalom, dated Sunday 18th Adar, 5579 Era of creation (1819).

    1. בע׳׳ה             במותב בית דין
    2.                              יר׳׳ה
    3. סבב תסטיר האדי אלאחרוף במוגב תחרירהא והוא אנהו אקר ואעתרף
    4. ואשהד עלי נפסה הב׳ הי׳ …

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  2. 352Legal documentENA NS 61.25

    Legal document(s). Probably a draft. Small and damaged fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Includes part of a partnership …

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  3. 353List or tableJRL B 5337

    Accounts in Coptic numerals.

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  4. 354Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 555

    Literary text, in Hebrew script. Needs examination.

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  5. 355LetterT-S 8J22.19

    Letter from Umm Sālim, probably in Fustat, to her sister Umm Salāma, in the house of al-Ḥemdat b. Pinḥas, in New Cairo (based on ENA …

    Translated by Renée Levine Melammed.

    My letter to you, oh my sister, the most honored of creatures to me and by me, may God prolong your life and per…

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  6. 356List or tableT-S AS 185.183

    List of quantities of dinars, most entries are crossed out. Medieval-era. Rudimentary hand. Doodles on verso.

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  7. 357LetterT-S AS 153.211

    Letter. With a long Hebrew introduction (quoting Psalms 19:6 and 92:3) and the body mostly in Judaeo-Arabic. The body of the letter begins with congratulations …

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  8. 358LetterMoss. VII,197.1

    Fragment from a letter of appeal in which the writer alludes to news 'that made my chest constrict and the world collapse on me.' He …

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  9. 359Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 176.467

    Receipt.

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  10. 360Legal documentYevr. II K 54

    Bottom part of Karaite ketubba, only partialy preserved. The groom is Yeshu'a and the bride Esther.

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  11. 361Literary textT-S AS 170.109 + T-S AS 170.118

    Unidentified literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to "stories of Alexander... and the school of philosophical politics" (madhhab al-siyāsa al-falsafiyya).

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  12. 362Legal documentT-S 20.132

    Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment.

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  13. 363State documentStras. 4110/57

    Fiscal account, or possibly commercial. Mentions sums of dinars, places, and the phrase 'al-tawqīʿāt al-afḍaliyya.' Reused for magical text in Hebrew and unidentified (or nonsensical) …

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  14. 364Legal documentJTS MS R1891.2

    See PGPID 15834

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  15. 365Paraliterary textENA 3682.7

    Recto: Magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A page of magical letters encompassed by an ouroboros. (Information in part from Goitein's index card)

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  16. 366LetterT-S NS 320.51

    Letter from ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen, in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 1050 …

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    1. [لسيدي] الحابر المعوﻻ ابي كثير افرائيم بن محفوظ [
    2. [اطال] الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وسعادته [
    3. الحسين بن نجا....

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    1. [כתאבי אטאל אללה בק…

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  17. 367Unknown typeENA NS 85.236

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  18. 368LetterBodl. MS heb. f 56/82–83

    Three letters from Se’adya b. Yosef to his students in Fustat in the course of the 921-922 calendar controversy between Palestinians and Babylonians. Original letter …

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    1. ובלכתי מהמון אל המון' ובשובי 
    2. מחיל אל חיל' כזכרי טפי ועולליי 
    3. לנגדי כן זכרכם תלמיד' לא
    4. נגזר מניב ולא נגרז מנגד עיני
    5. ומן ייי אלה'י' עזי אשאלה
    6. ל…

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  19. 369Unknown typeENA NS 85.824

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  20. 370LetterT-S 10J17.21

    Letter from ʿAwaḍ b. Hanan'el in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, in which the writer complains of hardships he has endured, and asks …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה
    2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמתה
    3. לי מדה מא וקפת לה עלי כתאב אללה תע'
    4. יגעלה פי חיז אלסלאמה ויגעל ולדה
    5. וקד א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך;
    3. מזמן לא קראתי מכתב ממך; אלוהים יתעלה
    4. ישימך במחוז הש…

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  21. 371Unknown typeENA NS 85.812

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  22. 372List or tableT-S K6.191

    Recto: beginning of Maimonides’ Hilkhot Yesode ha-Tora with divisions of the subjects marked by Hebrew letters in larger script. Verso: an account from Qalyūb mentioning …

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  23. 373State documentT-S Ar.42.186

    A register copy containing accounts of three arrests. The first detainee is Faẓāʾil (Naẓāʾir?) b. Ismaʿīl who was arrested by Sayyid al-Ahl, Riḍwān, and al-Muẓaffar …

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  24. 374Legal documentT-S 10J23.2

    Recto: Legal document in which Abū l-Khayr b. Nājī ha-Parnas releases ʿAmīd al-Dawla Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef from any obligations for goods sold by the latter …

    1. שהדותא דהות באפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא כן הוה חצר אלינא אבו אל
    2. כיר בר כבוד מרנא נאגי הפרנס ס[ . . . ] וקאל לנא כאן אלשיך אלגליל כבוד גדולת קדוש…

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  25. 375Legal documentENA NS 50.2

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Yūd ʿImrān on Bīr al-Ḥā'it, Yemen. Dated: 4 Nisan 2151 Seleucid = 7 April 1840 CE. Groom: Hārūn b. Sālim al-Thalā'ī(?). …

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  26. 376Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 644

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Recto seems pen trials or a crossed out draft, with a fragmentary basmala and beginning of a date. Verso mentions …

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  27. 377List or tableT-S AS 177.503

    Bifolium of business accounts in (messy) Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  28. 378Legal documentJRL B 2681

    Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Someone releases multiple people from claims. No details.

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  29. 379Paraliterary textT-S K1.121

    A single recipe, for safety on the road. Possibly in the handwriting of the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (this seems dubious and requires examination). …

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  30. 380LetterT-S 10J12.20

    Letter from Mevasser b. David in Damsis to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, ca. 1053. The main issue discussed in the letter is an argument …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכלאיתך מן

    2. דמסיס יום ערובה סכות אעאדה אללה עליה אעואם כתירה תזכה לביאת גואל

    3. ובנין…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסותו לך,
    2. מדמסיס, ביום ערב סוכות. יחדשהו אלוהים עליך שנים רב…

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  31. 381Unknown typeENA NS 79.56

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  32. 382Legal documentT-S Misc.29.21

    Recto: Deed of sale for the purchase by Abū ʿAlī Ḥassān b. Ibrahim b. Azhar (the Jewish moneychanger) of two houses in Fusṭāṭ from Abū …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. هذا ما اشتری حسان ويكنا ابا على بن [ابرهيم بن ازه]ر الاسرائيلي الصيرفي من الشيخ ابي المنجا بهور بن شنوته بن بحاش النصراني ال…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. This is what Ḥassān, bearing the patronymic Abū ʿAlī, ibn [Ibrāhīm ibn Azhar],  the…

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  33. 383State documentT-S Ar.35.367

    Verso: Small fragment of a decree, probably. Only a few letters are preserved.

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  34. 384Unknown typeENA NS 79.214

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  35. 385List or tableJRL B 7005

    Recto and bottom margin of verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Organized by day of the week.

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  36. 386LetterT-S 8.143

    Verso: Draft of a letter to a judge. The sender reports that a certain Abū l-Ḥasan settled in Bilbays and owed 200 nuqra dirhams to …

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  37. 387Legal documentMoss. VII,44

    Instructions for writing legal documents, in particular those dealing with debts, with formulaic examples in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 388LetterT-S AS 60.13

    Small fragment of a letter from a son to his father (al-wālid al-makhdūm). (Information from CUDL)

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  39. 389LetterT-S 24.53

    Letter from Elḥanan b. Shemarya to [Sahlān] b. Avraham ha-Mumḥe. Reused on verso for various poems of praise, including one addressing Judah and his son …

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  40. 390Legal documentPER H 83

    Deed of compensation. Location: Tyre. Dated: Tuesday, 23 Kislev 4780 AM = 24 November 1019 CE.

    1. מה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין והזקנים החתומה עידותינו בסוף שטר זה במדינת צור
    2. היושבת על חוף הים הגדול מבוא השמש כך היה שאמרה אלינו דרה בת שלמה בן דניאל

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  41. 391Unknown typeENA NS 79.210

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  42. 392Paraliterary textENA NS 2.43 + ENA NS 2.42

    Magical fragment

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  43. 393Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110a/13

    Recipes in Judaeo-Arabic. Alchemical: dhahab kāmil in shā' allāh.

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  44. 394Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.11

    Legal record (#18). Loan contract. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Khayr b. Nājī owes 2.25 dinars to Abū l-Murajjā Sālim al-Ṣayrafī b. Abū …

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  45. 395Paraliterary textT-S 8F1

    A colophon and the beginning of R. Ḥananel b. Ḥushiel's interpretation to tractate Yoma. According to the colophon, the manuscript was copied by Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, …

    1. פירוש מסכתא דיומא ד[פ]ריש רבנו חננאל
    2. הרב המובהק זצ'ל ביר' חושיאל הרב הגדול
    3. זצ'ל.         קניתיו לנפשי אני אליהו הכהן בן 
    4. גאון נין גאון נכד גאון זק'ל…

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  46. 396Unknown typeENA NS 85.354

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  47. 397Paraliterary textCUL Or.1081 1.27

    Instructions for some sort of magical procedure. "Take seven pebbles, throw one in each of the four cardinal directions, and three will remain with you. …

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  48. 398Legal documentT-S Ar.29.145

    There are several unrelated fragments sharing this shelfmark, of which the only documentary one is fol. 5. Fol. 5v: Legal document written by Mevorakh b. …

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  49. 399LetterT-S AS 177.230

    Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 6 lines are preserved from each side. The content is obscure. Verso is the front of the letter, and recto …

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  50. 400List or tableJRL C 116

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 8 Muharram 1267 AH which is 1850 CE. This JRL folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.

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