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  1. 4001LetterENA NS 28.10

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. May be too damaged to extract much of the content.

    1. ] אלמלמד [. . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ל . . . אליום מדה . . . [
    2. ] . . . צל [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] רבע פראש לאבו אל[
    3. ] . . . . . אלאיאם אלד…

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  2. 4002Legal documentMoss. VII,6.1

    Legal document in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Fragment (lower right corner). Involving Abū l-Faraj who acknowledges receiving 10 dinars from …

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    1. ולמא [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . אבו] זכרי אלמד[כור
    2. שקיקי . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . ]יהם אבו אלפ[רג
    3. אבו [ . . . . ] אלמדכור …
    1. Whereas [... the aforementioned Abū] Zikrī [...]
    2. my brother [...] Abū l-Fa[raj ...]
    3. Abū [...] the aforementioned [...] that he should pay him [...]

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  3. 4003List or tableT-S 8.19

    India Book III,25: Account written by Avraham Ibn Yiju in Yemen around 1149–52 detailing a compensation in kind to Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq and Yosef b. …

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    1.                         בקימה אלפלפל אלדי כאן פי גליפקה
    2. לשיך כלף אבן יצחק מן אלד' אבהרא חדיד כופי אלדי כאנת 
    3. פי מרכב אבן אלמקדם אלגדיד אל עאטב…
    1. For the value of the pepper, which had been in Ghulayfiqa,
    2. for Sheikh Khalaf b. Isaac from the four bahārs of Kūfī iron which had been
    3. in the new sh…

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  4. 4004List or tableT-S Misc.25.38

    Communal accounts. For Yaʿqūb and Badr. Perhaps from a place other than Fustat. Thursday collection (pesiqa). See Med Soc II, App. A, section 159. (Information …

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  5. 4005Legal query or responsumT-S 12.381

    Responsum regarding the scoring of parchment (שירטוט) for Torah scrolls and mezuzot.

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  6. 4006List or tableENA 1822a.46

    List of items in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly the estate of a prosperous coppersmith with a mixture of goods from his store and his household (Goitein) or …

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    1. [ת]בת מא פי אלטבקה אלוצטאניה קדרין בראם
    2. כבאר לטבך אלדהן וקדרין [צגאר] ללטביך
    3. ודסתין וג' דסות נחאס צגאר וד' בראם אכר
    4. ללטביך ו[ד' מ]קאלי חדיד לל…

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    1. Inventory [of the possessions] on the middle floor: two big cauldrons with earthen pots
    2. for boiling paint, and two small pots for cooking and

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  7. 4007Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    IB V, 37, folio 12. Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce …

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  8. 4008LetterENA NS 47.23

    Letter of recommendation from Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) addressed to the congregation of 'Goshen' and surrounding villages, at their head the judge Shemuel. In …

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  9. 4009Unknown typeENA NS 83.89

    Unidentified document in Arabic.

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  10. 4010LetterT-S NS 305.169

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script, with a single word in Hebrew script (ניסן). Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. The preserved text is written at …

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  11. 4011LetterT-S K25.111

    Informal note from Seʿadya to an unidentified addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to send a 'khidma' informing him whether it is the 3rd or the …

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    1. צעיר עבדיו סעדיה

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    1. ]ארס(?)
    2. יא מולי ועד אלכרים דין ישתהי
    3. אלממלוך מן תפצל אלמולא
    4. באן ירסל לממלוכה אלכדמה
    5. ויערפה אלסנה הל הי…

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  12. 4012List or tableT-S AS 205.42

    List in Judaeo-Arabic on verso with names and corresponding numerical values (some of which are definitely monetary). Medieval-era. R Mentions names such as ʿImrān al-Sharābī, …

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  13. 4013List or tableT-S NS 225.8

    List of names, probably for support from the community. Numerous names listed on both recto and verso. On verso several are crossed out, and the …

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  14. 4014List or tableENA 1290.3

    Book list. Published in Alloni, the Jewish Library in the Middle Ages, 216-217

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  15. 4015List or tableJRL C 136

    List of names that was recorded alongside a column of numerical values before the paper was torn. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the …

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  16. 4016Legal documentT-S 6J10.8

    Recto: note to Abū l-Maḥāsin, asking for guidance in a personal problem (probably in relation to the query on verso), which also involves the fact …

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  17. 4017LetterCUL Or.1080 J56

    Letter from a certain Meʾir to his 'friend and brother' Abū ʿImrān ('ha-talmid ha-navon'). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender's hand is familiar from other documents (distinctive …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. סבב הדה אלאחרף אלי אכי ומולאי אטאל אל פי דואם [אלעז
    3. בקאה ומן חסן תופיקה לא אכלאה וכבת [. . . . חסדתה
    4. ואעדאה שוקי אליה וארתיאחי נחוה ו…

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  18. 4018Unknown typeENA NS 76.324

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  19. 4019Literary textENA NS 85.1121.1

    Minute printed fragment, in square Hebrew script. Refers to the Lekh Lekha parsha on the verso, and the following line is "ותדבר ישרא[ל."

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  20. 4020Unknown typeENA NS 85.509

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 4021Unknown typeMoss. IV,46.4

    Unidentified document mentioning (on verso) the rabbi (ha-Rav ha-Muvhaq) Barukh b. Yiṣḥaq (possibly the chief judge of Aleppo of the same name).

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  22. 4022Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#11) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 5v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated solely as 23 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 5v

    1. במא כאן בתא׳ לילה אלגמעה חצרו פי מושב [[.]] אסתר אבנת
    2. אלמד׳ צדקה אלכהן ואדעת עלי ע׳אלמעטי אבן אלמד׳ כצ'ר אלפולאדי
    3. ועל ב…

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  23. 4023LetterJRL B 4302

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Apparently describing a certain man's marital issue, but this is opaque. Handwriting of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Needs examination.

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    1. ]דה עלי מא ינבגי וישתהי
    2. אן יכברה באליסיר פכל מא יוודרה(?) מא לה
    3. ובה לאן רדה(?) עלי נפסה אגוד ועלי אן מא
    4. בידה סוי ענאיתה תע ולא יכליה מן ראי אן

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  24. 4024List or tableT-S F8.2

    Fol. 3v: Brief jotted accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Nāṣirī silver. There is also an ownership note for Moshe b. Hillel the descendant of [...]. This …

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  25. 4025Legal documentMoss. VIII,33.2

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Resolution of a dispute between Abū l-Surūr and someone else in a …

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  26. 4026Unknown typeENA NS 76.421

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  27. 4027LetterENA 2607.9

    Letter fragment. A square piece was cut from a personal/commercial letter. Mentions having sent with Aharon ('al-shaykh al-jalīl') something containing two linen cloths. Also contains …

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  28. 4028Legal documentT-S NS 342.139

    Minute fragment containing legal notes. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Mentioning Yiṣḥāq b. Moshe and 27 dinars.

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  29. 4029LetterBL OR 5549.5

    IB V, 4. Letter fragment. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen (according to Goitein's notes). Mentions Sayyidnā, al-Shaykh Maḍmūn, Ismāʿīl al-Majjānī; the kārim convoy …

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  30. 4030Unknown typeT-S NS 305.173

    Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Small fragment, damaged and faded. "Seven hundred" appears on one side.

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  31. 4031Legal documentENA NS 59.10

    Recto (secondary use): An inventory of legal deeds in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the heirs of Barakāt; a woman and Baqāʾ the orphan girl of Bunyām al-Malījī; …

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  32. 4032Legal documentT-S 12.360

    Verso: Legal formularies. In the margins of a literary text containing blessings.

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  33. 4033Unknown typeENA NS 78.99

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  34. 4034Legal documentENA NS 77.275

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Declaration by a woman connected to Evyatar ha-Kohen the Palestinian Gaon (likely his …

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  35. 4035Legal documentENA NS 53.20

    Legal document. Deed on mint partnership from 1563, in Cairo, between Yitsḥak d’Molina and Shlomo al-Faranji. Wednesday, Elul 1 5323 AM. Published אברהם דוד, 'יהודים …

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  36. 4036LetterT-S AS 147.126

    Fragment of a letter addressed to "the leader" (al-rayyis al-fāḍil al-ḥakham al-ajall). In Judaeo-Arabic. Cursive sephardi handwriting. (Information in part from CUDL. (Probably from the …

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  37. 4037LetterT-S 13J20.19

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa ha-Tāhartī, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. Mentions trade business with Sicily, an event with the …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי [ומולאי] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וצרף

    2. אלאסוא ענך [                       ] תשרי כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך באחס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת הגנתך ויסלק ממך
    2. כל רע .... (בחודש) תשרי, יחתום אותו אלוהים ע…

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  38. 4038LetterT-S Ar.34.259

    Recto: Letter, in Arabic script. Mentions qamḥ (wheat), and probably an inquiry related to its price. Contains the glyph. Needs examination.

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  39. 4039Legal query or responsumBL OR 12344.14

    Legal query with responsum. Concerning tefillin. Late. Striking signatures.

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  40. 4040Legal documentT-S AS 146.80

    Two lines from a ketubba of a bride, Malīḥa bt. Ṣed[aqa], divorced from a prior betrothal. AA

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  41. 4041Legal documentT-S Misc.28.61

    Legal document. Dated: Probably [16]11 Seleucid, which is 1299/1300 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Avraham (II) Maimonides. Location: Fustat. (Avraham I served 1204–37, …

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  42. 4042Unknown typeT-S AS 183.353

    Small fragment of an Arabic document. One of the only words preserved is "mamlūk."

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  43. 4043LetterYevr. III B 1154

    Letter, apparently by Mevorakh b. Natan b. Shemuel to the Gaʾon Netanʾel b. Moshe ha-Levi. Dating: approximately 1160–66 CE, based on the years when Netanʾel …

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  44. 4044Legal documentT-S Ar.42.163

    Lease contract involving al-Khazzān al-Yahūdī, dated A.H. 569 (= 1173-74 C.E.). - needs examination.

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  45. 4045State documentT-S NS 297.36

    State document, probably. In Arabic script. Dated: 517 H. (This might also be a kharājī date.) The document has a basmala; a block of text …

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    1. بسم ا]لله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. ]رى ذكره من مزارعي الناحية المعروفة بالجرش(؟)

    3. ]واخذها مما استخرجها القاضي رشيد واحضره

    4. ]. ورقاع الشيخ ابوا طاهر…

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  46. 4046LetterMoss. IV,62.1

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  47. 4047Legal documentT-S 10J2.1

    Bill of divorce. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 14 Tammuz 1335 Seleucid, which is 24 June 1024 CE. Husband: ʿAmram b. Khalaf b. Aharon Ibn Asqawī ha-Levi. …

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  48. 4048Paraliterary textT-S AS 181.20

    Likely a medical prescription.

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  49. 4049Unknown typeYevr. IV 29

    Non-Geniza. Notebook of the ḥevra qadisha in Uman (Ukraine). 1774-1836 CE. Information from NLI.

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  50. 4050Literary textT-S J2.39

    Recto: Maimonides’ autograph draft of a 3-line poem he composed and included at the beginning of his philosophical work ‘Guide for the Perplexed’. Verso: the …

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