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  1. 4051Legal documentT-S NS 292.81 + T-S NS 290.73 + T-S NS 290.75

    Legal document in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Location: Cairo. Dating: No later than 1195 CE, as it was written under the authority …

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  2. 4052Unknown typeT-S Ar.30.189

    Jottings, including verses of Hebrew poetry, a trial incipit of a letter in Arabic script, and lines of writing arranged in circular patterns. Information from …

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  3. 4053State documentT-S Ar.3.9

    Response to the endorsement of a petition by two men, one of whom is Ibrāhīm, son of the illustrious judge. The case is referred to …

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    1. . [الحمد لله] وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد النبي وسلم تسليم
    2. عبدا مولانا صلوات الله عليه ومملوكاه
    3. ابراهيم بن القاضي الموفق
    4. امتثل المرسوم فى التو…
    1. [Praise be to God] alone and his blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, the prophet, and save (him).

    2. The two servants of our master, the praises of…

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  4. 4054LetterCUL Or.1080 J188

    Verso: Letter mentioning Moshe b. Maymūn b. Yosef b. ʿOvadya (Moses Maimonides) and an epistle he had sent to the Nasi? Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, …

    1. אחד מתלמידיו //אשר// לאהבתו מלא ידיו ולשרתו ישר מצעדיו ולעבד[ו
    2. הכין מעבדיו .אוהבו לשמע אזנים ואם לא ראהו משה בר מ
    3. מימון זצל בר יוסף זצל בר עובדיה זצ…

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  5. 4055Literary textT-S AS 153.218

    Philosophical work comparing the prophecy of Moshe to other prophets. Information from Sarah Stroumsa's transcription and notes.

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  6. 4056Literary textT-S AS 153.220

    Philosophical work on good and evil deeds and God's transcendence. Information from Nahum Steinberg's transcription and notes.

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  7. 4057Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 153.227

    Receipt in late Hebrew script. Mentions Miṣrayim (Cairo). The first line is a name: Moshe(?) Mizrāḥī, with the latter word more clearly rendered. The middle …

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  8. 4058LetterT-S AS 177.168

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Verso: Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era. Both need examination.

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  9. 4059Legal documentT-S AS 148.146

    Legal deed of quittance (שטר פצוי), parts of only 8 lines preserved. (Information from CUDL and from Marina Rustow)

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  10. 4060LetterT-S Misc.35.14

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (r. 1025–1051) to the head of the Babylonian community in Egypt, Sahlan b. Avraham, thanking him for forwarding a …

    1. ליקר פאר כגק מר ור סהלאן ה[נקוב בא]רבעה כינויי של כבוד
    2. יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו ויעטרו [ויפ]ארו ויתן לו תאות לבו וסברו
    3. ויעמיד ממנו מקים שמו וזכרו [בן כ…

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  11. 4061Legal documentT-S AS 146.410

    Legal document on parchment. Mentioning a ketubba, a woman, Elʿazar traveling to Bilbays, "my son Saʿadya." Refers to a property that is "leased" (muḥtakara); the …

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  12. 4062Unknown typeT-S H15.105

    This penitential selihah survives in several manuscripts found in the Cairo Geniza. It is based on the conceit that the Jewish people is “sick”—that is, …

    You are God, who does wonders; show mercy and consolation to the poor nation, which is ill. 

    I shall speak with eloquence to give thanks to You regar…

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  13. 4063LetterUnknown (excavation images 1966A_P06_15A-16 and 1966A_P06_16A-17)

    Letter from the Muslim landowner and official in Nubia Lāmiʿ b. Ḥasan al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī ibn Khiyākh, the ikhshīl in Ibrīm. Dating: …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اعلم الاكشيل وصاحب الخيل ووزير الملك اطال الله بقاه
    3. وادام حراسته ونعمته انه يعلم ما وصل كتابه الى به في
    4. حال المسافرين م…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I inform the Ikshīl, the Master of the Horses, the vizier of the king—may God prolong his …

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  14. 4064List or tableT-S 8J13.18

    Account of the Qodesh: building expenditures, ca. 1044 SH [11-12-86] Fragment of a leaf written by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya, torn at its upper …

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    1. ]רסתה את[
    2. ]דר' דכר אנה בקייה מן איאם [ ]א[ ]א[ ]
    3. ]ק דר' והדא תבת מא אנפקה משרף פי
    4. ]סנט וחמלה תלתה דר' תמן סיסבאנה נצף
    5. ]דרהמין ונצף תמן רטל מסא…

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    1. . . . 

    2.  . . . dir. which, he said, are a balance from the days.

    3.  . . . dir. And this is the account of what was spent by Mushrif for 

    4.  …

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  15. 4065LetterT-S NS J291

    Beginning and end of an important business letter written probably after the arrival of the sender from al-Mahdiyya to Alexandria, containing a list of prices …

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    1. מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אדאם אללה עזה וסעאדתה ונעמאה
    2. נעלמך סלמך אללה אן קד וצלנא סאלמין בחמד אללה
    3. בעהד לה יום ואלדי כאן מעי בעתה ונצת תמנה
    4. דנא' מרא…

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  16. 4066LetterT-S AS 170.230

    Copy of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Literary format.

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  17. 4067LetterMIAC 2

    Announcement for the observance of the Day of Geniza for clusters of texts in the Bassatine Cemetery – 18 December 1949CE – Museum of Islamic …

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  18. 4068Legal query or responsumENA 2626.1

    Literary collection of Responsa, apperently Rabbi Shelomo b. Aderet.

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  19. 4069List or tableENA 3940.1

    Recto: Probably Arabic poetry. Verso: Bottom of a document in Arabic script. Concludes (l. 2) with in shāʾa allāh followed by a taṣliya. Underneath there …

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  20. 4070List or tableT-S NS 99.26

    Late accounts with the name Yiṣḥaq Castro at top. Belongs together with T-S NS 100.86 (PGPID 23532).

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  21. 4071Legal documentT-S NS 264.76

    Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a legal query ("mā yaqūl sayyidunā. . . ").

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  22. 4072LetterENA 4096.g

    Letter to David ha-Nasi the Exilarch. He is also addressed as al-Rayyis. Written in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he arrived safely in …

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  23. 4073Unknown typeENA 3972.31

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  24. 4074LetterENA 4101.11a + ENA 4101.11b

    Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, sent to a notable in Fustat, containing an account of a messianic harbinger in Yemen, …

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  25. 4075Legal documentT-S AS 147.283

    Damaged fragment from a ketubah.

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  26. 4076LetterT-S Misc.11.156

    Fragment of a family letter. Torn vertically down the middle. Addressed to Fuḍayla (פוצילא), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably ca. 15th–17th century. Includes …

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  27. 4077Literary textT-S 10J22.2

    Dirge on the death of Saadya b. Yehuda the Nagid, styled 'Sar.' Dated to the end of the 11th century. (Information from Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, …

    Column 1.

    1. לא אעשה העת אשורנו ובמנעמי חסד אחדהו:
    2. שמעה משורר לי הלא בי אם פי שירך תרחיב אמלאהו:
    3. אם תשאלה מזער / . ל . / הרב אל חיק גמול שירך אשיבהו:
    4. א…

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  28. 4078Legal documentT-S NS 338.20

    An order from Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of linseed oil (zayt ḥār). Cf. T-S NS 31.11.

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  29. 4079State documentT-S AS 177.206

    Recto: Fragment of a petition or report in Arabic script. The sender says that he sent a prior 'khidma,' then praises the addressee and/or the …

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  30. 4080Unknown typeT-S AS 146.318

    Minute fragment with the signature of Yaḥyā b. Avraham ha-Rofeʾ (the physician). Or possibly [Pe]raḥya. AA/ASE

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  31. 4081LetterENA NS 77.153

    Draft of a flowery letter in Hebrew with wide line spacing, possibly a communal epistle. The draft was abandoned in the first line of salutations. …

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  32. 4082Literary textT-S AS 120.189 + T-S AS 120.190 + T-S AS 121.237 + T-S NS 329.820 + T-S AS 74.141 + Moss. I,81A + Moss. I,81B + Moss. I,81C + Moss. I,81D

    Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, Heb4 in Bohak's edition, Hebrew translation, "Pilate" recension), containing passages 7.7–8.6 (breaks off incomplete); part of the same manuscript as T-S …

    Verso (ninth section of join): T-S AS 120.189v + T-S AS 120.190r

    1. והב[יא]ו֯ לפני ר' יהושע בן פרח֯[יה].
    2. והעלו אותו ויתלוהו על הקנה
    3. שלאקרבין שהוא מ֯נבי…

    Verso (ninth section of join): T-S AS 189v + T-S AS 120.190r

    1. and br[ough]t him before R. Yehoshuʿa ben Peraḥiah.
    2. And they raised him up and they hun…

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  33. 4083LetterYevr. II A 1603

    Copies of letters sent from Kosdina to Troki

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  34. 4084LetterT-S NS 321.109a

    Letter fragment (upper left corner of recto and remnants of the address on verso) addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. Mentions the latter's son Abū Zikrī …

    1. ממלוכה [. . . . .]
    2. יכדם מושב הדרת יקרת צפיר]ת תפארת מר ור הדיין ה{ח}כם והנבון
    3. אליהו שמ צורו בר כגק מר ור זכ]ריה ראש הקהל נע וינהי באן ממלוכה
    4. . . . .…

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  35. 4085LetterT-S AS 205.176

    Verso (original use): Bottom of a family letter in Arabic script. Refers to someone who has been sick (wajīʿ) for 21 days without the sender's …

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  36. 4086List or tableJRL B 2750 + JRL B 2872

    Tables of Greek/Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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  37. 4087State documentENA 3824.5

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of 17 lines are preserved. Dated: probably [5]32 AH = 1137/38 CE. Also possible is 432 AH = …

    1. وقف عبد مولاي الشيخ [الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه
    2. وعلوه وتمكينه وكبت عـ[ـدوه
    3. والتي يدلوه(؟) في رقعـ[
    4. عما يعمل في هذه الـ[
    5. ومذ توقف(؟) طائفة من ا[ل…

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  38. 4088Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1555

    Karaite engagement agreement between Yahūda b. Yeshūʿa Levi aka Hīti and ʿAzīza bt. Yahuda Levi. Dated Friday 13 Tevet 5515 AM (1755 CE). Location: the …

    1. סבב תצטיר הדה אלאחרף באן חצ'רו בעץ מן אלקהל ברו׳ יהי׳ פי מנזל כה׳׳ר
    2. דוד לשי(!) יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר ישועה לוי ידיע דרויש נ׳׳ע תם חצר הב׳ יהודה לוי החתן ס׳׳ט …

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  39. 4089List or tableT-S NS 264.69

    Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).

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  40. 4090LetterT-S 6J5.6 + T-S NS J274

    Draft of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim to a person in the Maghreb. Around 1046. Seems like the letter is addressed to the Tāhartī …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך [ 
    2. אללה ואיאך ברכתה וסעאד/ת\ה ומא יליה מן אלאשהר ען חאל סלאמה אללה [ 
    3. עלי אחסן חאל במנ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך (מ… ביום… בחודש… יראה) 
    2. אלוהים (לנו) ולך את ברכתו ואת אושרו, וגם…

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  41. 4091Legal documentT-S NS 190.78

    Small fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Probably a settlement of a marital dispute. The husband is probably …

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  42. 4092State documentENA 1177.77 + ENA 1177.78 + ENA 3907.6

    Fatimid official report mentioning two messengers sent from the caliph (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira) to Damascus and also mentioning the Banū Hilāl. Probable join with ENA 3907.6 …

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  43. 4093Legal documentT-S AS 153.250

    Recto and verso are both legal drafts, probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Verso concerns the same case as in T-S 13J4.4 (PGPID …

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  44. 4094Legal documentT-S NS 320.57 + ENA 2386.4

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The case involves a husband named Yosef ha-Kohen and his …

    1. ] ואל [
    2. // בר//  ]זן מ יוסף הכהן זוגהא אל[
    3. ]בנה צגירה ולם יתר[
    4. ] יום ספרה ואלי אלאן מ[
    5. ]גיאע ליס להמא מא יר[
    6. ]לי נפסהא באלדין //לתקתאתת// האלאפ[
    7. ] א…

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  45. 4095LetterT-S 8J17.20

    IB III, 55a. Letter from Perahya b. Yosef Yiju to his brother Shemuel in Fustat, complaining of his failure to procure a responsum (see III, …

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    1. אלדי אעלם בה אכי [אלעזיז
    2. ויקהל וקראתה פהמת [מצמונה
    3. מן גההת מרץ אלואלד[
    4. ועולה אשתרי לה[
    5. דין יש אלמ ל[
    6. פמא וגדת וקאל לי בעץ אצחא[
    7. הו קריב אלעהד …

    Recto

    1. Another matter: You have disappointed (me) by having gone to Menaḥēm or spoken
    2. to him or requesting from someone to wri…

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  46. 4096LetterMoss. Ia,24

    Letter addressed to a certain Yehuda. In Judaeo-Arabic. Nearly complete, albeit faded. Begins, "The messenger for our congregation from our master the Nagid arrived with …

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  47. 4097Legal documentT-S NS 224.40 + T-S NS 184.67

    IB VII, 14. Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Ṣāfī b. Yakhin appoints [Yaʿ]aqov(?) b. Yiṣḥaq(?) al-Sijilmāsī as his …

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  48. 4098List or tableT-S K15.68

    Genealogical list of the family of Avraham Maimonides' mother (the wife of Moshe Maimonides), a family in which nearly every member is described as "he-Ḥasid" …

    verso, right column

    1. בית] אלשיך
    2. ]אבו נצר
    3. בן אלשיך] אלתקה
    4. מרינו ו]רבינו ישעיהו
    5. ]פאר החסידים
    6. ראש הסדר ואנשי
    7. המעשה וח דניאל
    8. פאר החסידים
    9. וח ישעיהו סגולת

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  49. 4099Unknown typeENA NS 85.595

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  50. 4100Unknown typeENA NS 76.556

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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