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  1. 4201Legal documentT-S 13J4.14

    Statement concering the mamraq (passage) between houses, the proprietor of which allows two neighbors to build on it, Tevet 1525/December 1213–January 1214.

    שמואל בר יפת נותן לאבו אלמעאלי בן אלדיין אלמשכיל, קרובו של הנגיד אברהם

    בן הרמב"ם רשות לבנות שער על מעבר בין ביתו לבית הנגיד על אדמת שמואל בר

    1. [הפטיש]…

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  2. 4202List or tableJRL A 874

    Small fragment from late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The scribal hand is idiosyncratic, probably the same as: JRL SERIES A 1464 (PGPID 28174).

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  3. 4203LetterT-S 13J22.10

    Long letter to the judge Avraham b. Natan of Ramla, Palestine, from the late 11th century; probably sent from Tyre. The writer wishes to go …

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    1. יוי עוזי ומגיני
    2. שלום עד לאין קץ. ושלוה עד לאין תכלית.
    3. והצלחת מעשים. והכנעת קמים : והשפלת
    4. צרים ואויבים: ומילאוי שאלה. ועילוי
    5. נתיבה: והרמת יד. ו…

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  4. 4204State documentT-S Ar.39.387

    Part of a preliminary draft of a chancery document addressed to a government official. ". . . bi-l-shadd minka fī istikhrāj al-māl ʿalā l-kamāl ʿalā …

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    1. المشارفات المشارفات ويقضيك

    2. بالشد منك في استخراج المال على الكمال 

    3. على الكمال والتمام وقصر يد من يدوم  الاحتما

    4. عليك والمنع من احداث رسم …

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  5. 4205Legal documentENA 3902.1

    Legal document in Arabic script. Very damaged.

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  6. 4206Unknown typeENA NS 85.1185

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 4207LetterT-S 13J21.34

    Recto: fragment of a recommendation letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli ha-Ḥaver b. Amram, Fustat. The name of the person who is recommended is …

    1. כאן תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלחב[ר
    2. ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמתה [
    3. אלי גליל חצרתה במא אסתגני ע[
    4. קריב תם אעלמתה וצול אלש[
    5. וצחבתה כתאב מן מולאי אלנגי[ד
    6. ציאנתה וקד …

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  8. 4208Literary textENA 3956.10

    Literary. In Arabic script. Wisdom literature.

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  9. 4209LetterT-S 16.343

    Letter from David I Maimonides to R. Yiṣḥaq. Dating ca. 1237–1300 CE based on the years of service of David I Maimonides as Nagid. Involving …

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  10. 4210Unknown typeENA NS 79.102

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  11. 4211Legal documentT-S AS 172.356

    Legal document in the form of a letter. Fragment (bottom part only). Refers to various legal conditions, might mention sugar, and specifies a fine of …

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  12. 4212Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1616

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Kislev 5422 AM, which is 1661 CE. Location: presumably Cairo, based on the witness signature of Barukh Rofe– a …

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף סאבקא שבכה בין אדו׳ הנ׳ הג׳ כה׳׳ר ברוך נשיא יצ׳׳ו נין המנוח
    2. אדו׳ הנ׳ הג׳ אליעזר צמח נ׳׳ע ובין אלמד׳ אהרן כהן נ׳׳ע אבן אלמר כה׳׳…

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  13. 4213LetterT-S NS 264.15

    Letter from Tripoli or possibly Tyre to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya. Dating: 1094–1111, based on Mevorakh's titles. The handwriting resembles that of ʿAmram b. …

    1. אדוני [
    2. אדונינו כב[
    3. ישראל ונירם והודם והדרם מבורך הנגיד נגיד
    4. עם יי שר השרים עוז בית ישראל דגל הרבנ[ים]
    5. יהיה אל בעזרו ותעריף חצרתה אלאגלה ח[אלי]
    6. ומא …

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  14. 4214List or tableENA 2591.6

    Collection for the capitation tax - jibayat al-jawali (verso) (for the 6th week of the liturgical year, usually falling in November). As the very small …

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    1. מנצור [..[..٠٠..ל ורק 1/3
    2. עזיז? א ½
    3. אבו אלמנאשר אבו אלהדב
    4. אבו עמראן בן אלע...
    5. אכוה אב[ו] ס[...] ½
    6. אברהים [..]מ[.] 1/3
    7. מחפוט בן אל..ב. 1…

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    1. Collection for the poll tax, w[eek of] “This is the story of Yiṣ[ḥaq]” [Genesis 25:19]

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    1. Abuʾl-Fakhr Levi the druggist on…

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  15. 4215LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/18

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential. Mentions the Gaʾon and the Av ha-Yeshiva. Needs examination.

    1. ] . אב ואננא שהד אללה [
    2. משתהי ללאגתמאע בחצרתה לא [
    3. חקוקהא מא יגב עלי למתלה אלא אן הדר[תה
    4. תעלם מא אנא בצדדה ומא תאתא ע[לי מן
    5. אלזמאן ותעסה ומא תכאתפה …

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  16. 4216LetterJRL B 5244

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged.

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  17. 4217List or tableT-S AS 215.311

    Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe some sort of formalized accounts. There are four distinct entries each beginning "wa-waṣala lahū." Reused on recto for …

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  18. 4218List or tableT-S AS 215.253

    Minute fragment. List of unidentified items, might be connected with T-S AS 215.216

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  19. 4219Legal documentT-S 12.830 + T-S 8J5.13

    IB IV, 26-27 (ח26). Partnership or investment (ʿisqa) agreement. Probably from a court notebook. Between Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi and Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf b. Shuʿayb …

    IV,26

    1. בסימנא טבא ומעליא
    2. יקול יוסף בן שעיב בן אל נגרה אנני קבצ'ת ותסלמת מן אל חכם
    3. אל אג'ל ר' חלפון בן נתנאל הלוי נט' רח' מן כאלץ מאלה סתין מתקאלא
    4. מרא…

    IV, 26 recto (T-S 12.830 1v)

    1. בסימנא טבא ומעליא.
    2. יוסף בן שעיב בן אלנגרה מצהיר: אני קיבלתי ולקחתי מן החכם
    3. המפואר ביותר ר' חלפון בן נתנאל הלוי נט' רח' …

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  20. 4220Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#75) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 26r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 18 Sivan 5325 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 26r

    1. למא כאן לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאתנין י׳׳ח פי שהר סיון המכו׳
    2. סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ה ליצירה חצר מוסי אללוי א׳ ע׳אלבאקי אללוי יצ׳…

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  21. 4221State documentT-S AS 184.45

    Receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm and for the appointed treasurers. Dated: end of Jumādā I …

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  22. 4222Legal documentT-S Ar.54.74

    Record of the birth of a child in May 1197 CE. Dated according to two Jewish calendars, the Coptic calendar, and the Muslim calendar. (Information …

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  23. 4223Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J7

    Legal documents, drafts, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya concerning a legal dispute between Yiṣḥaq (Surūr) b. Yaʿaqov b. Aharon, known as al-Jāsūs (אלגאסוס), …

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  24. 4224Legal documentT-S 8J8.5

    Leaf from a court notebook. Recto: Legal entry related to the sale of a female slave. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1528 Seleucid = 4 May …

    1. אקני מן אלשיך בו אלעז בן אלשיך בו עמראן אלשראבי נע'
    2. אן כל גראמה אן יגרמהא אלשיך בו אלחסן אלמלמד
    3. מן סבב דהב אלעהדה בתאע אלגאריה אלדי אשתראהא
    4. אלשיך בו…

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  25. 4225List or tableT-S Ar.30.32

    Five leaves of an account book. Mostly daily entries of a money dealer. Goitein writes, "The first two of five leaves written by a fledgling …

    1. Debit, Thursday 23 Muḥarram

    2. Note to Abu ʾl-Khayr 20 d.

    3. Dr., a purse to Abraham 5 ⅙ d. 1 q. 

    4. Dr., a purse to al-Anṣsarī 3d. exactly

    1. Cr. …

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  26. 4226Legal documentT-S AS 153.11

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Probably a partnership agreement. No names or details preserved. (Information in part …

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  27. 4227List or tableT-S AS 187.115

    Recto: List of names on the back of a recycled document in Arabic, such as: Yahuda al-Rūmī, Yaʿacov b. Ṣadaqa, and others. Medieval-era. Requires further …

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  28. 4228LetterT-S 10J14.3

    Letter from Sahlān b. Avraham perhaps to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. Written in a calligraphic hand and beautiful biblical style. Only the …

    1. . כומות השלומות לה חב[
    2. רצופות להחפות ולהגבר [
    3. מ . ו // . //תכם לכב גד קדש מר[
    4. יושמר משד ושבר ויאתא ל[
    5. נוחו בגן בישתני:[
    6. והפעם הראשונית שתה הרופא[
    7. נת…

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  29. 4229LetterT-S NS 322.110

    Address of a letter. In Arabic script. Probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem (see …

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  30. 4230Literary textT-S AS 152.142

    Likely the introduction to a literary text, but could be a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  31. 4231List or tableENA NS 7.42

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Names such as ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq.

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  32. 4232Legal documentT-S AS 145.392

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Probably a prenuptial agreement or agreement between spouses, since there is a condition …

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  33. 4233Legal documentUPenn RAR MS 82.313.1.5

    Fragment of a deed of sale for a property, probably. Dated: Ramaḍān 421 AH = September 1030 CE. Reused for Hebrew text (lower margin and …

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  34. 4234Unknown typeENA NS 78.62

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  35. 4235State documentT-S Ar.35.38 + T-S Ar.34.212

    Tax receipt. From the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  36. 4236LetterT-S AS 146.147

    Letter of appeal for financial assistance by the elders of the community of Corfu (קורפו). In Hebrew. The date does not appear to be preserved, …

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  37. 4237Literary textT-S 10J9.29

    Fragment of religious poetry in the hand of Shemuel b. Saadya ha-Levi (1165-1203). (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. ידיע [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ישימו להם מארבים [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  38. 4238List or tableT-S AS 181.113

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the years 440–43, so probably written in 443 AH = 1051/52 CE or shortly after.

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  39. 4239LetterT-S 8J22.26

    Letter sent by a young weaver to a woman, probably his aunt, reporting that he is looking for a place to stay and for work. …

    1. מעי .[. .]מא חצלו ידי שי אני[. . . . . . . . .
    2. פי אסכנדריה ולא ענדכם פבקית תרך ובלית
    3. בקואם מא יכאפו אללה ולעל אכי קד קאסאהם
    4. וקד אכצר מקאמי מעהם ואנא…

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  40. 4240LetterT-S AS 184.145

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Two lines from near the beginning are nearly completely preserved, and a few words in the margin. Almost all formulaic: …

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  41. 4241LetterENA 3651.3

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The content is difficult to determine from the small bit that is preserved. The addressee is urged to do something quickly.

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  42. 4242LetterT-S NS J329

    Letter addressed to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. Mentions a caravan; meeting with Ibn al-Ghardīs (there was a judge by this …

    Verso - address

    1. יצל אלי פסטאט מצר
    2. בלג פדית
    3. ישע יוחש

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    1. . . . 
    2. ]טרו אלקאפלה ונעד [
    3. ]לקינא בן אלגרדיס ובן ואסילן(?)
    4. ] ולאכן תגיכם אלכתב מע
    5. ]ר ענד…

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  43. 4243Literary textT-S Ar.30.87 + T-S Ar.30.26

    List of piyyutim cited by their incipits. Each item has been crossed through. Headed "fahrasat raḥamim." Information from Baker/Polliack catalogue.

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  44. 4244LetterDK 311 (alt: 3, 6)

    Business letter from Shelomo b. Avraham [. . .] Ruqqī to Abū l-Faraj Nissim b. Shelomo Ruqqī. "Abū l-Faraj Nissim, the recipient of this letter, …

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  45. 4245Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#66) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 22r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 14 Elul 5324 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 22r

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלכמיס י׳׳ו פי שהר תמוז יא׳׳ל סנה ה׳ש׳ד׳כ׳ ליצירה
    2. חצ'רו אלאך ע׳אלרחמאן א׳ אלמר׳ כצר אלפולאדי נ׳׳ע ו…

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  46. 4246State documentT-S AS 176.176

    Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 25 Ramaḍān 405. Written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd …

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  47. 4247LetterT-S AS 172.316

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. "Forgive me. . . . R. Eliyya. . . . Maʿariv. . . . …

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  48. 4248LetterT-S 13J21.27

    Letter dated 3 Tevet 4975 AM (which is 1214 CE) from Abu l-Najm Hilal, in Alexandria, to his brother Abu l-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin), in …

    1. אכיהא הלאל פדאה
    2. בש רח
    3. לא אוחש אללה מן גלאל חצרה אלאך אלשקיק ואלרכן
    4. אלותיק אלשיך אבו אלמגד אטאל אללה בקאה וגמעני
    5. ואיאה עלי אסר חאל במנה ואלקאדר עליה …

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  49. 4249Literary textT-S NS 311.86

    Page from R. Hai Gaon Book of Legal Deeds

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  50. 4250LetterT-S AS 153.133

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, small fragment. Refers to a 'big man' (shakhṣ kabīr) and a great favor (עטימה ותפצל עלי). On verso there are jottings in …

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