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  1. 4351Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/21b

    Legal document. Only a few lines from the introduction are preserved. The date is not preserved. The handwriting is very similar to that of the …

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  2. 4352State documentT-S AS 178.75

    State document, in Arabic script. Most of the original page is preserved, but the text is damaged and faded. Petition addressed to a Fatimid caliph …

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  3. 4353State documentT-S AS 186.212

    Document in Arabic, a single line is preserved from the original text. Medieval-era. One of the words is "حكمتها". This shelfmark may be related to …

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  4. 4354LetterT-S NS 324.15

    Letter to Elʿazar ha-Zaqen. The introduction is written in formal Hebrew, with wide space between the lines. What remains of the content is written in …

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  5. 4355Legal documentYevr. II A 1678

    A Karaite bill of divorce. Yosef b. Mordechai Levi is divorcing his wife Sultana d. Elya Kohen. In Haskoy, Istanbul. The date is given according …

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  6. 4356LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1064

    Letter "to the Sulṭān regarding. . ." written in calligraphic and vocalized Judaeo-Arabic. The header is too faded to be easily read from the microfilm. …

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  7. 4357LetterT-S AS 158.400

    Fragment from a late letter in Judeo Arabic. The writer is sending regards to some family members including Efraim, and also to his sister Rivka …

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  8. 4358LetterT-S Ar.50.85 + T-S NS J584

    Letter from an unknown sender to Eliyyahu the Judge (called Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic …

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  9. 4359LetterT-S 12.381

    Letter from Shemuel Sidi to Moshe ha-Levi. Written on Friday, 1 Heshvan. The letter's origin and destination are unclear. See T-S 12.318 for another letter …

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    1. בעה׳ יום ששי ר״ח חשון
    2. החכם המרומם על כל מעלה ותהלה כמהר׳ משה הלוי נר׳

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  10. 4360Legal documentENA NS 13.34

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Location: Bilbays. Dated: December1209/January 1209 CE. This document is a partnership agreement in a perfume- and dye-manufacturing shop. The partners, Faḍā’il …

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    1. שהדותא דא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות 
    2. ידנא לתתא כן הוה למא כאן יום אלתנין אלעשרין 

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    1. This testimony was before us—we, the witnesses, whose signature
    2. appears below.

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  11. 4361LetterLehnardt 6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. Might be from a family member of Sitt Ghazāl to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (cf. Bodl. MS heb. …

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    1. []ן . רותך פי נכדך . . . .
    2. תכתב לי אנך פי שדה מן אכלאקהא

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  12. 4362LetterAIU IX.B.18

    Letter in Ladino, sent from Salonica (שילאניקי) to Cairo (spelled erratically as מישרייאם). To be delivered to ("en mano de") Yiṣḥaq Qatin[?] (אין מאנו די …

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  13. 4363LetterNLI 577.10/12

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer mentions that he sent two dirhams to his cousin and wants him to purchase two kohl containers for him. …

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  14. 4364LetterT-S AS 204.111

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides, autograph (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Addressed to the ḥaver, morenu ve-rabbenu, Yosef. This …

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  15. 4365Paraliterary textT-S NS 98.47

    A brief narrative of the calendar controversy of 921/2 appears within a treatise or manual in Judaeo-Arabic on the Jewish calendar, which was composed and …

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  16. 4366LetterENA NS 77.189

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a neat scribal hand. Very faded. The sender seems to be a woman (based on "sākina" in l. 8). She seems …

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  17. 4367LetterT-S 6J4.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Fusṭāṭ, al-Muṣāṣa, the shop of Abū l-Thanāʾ the wine merchant (al-sharābī), to be delivered to Abū Naṣr known as Sabīkh …

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  18. 4368State documentT-S NS 171.28

    Petition addressed to a Jewish dignitary. Dating unknown. The document is mainly in Arabic script but interspersed with biblical quotations and phrases in Hebrew. The …

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  19. 4369LetterCUL Or.1080 J213

    Letter from Moshe b. Nissim to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks the addressee to sell on his behalf four copies of th She'eltot …

    1. ] בקי נסך מא
    2. ] וקת אלחסאב והם ג נסך
    3. שאילות דרב אחא ומעהם נסכה
    4. אכרי פאשתהי מן אחסאן אלמולי
    5. יכשף מהמא וגדה ולם יכן פי טיי
    6. אלביע פיביעה ויסיירה ללממלוך

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  20. 4370LetterENA 2806.13

    Letter from a woman to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon containing an update on a lawsuit between her and a male family member (possibly her son). She seems …

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  21. 4371State documentT-S Ar.42.94

    State document. Dating: early 13th century (Ayyubid period). Petition from Khuyalāʾ b. Ḥasan and Abū l-Jaysh to the caliph al-ʿĀdil regarding an iqṭāʿ in the …

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    1.                              الناصرية

    2.                            خيلا بن حسن وابو الجيش

  22. al-Mihrānī, but he decamped, that which was in his name being left vacant, and went to

  23. the master Sayf al-Islām. He asks for the kindness of allowing them to enter

  24. upon his iqṭāʿ there, so that they may find means to serve

  25. the master, as a kindness and benefaction tothem.

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  27. 4372LetterT-S 8J39.9

    End of a letter from the Iraqi Gaʾon Shemuel b. Ḥofni to a friend who traveled to Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan [1]310 Seleucid, which is November …

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    1.                                                       ] אלסאלמין ויגמעה 

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  28. 4373LetterAIU IX.B.16

    Ladino letters or copies of letters from 1788 CE (Shevat 5548 AM). One is addresed to a Martinelli.

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  29. 4374LetterAIU XII.115

    Letter in Arabic addressed to al-Muʿallam ___ Ghālī. Dated [12]53 AH which is 1837/38 CE. Needs further examination.

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  30. 4375LetterT-S 8J38.5

    Beginning or address of a letter in Hebrew to two people, one of whom is Shabbetay the cantor.

    1. לשני אוהבנו כבוד מר ורב שבתי החזן הבקי וכבוד מר [ . . . . ] משען הישיבה החוסה בשם יו אלדיו
    2. מגן הוא לכל החוסים בו
    3. א . . ה ה. . . היקר הנדיב והשוע ישו…

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  31. 4376Literary textT-S Ar.47.223

    Literary work. In Hebrew. Identification is difficult, but it does not seem to be a letter as catalogued.

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  32. 4377LetterT-S Ar.48.17

    Recto: Letter fragment, addressed to a certain Nasi. Very little remains. On verso there is rabbinic material (literary).

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  33. 4378Legal documentT-S AS 177.468

    Order in Arabic script. Ṣadaqa is to give the bearer two raṭls of meat. Cf. T-S As 177.466.

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  34. 4379LetterT-S AS 177.595

    Note addressed to Manṣūr b. Thanāʾ al-[...]. In Arabic script. Mentions ʿIzz al-Dīn. Unclear what the request is.

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  35. 4380Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. VII,192.2 + Moss. VII,192.3

    A ten-word note to Abū l-Najm the Parnas to give bread to the bearer. The text on the other side is from a table of …

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  36. 4381LetterT-S AS 145.327

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Fustat, [Dar?]b al-Ḥadīd, to be delivered to Yosef al-Ḥazzan al-[...]bī. Apart from the address, only formulaic content from the …

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  37. 4382Legal documentCUL Or.1080 13.52

    Formulary for a Karaite marriage document, edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger.

  38. כסף מהר בתוליה ואן כאנת ארמלה "
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    1. הדת הזאת ולעשות חסד : יי' אלהי אבותיכם :
  40. ...And the mohar that I stipulated and allocated for her is fifty
  41. coins of silver, mohar of her virginity. And if she is a widow
  42. Recto, Right Side

    1. thiscustom and toaccomplish a pious deed.

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  43. 4383List or tableT-S NS 83.12 + T-S NS J570

    T-S NS 83.12 opens with a reference to the bestowal of a robe of honor (khilʿa) on Ibn Abī l-Raddād—apparently not an individual's name but the name for the official charged with reading the Nilometer (Cortese, "The Nile: Its Role in the Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Fatimid Dynasty," History Compass 13/1 (2015): 24).

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  44. 4384LetterT-S NS 323.8

    A letter sent to the head of the community R. Yehuda, in the second half of the 16th century. The writer is complaining about Yehuda …

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  45. 4385LetterT-S 12.407

    Letter fragment. Only a small part of the first few lines of recto are preserved—addressing Sayyidnā al-Rayyis al-Ajall Ra's al-Kull (Rosh Kallah)—along with 4 full …

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  46. 4386Legal documentBL OR 5561B.16

    Rental sublease agreement carried by widows from a polygamous marriage. In Hebrew. Location: Rashīd. Dated: Thursday, 1 Nisan 5442 AM, which is 1682 CE. The …

    1. בעה׳׳ת                   שכירות בית
    2. ב[ה]יות שהמנוח כה׳׳ר יצחק אנג'יל (Angel) נ׳׳ע הח..ן(?) זה כ.[...] שנים בחצ. ו[...]ס ה[.... ..]לה שבמולך מוסיל/מו…

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  47. 4387LetterT-S 6J4.23

    Letter referring to a courtier, ‘the honoured Sar’. Neatly and closely written. Mentions Abū Khayr Efrayim b. Yeshaʿyahu. The letter is written both in the …

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  48. 4388LetterT-S 16.134

    Letter from Elḥanan b. Shemarya to the community of Malīj. He has received the petition (ruqʿa) of the Alexandrian woman whose divorced husband is not …

  49. אלחנן ראש הסדר שלכל ישראל בן שמריה אב בית דין שלכל ישראל
  50. מרחשון
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    1. אחינו יקירינו גדולינו
    2. אשר במליג הנאהבים לנו
    3. יברכם שדי וירבם

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  52. 4389State documentT-S AS 168.208 + T-S AS 168.207

    Two fragments of a letter in Arabic script. Hard to tell if it is a state document, a mercantile document, or both. Refers to "al-ḥujaj …

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  53. 4390LetterT-S NS 31.16 + T-S NS 31.34

    Letter from the congregation of Malta addressed to Moshe Levi b. Zakkār. (Same addressee as in T-S NS 31.2.) In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 15th century, …

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  54. 4391LetterYevr. II A 1892

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Alexandria, to the judge Yiṣḥaq Aripol, in Fustat/Cairo. The writer's name and signature appear, but are very faded. Written …

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  55. 4392Legal documentBL OR 4684.14

    Document of sale dated 454 AH. The buyers are Rabābīl’s two sons, Marqūrah and his brother, Buṭrus.

    1. اعترف عندي بذلك وكتبه
    2. الحسن بن ابراهيم بن رزق بخطه
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. هذا ما اشترا مرقوره و اخوه بطرس ولدی ربيل بن مينا من اسطورهيوه ابنت قوريل …
  56. ...The door of this living room opens to the mentioned rooftop. The entrance and exit are through this (rooftop). The door
  57. of thisrooftop [faces] west.
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  59. 4393List or tableJRL C 150

    Accounts related to the Must'arabi community of Cairo in the year 5556 which is 1795/1796CE. In the remnant of the recto's heading the communal "chest …

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  60. 4394Legal documentT-S 8Ja1.1

    Partnership (sharika) agreement. In Arabic script. Dated: 24 Shawwāl 450 AH, which is 14 December 1058 CE. The three partners are Wuḥaysh b. Saʿīd b. …

    The aforementioned Wuḥaysh  recognized that he had received
  61. from the aforementioned Barakāt and Futūḥ the money that had been assigned to him and that it had all passed intohis possession.  

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  63. 4395LetterENA NS I.88

    Letter from Umm Abū l-Munā to her 'father.' He is sick and she is worried about him. She and her family are also suffering from …

  64. . . . . . . . . . . . הבה(?) א]ללה בן אבו נצר . . . ב . . . נא אכתרה
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    1. . . גל . . [
    2. פי וגהנא פתדב . . [
    3. א[נה]ת [אלממ]לוכה דלך בעד

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  66. 4396LetterT-S AS 12.9

    Letter addressed to [...] b. Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Little of the content is preserved. A wicked man (al-rashaʿ) …

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  67. 4397List or tableT-S AS 185.180

    Table of monetary values, two columns are listed "silver" and "pure" (נוקר). Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Possibly related to communal …

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  68. 4398LetterT-S NS 320.132

    Formal letter addressed to a dignitary with many titles, named [...] b. Sh[...]. In Hebrew. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. Very little of the content of …

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  69. 4399Legal documentENA 4010.48

    Legal document. Dated: Nisan [13]34 Seleucid, which is 1023 CE. Binyamin b. Yūsuf (probably Ibn ʿAwkal) gives money to Aharon b. Yosef known as al-Ghazāl …

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  70. 4400LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/12

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely from Abū Sahl Levi to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi; identification of the writer is based on handwriting and typical …

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