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4401Legal documentT-S 12.659
Primary language
Aramaic
Friedman reads "Metropolis" as a general term for a city, rather a specific place: "instead of medina for 'city,' the latter is designated by the unique term 'Metropolis.' a designation I have not encountered in any other Geniza documents" (Jewish Marriage in Palestine, 81).
verso
1. שטר פרנה [...]
2. ויבנו [...]
3. הושיעה נ[א] סהל [...]
recto
1. [... מ]אוון ושמונים ושמנה
2. [... ]ני מיטראפוליס
3. [... את]רצית מן דעתי ומן
4. [...] לי לאנתא…
Tags
- ketubba
- marriage
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1989
PGPID
1689
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4402LetterT-S 16.64
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Ḥofni became gaʾon in 1017 (Mosseri L-162 accompanied this letter with the enclosure).
Recto
1. אטאל אללה יאכינא וכבירנא וגלילנא בקאך ואדאם צ[יאנתך
2. וכאן לך ולייא כתבנא לי' כלון מן טבת ען חאל סלאמה אדא[מהא אללה לך
3. וקד כאן תקדמת כתבי יאסידי…
ע׳׳א:
1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אחינו וגדולנו ונכבדנו, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את הגנתו עליך ….
2. וישגיח עליך. אנחנו כותבים בי׳ בטבת. שלומנו טוב, יתמיד אלוהים לך את…
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1987
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1746
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4403State documentT-S Ar.1a.140
Primary language
Arabic
Verso: Fragment from the left side of an early Fatimid decree or other state document. The ends of three lines remain, including the word al-taqsīṭ.
1. ]ـم واطراد وتشتيت(؟) على اعود
2. ]ـسماره الاعمال ووفود رها(؟) والرجوع
3. يـ]ستخرج من التقسيط النفقة وجاري
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- arabic script
- chancery
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20210
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4404Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.35.128
Primary language
Arabic
(T-S Ar.35.128, T-S Ar.35.269, and T-S AS 184.265 are all similar and all for ʿArūs; ENA 3957.11 is from the same genre and for Nahray b.
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- commercial receipt
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4405State documentT-S Ar.39.429
Primary language
Arabic
Probably internal correspondence, mentioning multiple amirs (all called [...] al-Dawla). The ends of 5 lines are preserved. Mentions "al-mulaṭṭaf" meaning a decree from the caliph (al-Maqrīzī, al-Iṭṭiʿāẓ, vol.2, pg. 153).
Recto
1. اختيار الدولة والامير شهاب الدولة
2. للنية(؟) من الامير السعيد انه سير
3. فلما جا يعدل عن الطريق وعزم عليه الاخذ
4. ]عليه فنزل هو وللامير الصارم الدولة
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4406State documentT-S Ar.39.485
Primary language
Arabic
Wide space between the lines. The ends of 5 lines are preserved. Mentions "the great resolution" (al-ʿazm al-kabir) in l. 2 and possibly jihād and rich people (dhawī l-aḥwāl wa-l-rafāha) in l. 3.
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4407LetterT-S Ar.42.70
Primary language
Arabic
He requests a correspondence letter towards the end.
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4408List or tableT-S Ar.51.76 + T-S Ar.51.77
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
In my view it is closer to the end of the 12th century, based on the handwriting.
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- booklist
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2019
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21243
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4409Legal documentT-S Ar.53.29
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fol. 1r: List of different quantities of grain in enormous Arabic script. Fol. 1v: Legal document (lower right corner) involving the sale of a share of a property; one person is named Abū Saʿd.
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- grain
- parchment
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2017
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8308
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4410Legal documentT-S AS 145.300
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Unusual Aramaic-Hebrew legal document, or rather an addendum to a legal document, perhaps describing irregularities in certain words? Each entry refers to a portion of a word from the original document (e.g., לוס from נילוס).
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4411LetterT-S AS 147.114
Primary language
Hebrew
.]; blessings for the addressees; and ends with the motto ישע יוחש. AA/ASE
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4412State documentT-S AS 158.172
Primary language
Arabic
The phrase "yuḥīṭ ʿilmah" (end of l. 3) suggests a report rather than petition or decree.
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4413Legal documentT-S AS 180.147
Document date
Jumādā II 548 Hijrī (24 August 1153–21 September 1153 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe a draft petition since it contains a taqbīl in the top line and ends with ṣalwala and ḥasbala. Verso: Receipt for a certain Muḥammad, for a large payment of 17 dinars, dated Jumādā II 548 AH (or 408?
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4414LetterT-S AS 182.242
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Recto: list headed by the glyph, entirely consisting of materia medica. Verso: also a list of materia medica, such as doronicum, Chinese cinnamon, crystalline sugar, mace, borage-water, nard, cloves, Myristica fragrant, Elettaria cardamom and Cissus vitiginea.
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29115
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4415List or tableT-S AS 186.1
Document date
Ramaḍān 96[0]–Ramaḍān 96[9] Hijrī (11 August 1553–3 June 1562 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
One of the recurring words throughout the entries may be Ladino: בייש or ביוש. Requires further examination.
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4416State documentT-S NS 209.44
Primary language
Arabic
A few enormous words in Arabic script, likely from a decree.
1. ثقة الدولة حماد بن علي
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4417Legal documentT-S NS 338.104
Menashshe. Consists entirely of formulary shared with CUL Or.1080 J189, referring to the court appointed by the Nagid (Mevorakh?)
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4418LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1064
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Regards to various people at the end.
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Tags
- business
- late ja
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33964
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4419List or tableAIU VII.F.76
collected for the first four months of 5583 = 1822/23 CE (or perhaps 5553 AM). All the entries refer to "the little girl of X," X being Yaʿaqov Kohen, Binyamin Qodesh, Yaʿīsh Ḥaddād, David Naʿīm, and others.
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4420LetterCUL Or.1080 J267
Primary language
Hebrew
Now he asks the notable to make the little collection needed in order to enable him to move on. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)
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2017
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8935
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4421Legal documentENA 2727.5
Deed of engagement written on the bottom left part of the document (apparently from the court's legal folder) that contains also a dowry list (not present here).
1. אלחתן משה [...]
2. סט [בן ...]ף [..]אִלִ ̇נ̇ע
3. ישראל ואלכלה סת אלאהל
4. ב<ר>ת אלעזר בר יוסף הלוי
5. נֹעֹ עמלה להא וִכסותהא
6. עליה וסכנהא צחבת
7. אביה ואמה ושרוט
8. אל…
Tags
- engagement
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2017
PGPID
4758
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4422LetterENA 2741.1
Primary language
Hebrew
What remains of the letter consists entirely of poetical phrases. There is another text block on verso which seems to deal with halakhic issues.
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2017
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6690
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4423Legal documentENA 2747.4
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
The bottom fragment seems to be from the end of a letter mentioning Shlomo Halevi b. Yosef.
Tags
- responsa
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15817
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4424Legal documentENA 2806.11 + ENA 2727.18b
Document date
Sunday night, 25 Kislev 1444 Seleucid (1133 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. In the hand of Ḥalfon b.
1. . . . . .שידך בפנינו אנן חתומי || [מט]ה מ ור אלעזר הבחור הנקרא אבו נצר ה-נ' וה-צ' מתחברות ונראות כמו האות ש'.
2. ביר יפת סט לסת אלבנאת || [בת]ולתא פרי…
Recto
1. There arranged a match before us, we the [under]signed [witnesses... X]
2. b. R. Japheth, (may his) e(nd be) g(ood), with Sitt al-Banāt daught…
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- engagement
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2017
PGPID
2649
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4425List or tableENA 3740.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The hand may be known. Likely a join with ENA 3740.2–3. Mentions people such as Yaʿqub b.
Tags
- arabic
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2017
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6752
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4426List or tableENA 3766.3–6
Primary languages
Judaeo-Arabic, Spanish
Verso contains a summary with the accounts (almost entirely numerals). (Identification kindly provided by Daniel Duran Duelt.)
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2021
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34326
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4427List or tableENA 3905.14
List of entries that designates names in Arabic script and expresses figures in Coptic numerals.
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12730
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4428State documentENA 3935.11
Document date
9 Dhū l-Qaʿda 403 Hijrī (22 May 1013 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Measurements: 13.4 × 8.4 cm. Verso (see separate entry), contains a letter or decree mentioning ḍumanāʾ and the Fayyūm.
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2022
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4429LetterENA 4011.52
Document date
1 Kislev 1456 Seleucid (30 October 1144 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions that tefillin had been sent, people who feel envy, and the name Maḥrūz. Sends greetings to Abū Saʿīd al-Dimyāṭī and Muslim/Musallam al-Kaʿbī.
1. פלא יהם מולאי כלאם חאסד פגעלה אללה מחסוד [ולא י]געלה
2. חאסד לאן מא יחסד גיר אלמקאביל ואמא אלמדאביר מא
3. תם אחד יחסדהם עלי אדבארהם ואללה עאלם אן עבדה
4. אדא…
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4430LetterENA NS 45.31 + T-S 20.90
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso is covered with Arabic-script jottings of many kinds (mainly drafts of legal and epistolary formulae). May also join with ENA NS 2.33.
1. הדא אלכבר ענד אלקהל באלתהניה לי ואלמסרה אלעטימה וכאן דאך
2. לגמאעתנא כיום טוב וגדרו באלצום כמא וגב עליי ואן כנת אקצר ען קצא
3. מא יגב עליי ב[ ] אלנעמה אלת…
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1986
PGPID
832
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4431List or tableENA NS 77.229
Primary language
Hebrew
The script is similar to Ashkenazi-Italqi geniza fragments from the same time period, such as ENA 1066.1-10 (PGPID 9938) and T-S Ar.30.232 (PGPID 20354).
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- ashkenazi
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4432List or tableJRL C 41
Document date
3 Jumada I 1236 Hijrī (6 February 1821 CE)
The basis of the transaction in silver kuruş is explained in the heading and the note below the long list of itemized entries. The official who signed the bottom of the document bore the title of "ağa/اغا" and was also serving as a commercial "overseer / ناظر".
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4433List or tableJRL C 102
Document date
1078 Hijrī (23 June 1667–10 June 1668 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Dated 1078 AH on the verso which is 1667/68 CE. Many of the entries mention the currency "kalb", which in this timespan was likely a reference to quantities of Dutch lion thalers.
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- 17th c
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4434Legal query or responsumJTS MS R1888.2 + JTS MS R1888.3 + JTS MS R1888.4 + ENA 1491.6 + JTS MS R1888.1
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew
Also published in Otzar ha-Geonim, Gittin, p. 195, no. 454. Joins with ENA 1491.6. AA
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- gaon
- responsa
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4435Legal documentL-G Misc. 121
Document date
24 Adar II 1551 Seleucid (19 March 1240 CE)
Ten dinars are mentioned, and this seems to be the entire obligation. Dated: 24 Adar II 1551 Seleucid, which is 1240 CE (though Goitein's index card suggests that he preferred 1340 CE, for unclear reasons).
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9024
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4436LetterMoss. IV,76.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: inviting al-Shaykh al-Nafīs to "come out (perhaps from Fustat to the Rif) and enjoy yourself." Verso: Asking the writer's father to kindly obtain for him an ounce and a half of raw quince syrup.
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26837
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4437Literary textT-S 10K4
Primary language
Hebrew
This led the Jews of the entire Near East to celebrate Passover and the other festivals on different dates over the course of two years.
Tags
- calendar
- controversy
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4438Legal documentT-S 16.84
The names of witnesses are not preserved. Verso: short endorsement כלף מותופא (‘Khalaf is deceased’). (Information mainly from CUDL.)
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7386
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4439State documentT-S Ar.30.214
Primary language
Arabic
Written in large letters wide space between the lines. The ends of 8 lines are preserved. Elevated register, possibly referring to people who heretically left the path of [...] and praising al-shaykh Sabra(?)
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4440State documentT-S Ar.34.197
Primary language
Arabic
ʿAbd al-Masīḥ (see separate entry).
Verso
1. عـ[ـبدها ]
2. [بسم الله ا]لرحمن الرحيم
3. [عبدها ومملوكها ينهـ]ـي الى جلالها حرس الله عزها وضاعف سعدتها
4. [وكبت حسادها وضعفها] وينهي انه من ج…
Verso (as conserved)
1. [His serv]ant
2. [In the name of God, t]he merciful, the compassionate.
3. [His slave and servant informs] his loftiness, may God pre…
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2016
PGPID
30827
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4441State documentT-S Ar.39.38
Primary language
Arabic
Verso: fragment of an account mentioning, at top, the end of the month of Shaʿbān 403; below, after a blank space, a payment of 102⅓ dīnārs and perhaps an iqṭāʿ.
Verso
1. واخرها شعبان سنة ثلث واربعمية
2. من العين ماية ؟
3. ثلث
4. الناىب … الدعوة …
5. حسبني لحكم العزيز حسابا في الشهر اربع ماىة
6. نصف وثلث
7. من ج…
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4442Legal documentT-S Ar.39.383
Document date
Dhū l-Ḥijja 537 Hijrī (17 June 1143–15 July 1143 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Ibrāhīm (l. 9) and Yaḥyā b. Muḥammad (end of line 11). Needs further examination
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4443Legal documentT-S Ar.39.407
Primary language
Arabic
End of a legal document in Arabic script. Might be dated 29 Jumādā I 510 AH, but this is difficult to read and more or less a guess.
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4444LetterT-S AS 147.272
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Dating: likely 11th century (if not earlier; has some unusual features). On verso the end of the letter as well as several undeciphered phrases in Arabic script, possibly the address.
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4445LetterT-S AS 152.99
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Beginning of a letter, mentioning (and is probably addressed to) a Nasi. The ending formulae are curious ומן תחוטה אלדאר באפצל אלסלאם (instead of the standard ומן תחוטה ענאיתך) followed by abbreviations for the last phrase ושל יגד לע ול יד (= ושלומך יגדל לעד ולא ידל) (Information in part from CUDL)
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4446LetterT-S AS 183.136
Primary language
Arabic
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. The ends of 3 lines are preserved. Skilled hand, unclear if mercantile or official.
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4447State documentT-S K11.57
Primary language
Arabic
There is also a remnant of an Arabic text on recto mentioning "Isrāʾīl ʿalayhi al-salām," probably unrelated. This is probably the end of T-S Ar.38.128 + T-S Ar.42.195 (PGPID 39060) (indirect join).
1. الخوارج في الفساد ويتهك
2. القدر في الشهوات
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- arabic reused
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4448List or tableT-S K15.51
Primary language
Hebrew
Dating: Late, probably 17th–19th century. Entries include Mosseri, Ben Zakito, Elimelekh b.
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- late heb
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4449LetterT-S Misc.27.4.1
Primary language
Arabic
The verso may comprise a letter address given that it ends with al-khawaja Ibrahīm. Needs examination.
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- arabic script
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4450State documentT-S NS 139.52
Primary language
Arabic
Official letter/report. The ends of 6 lines are preserved. Difficult to make out any of the content.
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