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  1. 4401LetterT-S 10J12.14

    Letter fragment from a son to his remarried father, conveying family news and expressing regret that his father's previous wife is giving him trouble. The …

    1. בשם אלה אלרחמאן אלרחים
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ואלדי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי אטל אלה בקכ ואדם
    3. עזכ ותאידכ ושׂעאתדכ ושׂלאמתכ ונעמתכ ואני בטול
    4. אשׁוק אליכ ולא זאל מע אכ…

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  2. 4402Legal documentT-S Ar.41.91

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. Dated: 554 AH = 1159/60 CE. The calendar date might be 19 Jumādā II. (According to FGP the …

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  3. 4403State documentT-S NS 327.131

    Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. From three merchants. Opens with blessings for the caliph. None of the substance is preserved. The formula "ضاعف …

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    1. المماليك علي بن مسلم ومعمر بن
    2. ابراهيم ومبارك بن ابراهيم
    3. التجار
    4. [بسم الله الرحمن]الرحيم
    5. صلوات الله وبركاته وافضـ]ـل تحياته وسلامه على سيدنا ومو…
  4. ...Ibrāhīm
  5. the merchants
  6. [In the name of God the merciful] and compassionate
  7. [the benedictions of God, his blessings, and best] of his greetings be upon our leader and master, the Imām
  8. Commander of the] faithful and upon his pure ancestors and noble descendants
  9. ]exalted, may God multiply its luminance
  10. ]upon him
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  12. 4404LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1064

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, late. From Moshe Ḥayyim Ḥayyūn (?) to Mordekhai Hannān (?) and another person whose name is effaced. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th …

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  13. 4405LetterENA NS 77.271

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. Refers to a request from al-Shaykh al-Jalīl to hasten something... someone's honor... someone's safe arrival... and …

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  14. 4406Legal documentT-S Ar.38.117

    Legal document probably relating to the sale detailed on recto (PGPID 8226), which is a deed of sale for 1/3 of a house dating to …

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  15. 4407LetterT-S AS 173.169

    Address of a letter to the Nagid Shemuel (b. Ḥananya), in Fustat, in the Muṣāṣa neighborhood. In the Arabic-script portion it seems he is referred …

    1. מושב אדוננו שמואל הנגיד ירו הו[
    2. תובלנה בשמחות וגיל תבואנה בה[יכל מלך
    3. يصل الى مصر المحروسة الى المصاصة الى يد سيد[نا
    4. الريس ريس اليهود سليمان ادام الل…

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  16. 4408Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.131

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay a sum to the bearer. See T-S AS 179.212 (PGPID 36725) and …

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  17. 4409Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.153

    Verso: Order of payment. Abū l-Karam is to pay 1 dinar to the bearer. Cf. T-S AS 180.144, T-S AS 180.152, T-S AS 180.153, T-S …

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  18. 4410Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 181.157

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 5 dinars to the bearer. See T-S AS 179.212 (PGPID 36725) and …

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  19. 4411Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.11

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 2 dinars to the bearer. See T-S AS 179.212 (PGPID 36725) and …

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  20. 4412LetterAIU XII.83

    Letter in Arabic from Ṣāʿid, probably a Jewish merchant, in ʿAydhāb, to his mother and brother in Fusṭāṭ. He reports that his party left Qūṣ …

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  21. 4413LetterCUL Or.1080 J246

    Letter from an unidentified man, in Jerusalem, to the Nagid Natan Sholal, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Late 15th century. The sender reports that he …

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  22. 4414Legal documentENA 4020.14

    Bifolium from a court notebook. Dating: One entry is dated Shevat 1411 Seleucid, which is January 1100 CE. The four pages have four different cases …

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  23. 4415LetterMIAC 23973.44

    Letter from Naṣr b. Kanz al-Dawla to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm, appearing to establish a new relationship between Naṣr (son of Kanz al-Dawla) …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتبت اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك ونعماك وتمكينك
  24. ...I send to you warmest greetings and also to those
  25. within your care greetings. Praise be to God alone, His blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, His prophet,
  26. and his family, and save him.
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  28. 4416LetterT-S NS 297.242

    Letter addressed to Abu l-Khayr(?) b. Ibrāhīm al-[...]. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Nearly entirely preserved, except for the upper left corner …

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  29. 4417Legal documentT-S K25.140.2

    The purpose of the entry becomes clear beginning in line 26 where a dispute between them is noted and later on the partner Shemuʾel claims that he has been "forced" (אנוס) in some way, breaking the volition terms of the partnership.

  30.     ג                 כו                  ב                  י                א
  31. שאל       טובאגאש (tovajas)_________________
  32. ורדי               זרדבאן       צראייה אזרק       מטרז חריר  נוגיפייה(?)
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  34. 4418LetterCUL Or.1080 J240

    Letter Fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic, calligraphically written. Refers to someone's mother; the daughters of Ibn al-ʿArīsḥī; the sender and another man falling sick; and trebuchet stones …

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  35. 4419State documentENA 3944.17

    Two fiscal documents, in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 12th C. Recto is headed "al-muqīmīn" and mentions "al-mustakhraj" in the third line, probably related to tax …

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  36. 4420LetterENA NS 31.24

    Letter from the community of Jerusalem to the gabbay and treasurer of כארכוך (=Kirkuk?). In Hebrew. Dated: Adar 5603 AM, which is 1843 CE. This …

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  37. 4421LetterMoss. VII,207.1

    Informal note addressed to a judge. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (active 1066–1108). In Judaeo-Arabic. A woman came to Hillel with a bill …

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  38. 4422LetterT-S A41.13

    Letter draft addressed to a Nagid who has two sons. The opening titles and blessings fill 12 lines. The remainder of the page is filled …

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  39. 4423LetterYevr. II A 2115

    Letter copy. In Hebrew. Attributed to Yehuda ha-Levi on the final page. Mostly consists of extremely poetic praises for the addressee ("whose like has not …

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  40. 4424LetterAIU VII.E.28

    Letter to Moshe Bunān in Cairo. Exact dating is not possible because the letter's heading is torn and missing from the recto but the name …

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  41. 4425Legal documentBL OR 5543.7

    Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Eliyyahu b. Moshe Riman/Diman/DeMan (?) of Manṣūra and Raḥel known as Kuḥla bt. Ḥassūn. The bride's father is no longer living, …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בסימן טוב והצלחה וששון ושמחה אכי׳׳ר
    3. בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ שידך הנער הבחור כה׳׳ר אליהו רימאן/הימאן יצ׳׳ו ע׳׳י אביו היקר
    4. כה׳׳ר משה הימאן יצ׳׳ו מתו׳ עי…

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  42. 4426LetterBL OR 10587.22

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Shaykh al-ʿAfīf Manṣūr; the term qumāsh; various commodities including a cotton garment; six 'of crimson' (qirmiziyyāt); the supervisor of the …

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  43. 4427Legal documentENA 957.10

    Marriage document. Long a narrow fragment from the left side of a ketubba, with only a few words surviving. The hand is by Mevorakh b. …

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  44. 4428Legal documentT-S 12.483 + Bodl. MS heb. d 48/10

    Tahōr, known as Ibn Nīsān. The buyer is "our lord and master" judge Ḥananel. The price was 350 dinar.

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  45. 4429Legal documentT-S 13J1.13

    Legal document. One of three copies (T-S 12.580 is another). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 1368 Seleucid, which is February/March 1057 CE. In which Ṭoviyya b. …

    נעשו כאן השלמות עניניות אחדות. בעשר השורות הראשונות נקרעה המחצית

    השמאלית.

    [עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו החתומים על הכתב]

    1. הזה איך טוביה הלוי בר סה[ל קאל לנא…

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  46. 4430Literary textT-S NS 298.27

    In the fihrist the exact date of Saadya’s death is given as Sunday, 26th Iyyar, 1253 of the Seleucid Era, corresponding to 15th May 942 CE.

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    1. הכדי הי אלרסאלה
    2. זה אשר כתבו שאירית אלוף ודוסא
    3. היו ימי חיי אדונינו זכר צדיק לב

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  47. 4431Legal documentT-S AS 151.151

    Fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed referring to Mevorakh he-Ḥaver, mentioning an orphan girl, possibly concerning her marriage. May be related to …

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  48. 4432Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3964.2

    Receipt issued at a wakala in Būlāq for a transaction connected to rice and a shipping vessel from Dimyāt whose captain is named Muḥammad al-ʿAdāwī. …

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  49. 4433Legal documentBL OR 4684.12

    There are many parties to this sale. The buyers are Marqūrah and Buṭrus, the two sons of Rabābīl, who is the buyer in Bl OR 4684.6 and .7.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. هذا ما اشترا مرقوره و بطرس ولدی ربابيل بن مينا بن جرجة الططوني من نهيف و بلاطس و بجوش و قيورحنود
    3. قرقيل اولاد موبة بن ينوحن و …
    The buyers can act freely with regard to the property the way owners act with regard to their properties. If they wish they may sell.

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  50. 4434LetterENA NS I.32

    Verso: Letter addressed to ha-Kohen ha-Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a recommendation letter or a request to help the bearer, a young man from Damascus. …

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  51. 4435LetterT-S 6J3.22

    Letter from a woman in the countryside to her husband in Fustat. She refuses to join him there in the capital. The letter is to …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אלי סיד כלף אטל אללה בקה ואדאם
    3. עזה ונעמאה וגמעני ואיאה עלי אסר
    4. חאל ועאפיה אלדי נעלמך בה אני מן חית אן
    5. כנת קאעדה חאירה מא ענדי מן יקצי …

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  52. 4436Legal documentBodl. MS heb. e 98/56

    Deed of gift to an engaged woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1440 Seleucid, which is 1128/29 CE. This gift was …

    1. [...]ד תכון
    2. [...]...[...] לי דונִהִאִ ..
    3. [...] תבקא סא[יר ...] מא וקע ענִדִ[ה]
    4. [...]הִ בחגה כל עיקר ובטילית נמי כל מודעי
    5. [... ודמ]סרנא על שטר מתנת…

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  53. 4437LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/39

    Letter of recommendation for charity for the judge Avraham b. Yosef. The addressee is on a boat and about to set out for a voyage. …

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  54. 4438LetterCUL Or.1080 J4

    Fragment of a letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli b. Amram, Fustat, mentioning the successful visit of Eli ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver b. Yehezkel in Fustat …

    ULC Or 1080 J 4, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp. 692-693 (Doc. #376),C.T., 6-24-86 (P)

    1. בשמך רח
    2. ירבה אלהינו את שלום נכבדנו וחשובנו וח[ברנו ]
    3. החבר המעו…

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  55. 4439LetterCUL Or.1080 J16

    Letter from Avraham Ibn Sughmār, from Fustat, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Nahray traveled to Alexandria and the writer is sorry that he did not …

  56. עליך

  57. recto - top margin

    1. אלסלאם

    2. אלתם ולאבי

    הריני שולח לך

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    את מיטב דרישות השלום, ולאבי .... דרישת שלום .... שולח לך דרישת שלום, ולאדוני אבו אסחק אברהם בן האלכסנדרוני, ישמרו אלוהים, מסור דרישת שלום והורע לו את תודתי ואת אהבתי, ושלום.

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  58. 4440LetterENA 2805.3

    Letter from Fadl b. Amrūṣ to Nahray b. Nissim. On verso a note by the reciever, in Arabic script, documenting the arrival of the letter …

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    1. עלקת אליך הדה אלרקעה יאמולאי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך

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    1. אני מחבר פתק זה אליך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת חסדיו לך ואל ימנע ממך את מיטב ההצלחה.

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  59. 4441LetterMoss. II,198

    Letter from Saʿdān to ʿEli. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he is prostrated in his house (maṭrūḥ fī l-bayt) and the doctor …

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  60. 4442LetterT-S 12.81

    Letter to Araḥ b. Natan ha-Sar and the Seventh in the Congregation of Righteousness (השביעי בחבורת הצדק) (ca. beginning of the 12th century) thanking him …

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  61. 4443List or tableT-S AS 202.309

    Accounts in an unusual mixture of Ladino, Judaeo-Arabic, and a couple words of Hebrew. One of the entries is "פי אלמנדולינא" perhaps referring to a …

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  62. 4444Legal documentT-S 8.208

    Legal notes for the preparation of documents. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, based on Weiss' paleographical assessment. The first contains details for the …

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    1. [ ]ה אלאטראבלסי
    2. [ ] ביה
    3. [ ] הנקרא סאלם

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  63. 4445LetterBodl. MS heb. c 50/19

    Letter from Zikri b. Hananel, from Alexandria, to ʿArūs b. Yosef, Fustat. Around 1080. The writer is about to travel to Mahdiya and Spain. He …

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    1. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה
    2. פי אלכיר בקאה וחפצה ותולאה ומן חסן

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    1. (1–2) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים לטובה וישמרך וישגיח עליך ואת מיטב 
    2. (4-3) המזל אל ימנע ממך.

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  64. 4446Legal documentT-S 8J14.2

    (Information from CUDL and Oded Zinger, Women, Gender and Law: Marital Disputes According to Documents of the Cairo Geniza, 87, 149, 180, 220, 260.) EMS. ASE.

    1. יקבל אלארץ אללה תע אמאם מ הדרת מעלת יקרת צפירת
    2. תפארת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו נשיאנו מלכא חסדאי הנשיא הגדול ראש
    3. כל גליות בית ישראל ירום ונשא וגבה מאד וינהי…

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  65. 4447Literary textAIU VI.B.40 + AIU VI.B.41

    Bifolium from a magical/kabbalistic work. Concludes, "Thus far is the answer to what you asked me regarding Sefer ha-Yeẓira."

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  66. 4448LetterBodl. MS heb. c 50/7

    Either a poem or letter in rhymed prose addressed to a dignitary, probably a Gaon, who is a Kohen.

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  67. 4449Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. d 66/105

    Colophon for a Torah. The scribe is Yeshuʿa b. Yiṣḥaq. Dedicated to ʿAmram ha-Kohen b. She'erit ha-Kohen Paqid ha-Soḥarim.

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  68. 4450LetterENA 3947.9

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. Paper is dark brown; difficult to read. Pinholes ~4mm apart. Needs examination for content.

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