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  1. 401Legal documentMoss. VII,112.1

    Small fragment from a marriage contract.

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  2. 402Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.8

    Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, r. 1205–1237 CE. Abū l-Majd is to give 4 dirhams to the bearer (a teacher) for …

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  3. 403LetterT-S AS 161.234 + T-S AS 161.233

    Letter from Yosef b. ʿEzra to 'my brother' Avraham b. ʿAṭāʾ (probably the same one as in Bodl. MS heb. d 66/36). In Judaeo-Arabic. Few …

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  4. 404LetterT-S 18J4.22

    Poetic letter, in honor of the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya and his son Saʿadya, probably on the occasion of the latter's birth. (Information from CUDL …

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  5. 405List or tableT-S AS 200.108

    Fragment of a bifolio. Probably a contributors list. Late.

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  6. 406State documentT-S NS J271

    Verso: Fatimid decree fragment. Three words preserved. (MR)

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  7. 407Legal documentT-S 10J14.4

    Verso: Legal document (unfinished draft) concerning a financial agreement between Ibrahim b. Abū l-Faḍl and Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-ʿAlā. (Information in part from CUDL.) …

    1. חצר אברהים בן בו אלפצל סט
    2. ובו אלחסן בן בו אלעלא סט
    3. ואכרג אברהים אלמדכור
    4. ג דנא ונצף מצריה ואכרג
    5. בו אלחסן אלמדכור דינ ונצף
    6. ואכלטוא אלמבלגין ותקרר
    7. אן י…
    1. Ibrāhīm b. Bū l-Faḍl, may his end be good,
    2. and Bū l-Ḥasan b. Bū l-ʿAlāʾ, may his end be good, both appeared in court. 
    3. The aforementioned Ibrāhīm pu…

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  8. 408Legal documentT-S AS 147.1

    Record of a marriage contract mentioning a marriage gift of 5 dinars and payment of 10 dinars at termination of the marriage. The words of …

    1. ]ה וצהלה וחדוה //וגילה//
    2. ] ולחתן ולכלה
    3. ] כויבנו ויצליחו
    4. ]רגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה כן הוה איך מר ור
    5. ]אינתו כדת משה וישראל ואנא …

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  9. 409Unknown typeT-S AS 186.57

    Document in Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. The openings of two lines are visible, the latter: "وينهى انه رجل". Reused for atbash alphabetical practice. Requires further examination.

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  10. 410LetterT-S Ar.39.438

    Letter in Arabic script. Concerning 'the going up' of an enslaved singing woman (ṭulūʿ al-mughanniya). "I sent Luʾluʾ... with her another person from her place …

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  11. 411LetterT-S Ar.38.100

    Letter from someone, probably in Barqa, to his or her "father" the judge Mūsā b. ʿImrān (or else this Mūsā is simply mentioned in the …

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  12. 412Legal documentT-S 10J6.14

    Testimony signed by Aharon ha-Kohen b. Amram and two others regarding the kashruth (ritual lawfulness) of some cheese made by the Karaites (of Samaritiqa, a …

    1. בשמך רחמנ
    2. אודיע לרבותינו אשר בארץ מצ[רים]
    3. כי בא יפת בר משולם שהוא מכת הקראים
    4. אשר בסמרתקה וקנה שלושים רטלין גבינין
    5. ממעשה הר זיתים והם כשרים וטובים לק…

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  13. 413State documentT-S AS 177.323

    Tax receipt for Nuṣayr b. Saʿīd. Dated: 5[..] AH (~12th century CE).

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  14. 414Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 741

    Literary text, probably a prayer, in Arabic script. "الانعام توسل به" - "the beasts seek intercession through him".

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  15. 415Literary textMIAC 188

    Pleas and prayers to God for the sake of the people of Israel – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 188) – in …

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  16. 416State documentENA 3971.18

    Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …

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  17. 417LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 158

    Letter, or official document. The only readable phrase is "ويشهد بسرعة الفرج". Ḥamdala and Ṣalwala towards the end of the preserved text.

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  18. 418Unknown typeENA NS 85.507

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 419LetterT-S NS 181.41

    Late Hebrew letter in a cursive hand. On verso a drawing and few words

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  20. 420Unknown typeENA NS 85.565

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 421List or tableT-S AS 205.41

    Table of Arabic and Hebrew letters. Symbols and/or letters from other languages may also be present. This fragment may have served as a learning aid …

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  22. 422Legal documentT-S AS 179.147

    Draft of an Arabic-script legal document or credit instrument. Documenting a debt of 20 dinars. Written on 11 Shaʿbān [.]39 AH. Mentions names such as …

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  23. 423LetterT-S NS J262

    Fragment of a letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic, apparently to the Nagid. Appealing for help as well as help for a woman oppressed by her husband. Her …

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    1. זאלת עליה . . . [
    2. חתי אכדת מן [
    3. חתי תכתב לי והו [
    4. ובכפלה כל סאעה לו כאן [
    5. וזוגתה פי נאר אן לא יעלם [ 
    6. והי בתקבל ידי סידנא ובתקול אנה [אכד
    7. שבו…

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  24. 424LetterMoss. IXa,2.71

    Letter fragment, probably, in Arabic script. Extremely fragmentary.

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  25. 425Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 2156

    Karaite bill of debt. Dated Wednesday 23 Iyyar 5410 AM (1650 CE). Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo Levi acknowledges a debt of 4 guruş kilāb (esedi guruş/Lion …

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלארבע תלאתה ועשרין פי
    2. חדש אייר סנה הת׳׳י ליצירה חצר אלאך ר׳ ישועה לוי יצ׳׳ו
    3. בכ׳׳ר שלמה נ׳׳ע ואשהד עלי נפסה באן ענדה ופי ד…

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  26. 426Legal documentHalper 356

    Debt contract for a sum of 300 dirhams. One of the parties is Hiba. Written and signed by Moshe b. Aharon ha-Kohen. There is an …

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  27. 427Legal documentT-S AS 185.134

    Jottings of a court scribe. List in Judaeo-Arabic on recto, two entries represent the amounts of "initial" and "delayed" payments (perhaps a dowry). Medieval-era. There …

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  28. 428List or tableAIU VII.F.8

    An account in librae and solidi with a sum in librae (quantity obscured) and solidi VI (Alan Stahl). The informal consensus of a group of …

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  29. 429Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/11

    Legal document, Sunday 3 Adar II 4845 A.M. (1085), Alexandria. Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sighmar appoints Eli ha-Kohen b. Hayyim (=b. Yahya) as his agent …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בכתבא דנן כן הוה חצ'ר אלינא כ'ג'ק'
    2. מר' ור' יהודה בחיר הישיבה ביר' משה נ'ע' הנודע בן סגמאר והו פי …
    1. Testimony that took place before us, we witnesses whose signatures are at the bottom of this document, as follows. There appeared before us (his) h(…

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  30. 430Unknown typeMoss. V,358

    Not digitized.

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  31. 431Paraliterary textNLI 577.7/4

    Note on the back of a literary text: "copied for his son Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Kohen ha-Meʿulle ha-Dayyan ha-Muflaʾ."

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  32. 432Literary textT-S 8.271 + DK 134 + T-S 10K21 + T-S Misc.35.31 + ENA 3098.7

    Part of Megillat ʿOvadya, the autobiographical account of the conversion and travels of ʿOvadya the 12th-century Norman proselyte. See Goitein's article for a detailed discussion. …

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  33. 433LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/40

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1063. Natan wrote the letter 10 days before Passover. The writer …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאג'ל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה
    2. מן אלמסתקר לג' כלת מן ניסן כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמה ובלג'ה…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך,
    2. מן הבית, בג' בניסן, יחתום …

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  34. 434LetterT-S 12.314

    Letter from Nahray b. Natan b. Nahray to Abū l-Faḍl b. Yosef b. David (or rather: Qarawī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. He acknowledges receipt of a letter …

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  35. 435LetterT-S Ar.30.184.1

    Verso (original use): Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Includes the phrase "anā al-ghāʾib wa-anta al-ḥāḍir." The sender set sail on a boat/ship (وكنت قد اقلعت …

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  36. 436LetterBodl. Ms Heb. d 66/137

    IB VI, 21. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (aka Abū Zikrī Kohen). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: first half …

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  37. 437Literary textENA 3924.3

    Quran. Pinholes at the margin ~3–4mm apart.

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  38. 438Unknown typeENA NS 79.59

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  39. 439LetterMoss. IV,71.2

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender seems to be complaining that the addressee did not inform him about the price of saffron; he heard that …

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  40. 440Unknown typeJRL A 1059

    Unidentified (documentary?) text in Hebrew with phrases such as "a generation that has no thorns," "in the letter/document of Damascus," and something forged (מזוייף). Seems …

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  41. 441LetterT-S NS 297.57

    Copy of a letter addressed to "the ustādh." The titles ʿAḍud al-Dawla wa-Tāj al-[...] appear. Written in Arabic script, in eloquent style but lousy handwriting …

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  42. 442Unknown typeT-S AS 87.379

    Minute fragment with Arabic text on one side and a rabbinic text on the other.

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  43. 443Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. a 3/25

    Magical spells and prayers to angels in Hebrew.

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  44. 444Literary textT-S 10J23.3

    Chronological work, very similar to Seder ʿOlam Zuṭṭa. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.

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  45. 445Legal documentT-S 10J14.30

    Legal testimonies embedded in a letter format. Testimonies made by Abū l-Khayr and Peraḥya about a physical argument between the leader Abū l-Bahā and Abū …

    1. אקול אנא עבד רבינו וכאדמה אבו אלכיר אני לילה אל[[גמעה]]/כמיס/ בעד
    2. צלוה מעריב [[כא]] כנת כארג מן כניסה אלעראקיין בעד כרוג אלגמא[עה
    3. פענד מא כרגת מן אל…

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  46. 446Literary textT-S NS 306.167

    Small fragment from an Arabic text mentioning an opulent place surrounded by trees, also mentioning a sapphire. Probably the same text as T-S NS 306.165 …

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  47. 447LetterT-S 10J17.20

    Letter from a family member to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf, in Fustat (c/o the shop of the dayyān). In Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing money problems and an …

    1. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלעזיז עלי אט[אל אללה בקאה
    2. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא א[כלאה
    3. וגמע אללה בינינא ובינה עלי אסר חאל ות[ . . . .
    4. פי עאפיה לא תשג…

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  48. 448LetterJRL A 581

    Fragment of a letter in Ladino. The name of the addressee is preserved, something like: דוד וילייז לובושון.

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  49. 449Legal documentCUL Or.1700.7

    Ketubba, probably. Small fragment. Very damaged. Reused for an alphabetical (divination?) table on verso.

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  50. 450Legal documentCod.Heid.Or.78

    Recto: Legal deed. Release/quittance in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, granted by Mikhaʾel b. Avraham to his full brother Yosef (shaqīqī... bin Abbā Mārī). …

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