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4451LetterENA NS 24.15
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter addressed to ʿEli ha-Kohen ha-Parnas. What remains of the letter is the introduction consisting entirely of biblical verses.
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4452LetterJRL B 7846
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment addressed to Nahray b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the substance remains unless there is a join.
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- unedited 11th c
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4453LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/7a
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter fragment addressed to a Nagid. ʿAmram? [...] b. ʿAmram? Only a small sliip from the introduction is preserved.
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4454Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 799
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt (?). Danānīr is readable but not much can be gleaned due to the damaged condition of the paper.
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- dimme
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4455LetterT-S AS 145.280
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge to David ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Only the top is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
1. חבר אני לכל אשר יראוך
2. אל הדרת כבוד גדולת ק מר ור דוד הכהן
3. החבר ה . ו . . שמ צו ויהיה תמיד בעזרו
4. אהבו כנפשו אליהו
5. יערפה כתרה שוקה [אליה ו]אלי גמיע מן…
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- shelomo b. eliyyahu
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4456Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 148.172
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Order of payment written on a piece of scrap paper. Abū l-Munā is to pay the bearer 1 dirham.
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4457LetterT-S AS 158.90
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment from a letter, contains mostly blessings, including for the addressee to see Jerusalem. Only formulaic content is preserved.
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4458State documentT-S AS 165.215
Primary language
Arabic
Probably a state document in Arabic script, reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ. The Arabic document is very difficult to read.
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4459LetterT-S AS 201.106
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Ma[ṣliaḥ?]. Addressed to Fustat (אלא מצר חמאה תע). None of the content is preserved.
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4460State documentT-S NS 277.202
Primary language
Arabic
Lower left corner of a fiscal document in Arabic script. Related to agrarian administration. On verso there is piyyut.
1. ]العادة نابها(؟) فيها حتى صار جميع المزدرع
2. من الفدن خمسة واربعين فدانا وثلثة ستم(؟)
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- dimme
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4461LetterT-S 8J17.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Bū l-Faraj to Umm Yūsuf the mother-in-law of Bayān al-Bukhtaj ('the cooked,' from Middle Persian pokhtag), sent via Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. …
1. יתפצל ר אליה יקרא הדה אלבטאקה עלי אם יוסף חמאת אלשיך ביאן
2. אלבכתג ולא יעיקהא סאעה ובלגני מרצהא פלא תפווה בהדה אלמצוה
3. כלאף אלחצרה הקבה יגעלהא לשם ולתה…
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- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: marad
- illness: physician
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4462Legal documentMoss. VI,137.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bifolio of literary text (אלו הן הקרובין from Mishna Sanhedrin 3:4). On a blank page there is a draft of a legal summons: Abū l-Faḍl …
1. יחצר אלשיך אלאגל אבו אלפצל //באמרי\\
2. [[מ]] מ[ע] כצמה ללשרע סרעה
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4463LetterT-S 12.168
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yehuda b. Yosef (of Qayrawān, active 990s–1030s). In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment. Mentions "my partner" Barhūn b. Faraḥ. The left side of the …
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4464Unknown typeT-S Ar.7.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mysterious text in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably not a letter. Some of the phrases rhyme, but it is difficult to make sense of more than a few …
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4465LetterT-S AS 147.130
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to the community of Qalyūb. Written and signed by Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim (active 1213–38 CE). The whole paper is preserved, but the text is …
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- qalyub
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4466List or tableT-S AS 177.160
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Business account. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era (the precise date is given at the bottom, 25 Ramaḍān of year that is difficult to read). Mentions Mūsā the …
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4467Legal query or responsumStras. 4038/1–6
Geonic responsum about the calendar controversy of Ben Meir, dated 994–95 CE. It is attributed to Hayye Gaon. Preserved here is the second of two …
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- calendar
- controversy
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4468Literary textT-S NS 206.15
Primary language
Syriac (Estrangelo)
Fragment in Syriac, likely a hitherto unknown (Malkite?) liturgical polemic. It was attempted to identify the text by searching the Simtho corpus but to no …
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4469LetterT-S Ar.42.130
Primary language
Arabic
Letter from Ṣamṣām, a prisoner in Nābulus, to al-Qāʾid Muʿizz (according to the body of the letter) or to the heirs of Ṣārim al-Dawla, in …
Recto
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. اعرف [القائد معز] حفظه الله ورعاه وحفظه وتولاه ولا
Recto
1. Au nom de Dieu clément et miséricordieux.
2. Je fais savoir (au qâ'id Mu'izz), Dieu le protège et l'ait sous sa garde et en son amitié et ne
3. ...
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4470List or tableT-S NS 321.73 + T-S NS 292.57
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bifolio from an account ledger of a merchant. Refers to the sum contained in two purses (ṣurratayn) in the weight (sanja) of Alexandria: 151 dinars …
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4471LetterENA 1822a.29
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment: bottom right corner only. Mentions health, items to be sent, and regards to various people including Najīb al-Dīn (?). There is a note …
1. ואהל אלבית ואל . . אל . . [
2. ואלאן נחן פי עאפיה וא[
3. מן חצרתה אלעאליה א[ן
4. בא[ע] אלגלה ינפד[הא
5. ואן כאן מא באעהא [
6. וינפד תמנהא ב . [
7. ולא יתואנא פי דלך ח…
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4472LetterENA NS I.24
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century. Addressed to Meir "the great Prince." Trying to arrange a meeting in Fustat. On verso the name Abū …
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4473LetterT-S 12.35
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Family letter from a son to his mother. Nadiv b. Saʿadya is mentioned, as are greetings to family members such as Abū l-Wafā, Abū l-Faḍl, …
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- to edit
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4474Legal documentT-S 16.249
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Geonic (?) responsum regarding two orphans who claim property their father had entrusted to another. Verso is barely legible, but seems to be a …
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- responsum
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4475Legal documentT-S AS 157.350
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. Probably a power of attorney, in which a woman appoints someone to collect what is due to her from ‘my husband’ Thābit b. …
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4476Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.86
Primary language
Arabic
Order of payment. Maḥfūẓ is to pay the bearer Sālim (or Maḥfūẓ and Sālim are to pay somebody else?) something. Cf. T-S AS 146.22, T-S …
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4477Unknown typeT-S NS 225.81
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Unable to make sense what it is. On verso remains of a date. Recto seems like a poetical text or drash, but will need more …
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4478LetterENA NS 48.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of a woman, who was seriously ill, requesting her sister to provide her younger daughter with a proper education. Concerning the illness: "This is …
1. אעלמך יאסתי יאכתי געלני אללה פדאך
2. אנני קד וקעת פי מרץ צעב בעיד אלכלאץ
3. מנה והודא ארי מנאמאת מקארבה
4. לרוחי תדל עלי אלהלאך יאסתי אכבר
5. וציתי ענדך אן קצא …
1. Thisisto inform you, my lady, dear sister – may God accept me as a ransom for you –
2. that I have become seriously ill – with little hope of recovery –
3. and I have dreams indicating
4. that my end is near.
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- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: dying
- illness: marad
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4479LetterT-S 12.2
Inferred date
1045–1045 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Yahboy, probably in Qayrawān, to an unknown addressee, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045 according to Gil. The writer is …
ומן מצר
recto - top margin
1. בוצול הדא
2. אלשי אליה ובביעה
(13–17) ונמצאים אצלי מכתבי המת נ"ע, אלי ואל אחיו, מאלכסנדריה ומפסטאט,
recto,top margin
שהגיע אליו הדבר הזה וכי מכר אותו, וחוץ מזה מכתבך אתה, שומרך אלוהים, שהגיע עכשיו (ומעיד על) זאת.
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- suftaja
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5838
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4480Legal documentENA 4100.16
Legal query in the form of a letter to Yiṣḥaq b. Sasson, Maimonides' contemporary with his answer on the verso. The writter of the query …
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4481LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/53
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Aharon ha-Kohen to the parnas ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen (Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh). Opens with a verse of Arabic poetry …
Recto
1. בשמך
2. אן יכן אלאיאם פרק ביננא פמן דא אלדי מן ריבה[[ן]] סלים פארקה
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- arabic poetry
- recommendation
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4482LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/65
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Suhayl, in an unknown location, to his wife Umm Wuhayb and to his son, in Fustat. He asks in the most urgent terms …
Recto:
1. בשמ רחמ
2. אלדי תרידו עלמה אנני משתאק אליכם
3. ואלי אכבארכם ואריד מנכם סאעה
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- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: dying
- illness: furqa
- illness: khutta
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4483LetterENA 3787.10
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal/recommendation from the community of Damascus to the community of Fustat. The senders are writing on behalf of an ʿaguna who has been …
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- aguna
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4484LetterENA NS 7.71
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (identification based on handwriting). In Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to the remainder of the price of a female donkey; a request …
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- moshe b. levi
- to examine
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4485LetterT-S 13J25.8
Letter from Ya’aqov b. Nahum b. Hakhmon, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1060. The letter contains details about goods that arrived …
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1. עלי אללה וחדה תוכלת
2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסעאדתך וכפאיתך
...ואבקש ממך אדוני, כתוב אלי והודע לי את הידוע על שני המשואים
recto, right margin
(8-1) אשר לי; ואילו המשאוי של אבו עמראן(?) הגיע, ואבקש מאלוהים שיעזור לי לגביו, שאגמול לך במקצת ממה שאתה ראוי, כי אינני יכול לגמול לך גמול (מלא):
(21-9) אבקש ממך שתקנה לי סודר לבן בג' דינרים, עד ג' וחצי, ושני זוגות מחצלות, האחת למיטה ועוד אחת שצמודה לה.
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- flax
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5900
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4486LetterBL OR 5561B.22 + BL OR 5561B.23
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Daniel ha-Levi, in Damascus, to someone important named Natan. Late. In Hebrew. The letter has to do with a man named Binyamin Fā'ina …
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- late heb
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4487LetterT-S Ar.13.15
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 12th–14th century. "When the letter arrived which you sent with the wife of my maternal uncle to Ibn Ṣaghīr …
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4488Legal documentHalper 359
Document date
10 Rabīʿ I 945 Hijrī (6 August 1538 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Legal document (debt settlement) issued by a qāḍī court in the Musallamiyya madrasa of Damietta. In Arabic script, with a Judaeo-Arabic filing note. Dated: 10 …
Recto, witnesses' signatures, middle
1. المعتمد على الله
2. العلي عبد الرحمن
Verso, left,ʿalāma
1. Praiseto God ... until his Day of Judgement.
Verso, left, main text
1. Praise be to God.
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4489State documentENA 3907.8
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt of some kind for Ibrāhīm b. [...]. A period of one year is specified. There is a word that looks like "halīlaj" (myrobalan), but …
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- hikr
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4490Legal documentT-S 13J8.11
Document date
Tammuz 1524 Seleucid (21 June 1213–19 July 1213 CE)
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew
Legal document: bill of sale for an enslaved woman to a certain Elʿazar ha-Kohen. The enslaved woman is called "So-and-so" (פלונית) and the woman who …
recto
1. [כדלא באונס ולא במרע ולא ב]שגו ולא בטיעו אלא בליבא שלמא ובדעתא
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- 13th c
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36459
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4491Legal documentT-S AS 145.93
Document date
[14]61 Seleucid (1149–1150 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. Handwriting of Natan b. Shemuel? Fragment (upper left corner). Location: Banhā. Dated: [14]61 Seleucid, which is 1149/50 CE, under the reshut of Shemuel …
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4492Legal documentAIU VII.A.30
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Contract of sorts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Calligraphic. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. All those who sign their names below seem to be …
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4493LetterBodl. MS Heb. c 72/13
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter addressed to Moshe [b. Yehuda]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with business matters. The sender conveys Shemuel's request that …
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4494LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/18
Document date
4 Tishrei 5569 Anno Mundi (25 September 1808 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 4 Tishrei 5569 AM, which is 25 September …
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4495Legal query or responsumENA 2808.12
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Legal query regarding an inheritance, draft. The brother of the deceased had apparently not paid anything to the widow. The bulk of the query is …
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2017
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6705
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4496List or tableENA 3150.4
Document date
968 Hijrī (22 September 1560–10 September 1561 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in several locations according to the Islamic calendar, probably in the year 968 AH (חסץ) but this alphanumerical designation is backwards …
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- cmp
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4497Legal documentENA NS 19.8
Inferred date
1066–1108 CE
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. A large damaged שטר אביזריה (= Bill of compensation), written by Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066-1108). A certain Yosef is mentioned and also …
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- hillel b. eli
- legal
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4498LetterENA NS 34.2
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 16th century. Written by Yehuda al-Ashqar b. Yiṣḥaq b. [...], a resident of Jerusalem who, …
Tags
- 16th c
- appeal
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4499LetterENA NS 83.254
Primary language
Arabic
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). The sender is awaiting an order or rescript to a petition (wa-anā muntaẓir al-tawqīʿ bi-[...]). …
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4500Paraliterary textJRL B 8384
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Codex with a page of ownership notes. The upper note is for Shelomo b. Eliyyahu and refers to the work as a commentary (sharḥ). The …
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