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  1. 4601Unknown typeT-S NS 340.22

    Very faded Arabic document. On verso what looks like a drawing - needs examination.

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  2. 4602Paraliterary textT-S AS 153.156

    Recipe or preparation instructions, probably halakhic or medical, mentioning sieving, kneading, heat and a period of 10 days.

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  3. 4603LetterT-S NS J145

    Letter from Barukh b. Zikrī al-Makhmuri, in Ifrīqiyya, to his relative Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmuri, in Fustat. The writer asks for help as his place …

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  4. 4604Legal documentT-S Ar.41.50

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: Late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Seems to be a deathbed declaration of a Jewish man. Mentions the Jews of …

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  5. 4605Legal documentBL Or. 4684 (4)

    Contract of sale written on parchment, dated Ramaḍān 372 AH, between Minā b. Jirja and ʿIsā b. Ismaʿīl. (AP)

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  6. 4606Legal documentT-S NS 224.87

    Hardly readable.

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  7. 4607State documentT-S Misc.28.164

    Verso (original use): Remnants of three words of a state decree in enormous calligraphic Arabic script ("...ī maṣāliḥ al-musli[mīn]" (ى مصالح المسل[امين...). Dating: pre–1108 CE, …

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  8. 4608State documentT-S AS 178.193

    Petition in Arabic script to somebody called "mawlānā al-Ṣāḥib." Conveying a story about a brawl at the Dār al-Wakāla and people getting arrested. The petitioner …

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  9. 4609List or tableT-S 16.39 + T-S J2.77

    Detailed account of a kosher butcher from Fustat, specifying the various community officials and other persons to whom he had made payments of 7 dirhams …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . .].ה אלדבאחה
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . .] לשטרות: פה כז
    3. [ברא]ש[ית] נח לך [. . . . . .] ויהיו תול יצחק
    4. . . . .] וישלח וישב מקץ ויגש…

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  10. 4610List or tableT-S Ar.30.152

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso in the first row of entries: 6 Ramaḍān _43 AH but the scribe omitted the hundreds digit. The …

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  11. 4611List or tableBL OR 13888.3

    List of people who have donated to the synagogue (? the second line of the header is a little unclear). Dating: ca. 1505 CE based …

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  12. 4612State documentT-S AS 169.22

    Small fragment of a state document: في احد المستخدمين . . . ما يكتب. . .

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  13. 4613Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1081

    Rendering of the book Esther into Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

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  14. 4614Unknown typeENA NS 79.151

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  15. 4615List or tableT-S AS 177.91

    Accounts.

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  16. 4616Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 612

    Literary text, most likely. Needs examination.

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  17. 4617List or tableENA NS 77.403

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Hebrew alphanumerals. Possibly dated in the first line of the recto, left side: ס׳ סגץ (s[anat] 963 AH), but the preceding …

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  18. 4618Unknown typeENA NS 85.615

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 4619LetterENA NS 21.7

    IB II, 47 (12ח). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1131 CE. Ḥalfon …

    IB II, 47 (IB IV, Ḥ12/ח12) recto

    1. [... א]כִד כתאב דכר [...]
    2. אלכתב ויגריהא ואן [לם] יראה ראי פיתרכה [...]
    3. [כ]תבת למולאי נסכה אִ[לר]סאלה והדה נסכתהא כ[…

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  20. 4620Unknown typeENA NS 79.33

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 4621LetterAIU VII.D.102

    Letter in Hebrew from Azarya Zeevi, Jerusalem, to Yiṣḥaq Castro, Cairo/Fusṭāṭ. Dating: mid-seventeenth century. Should be read together with T-S 20.67—same writer and addressee. The …

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  22. 4622LetterT-S AS 105.216

    Probably a letter, mentions the leader Abū Saʿd. Signs of having been used for a book binding. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  23. 4623Legal documentAIU VII.A.41

    Image not available. According to Schwab Catalogue: A communal document mentions Abu Saad ibn Hassun. AA

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  24. 4624LetterT-S AS 181.219

    Petition/letter of appeal for charity, in Arabic script, addressed to the qāḍī ʿImād al-Mulk. The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines …

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  25. 4625LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 665

    Letter (draft?), or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Contains the taqbīl clause and mentions "al-mamlūk" twice. The text on verso reads as "min ahl hādihi …

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  26. 4626State documentT-S Ar.41.131

    Petition likely addressed to the vizier of al-Ẓāfir, al-ʿĀdil Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī Ibn al-Salār (r. 1149–53), regarding an iqṭāʿ worth 5500 dinars and a market …

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    1. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى وافضل تحياته و[سلامه]

    2. ما اخذ لهم من طين اقطاعهم وهو ماية فدان احتوى عليها النايب 

    3. وقد خرجت الاوامر العالية باعا…

    1. The benedictions of God and his blessings, his increasing benefactions and most excellent greetings [and peace]
    2. ... what was assigned to them as th…

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  27. 4627Legal documentENA 3963.4

    Legal document: testimony that Ya[ḥ]yā b. [ ] (?) is a Jew from Khaybar, and thus exempt from the capitation tax. Dated: middle decade of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن ارحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله وسلم تسليما
    2. شهد الشهود المسمون اخر هذا الكتاب شهدوا جميعا انهم يعرفون يـ[ـحـ]يى بن ...…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. Prayers of God and peace be upon our lord Muḥammad, his prophet, and upon his family.

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  28. 4628LetterT-S Ar.38.111

    Letter in Ottoman Turkish addressed to Maʿallim Salmūn in Alexandria. Dating: late sixteenth- or early seventeenth-century. Another letter addressed to the recipient contains a seal …

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    1. Cenāb-i ʿizzet meʾāb-ı saʿādet-niṣāb, bender-i İskenderiyye mültezimi Muʿallim Salmūn ḥażretleri-yi kāmyāb:

    2. Baʿde’s-selām maʿa’l…

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    1. To the noble and felicitous tax-farmer of the port of Alexandria, his excellency Muʿallim Salmūn:
    2. After greetings with glory and ho…

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  29. 4629Literary textAIU XII.152

    Bifolio from a narrow volume, an Arabic treatise that seems to be on medicine or regimen.

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  30. 4630LetterT-S 13J20.20

    Letter addressed to the writer's father, Shelomo (Abu al-Rabi Sulayman), and his father-in-law, Yeshua ha-Kohen, in Qalyub. The writer invites both the addressees and his …

    1. בש רח
    2. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה שלום ג
    3. ברכות רבות וישועות קרובות וחמלה וחנינה ומילוי
    4. כל משאל ומזל גבוה וכללי הברכות הערוכות תהיה
    5. ל[כ]גק מר ור שלמה הכהן הזק…
    1. In the n(ame of the) Me(rciful)  
    2. "Say as follows: 'To life! Greetings to you,'" etc. (1 Samuel 25:6). 
    3. –8. May your [h(onor)] g(reatness and) h(oli…

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  31. 4631List or tableT-S AS 152.44

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Hebrew numerals. The recto heading mentions David Ben-Ṣaʿab(?) and subsequent entries are for specific items: large thawbs and a tray …

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  32. 4632Legal documentT-S Misc.28.238

    Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Partnership agreement. The shared capital is 70 dinars. Dating: mentions the year 494 …

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  33. 4633LetterT-S 13J20.29

    Business letter to the writer's brother Shelomo. Two drafts. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 16th century. The man has difficulty expressing himself. He requests …

    1. סלאם אללה תעלה ורחמתו וברכאתו
    2. ואגכת חיאתו עלי אלאך אלעזיז כר
    3. שלמה יצו בידכל עליך אבוי באנך לא
    4. תצרב אנה והואוי באנך אנת גאי אבנו
    5. מן פצלך ומן אחסנך אנ…

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  34. 4634LetterT-S AS 181.178

    Informal note from Eliyyahu to a certain Kohen asking him to give Umm ʿAzīza the sister of al-Makīn one dirham so that she can buy …

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  35. 4635List or tableT-S AS 103.198

    Recto: unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning olive oil (zayt ṭayyib). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  36. 4636LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/10

    Lower left fragment: Letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). He has sent two notes, one with Abū l-Ṭāhir and one …

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  37. 4637LetterENA 4011.24

    Note addressed to Yaʿaqov Abū l-Munā. The sender, a scribe, already sent with Abū Manṣūr the cantor what he needed to send, and asks the …

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  38. 4638Legal documentT-S 16.177

    Early legal document, in Hebrew rather than Arabic, in which the widow of Zekharya b. Othniel and his daughter Farha, acting for the still-minor boys, …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . ] מן ידיהם כולם האלמנה נה בתו ובתה פרחה ובנ[ה . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . הק]טנים שרצו ומינו אותו הזקן…

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  39. 4639Literary textT-S AS 119.315

    The title of a literary work in Arabic script: The Epistle of ʿĪsā b. ʿAlī al-Mutaṭabbib in Response to the Epistle of ʿĪsā b. al-Ḥasan …

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  40. 4640Literary textENA NS 53.10

    Recto: Ethical exhortations in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Poetry or other literary text in Hebrew. Somebody has left a note identifying the scribe with Yehuda ha-Kohen b. …

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  41. 4641LetterENA 1177.17

    Letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter contains instructions about money to be received and/or paid; mentions the army (al-ʿaskar); mentions Abū l-Maḥāsin …

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    1. כתאבי אלי . . . . . . אטאל אללה
    2. בקאך [
    3. . . .
    4. דרהם [
    5. עוץ א . . אלשיך אבלמחא/ס/ן
    6. אלדי אנתם סכאן ענדה
    7. דפעהא ללצמאן אלצבג גו(?)
    8. ענדנא ללעסכר פתרו…

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  42. 4642Unknown typeENA NS 85.703

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 4643LetterT-S NS 297.243

    Recto: Possibly the top of an official letter in Arabic script. Reused for jottings all over the margins in Arabic and Hebrew script. Verso: Bottom …

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  44. 4644LetterCUL Or.1080 J23

    IB III, 56. Letter whose author might be Perahya b. Yosef Ibn Yiju, probably in Fustat, to the author's wife, in the home of the …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסתנא אל עזיזה עלינא תאג ראסנא
    2. ועזנא לא עדמנאך פלא תסאל (!) ען שוקנא אליך אלבארי
    3. תעאלי יסאהל מא עסר ויקרב מא בעד פהו תעאלי
    4. אלעאלם …

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    1. מכתבי אלייך, הוי, גברתנו היקרה עלינו, עטרת ראשנו
    2. וכבודנו, לעולם אל תחסרי לנו. ואל תשאלי על געגועינו עלייך. הבורא
    3. יתעלה יקל את מה שקשה ויקרב את…

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  45. 4645Legal documentMoss. VII,21.1

    Recto: Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 27 Nisan 1581 Seleucid = 20 April 1270 CE. Husband: ʿAzīz b. Ghanāʾim ha-Levi from [...]. …

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  46. 4646LetterENA NS 2.44

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj b. Abū l-Ḥasan, with greetings to his brother the physician al-Najīb Abū l-Barakāt. Nearly complete. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably early …

    1. סבב אזדאר(!) הדה אלאחרף אלי אלמולא[י . . .]ך[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. אלמוופק אבו אלפרג ופקה אללה תעאלי וינהי כתרה אלשוק אלי ה. . .
    3. אכיה אלשי…

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  47. 4647LetterT-S NS 182.14

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, written in wide spacing. Torn and damaged. Legible phrases: ואנהא לדאת אללה תע ואלאחד . . . . ענהם . . …

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  48. 4648LetterENA NS 37.21

    Fragment (upper right corner) of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  49. 4649Unknown typeT-S AS 204.46

    Unidentified Hebrew text, could be documentary.

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  50. 4650Legal documentT-S NS 190.33

    A copy of a legal document about inheritance, probably the copy to be kept in court. Name mentioned: Shmuel

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