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  1. 4651Literary textT-S Ar.30.105

    Each side presents a different solution for ending up with 4 measures each in the 8-measure and 5-measure vessels.

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  2. 4652State documentT-S Ar.30.158

    State document, in chancery hand. The ends of 5 lines are preserved. Probably a report mentioning the royal kitchen "maṭbakh" and lamb meat "laḥm al-kharīf."

    1. ]ـن جملة (حمله=alt) الخريف
    2. ]رحه في المطبخ
    3. ]ـمها بالوزن فيه
    4. ] الفاصل منه بعد
    5. ]ـستعمل الى هذا

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  3. 4653Legal documentT-S Ar.39.30

    (the same as the father in ENA 2957.32 (PGPID 6723)?).

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  4. 4654State documentT-S Ar.39.364

    Fattāh, only the beginning formula with honorifics is preserved. Ends in the margin with a ṣalwala. Recto (secondary use): Kharāj receipt for a sum of 4 dinars for Burā b.

    1. بسم الله [الرحمن الرحيم

    2. عرض هذه المكـ[ـاتبة(؟)

    3. الاجل اطال الله بقاه[

    4. وسموها وسناها و…[

    5. جعفر بن فتاح اجل[

    6. …………………

    Right margin

    1. و..[

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  5. 4655LetterT-S Ar.39.378

    There are also several lines of Arabic script on verso, possibly the end of the letter and the address, or possibly the bottom of another document.

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  6. 4656LetterT-S Ar.39.384

    The sender swears by God calling him "the light" (wa-ḥaqq al-Nūr). Ends with a ḥasbala. There may be dates in l. 2 and/or l. 4 (538 or 548 AH?).

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  7. 4657Paraliterary textT-S Ar.53.33

    This was probably torn from a page that originally had more recipes, as the tops of the letters from the next entry are just barely visible. Needs further examination.

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  8. 4658Legal documentT-S AS 151.104

    Fragment from the end of a legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo.

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  9. 4659LetterT-S AS 151.191 + T-S 6J7.16

    Same hand and possibly indirect joins: ENA NS 50.15 (PGPID 12169) and T-S AS 206.89 (PGPID 39666).

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  10. 4660LetterT-S AS 153.95

    Shemuel ha-Nagid (date: 11th century). Cf. ENA 3765.8–9 and T-S 6J3.25 for other letters addressed to him.

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  11. 4661Paraliterary textT-S AS 173.50

    The Judaeo-Arabic portion on recto is a love spell (באב עטף) invoking a female supernatural entity (יא עספה(?) בנת כטוף בנת ברק וכטוף אעטפי קלב פבפ עלי פבפ...).

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  12. 4662LetterT-S AS 179.175

    Verso (the earlier text): Fragment of a state-related document referring to "the victorious army" (al-ʿaskar al-manṣūr). The ends of three more lines are preserved. Recto (the later text): Letter/petition in Arabic script, complaining about agricultural matters and difficult conditions (mentions cattle, pomegranate trees, plots of land, and waterwheels).

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  13. 4663LetterT-S AS 201.211

    The largest block of still-preserved text, at the bottom of recto, includes the phrases "I assailed them (saṭawtu ʿalayhim) [and said to them], 'You seek evil things!' And we left..." Ends with the phrase וסלאמנא מעהו(?) יגדל נצח סלה ישע רב.

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  14. 4664List or tableT-S AS 209.4

    For the surname Mar Ḥayyīm, see also: T-S Ar.30.141 (PGPID 20277); ENA NS 53.21 (PGPID 11382). The verso mentions the name Yosef Medina.

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  15. 4665List or tableT-S AS 214.100

    There are a variety of entries on the recto and verso listed as "soap" (צאבון).

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  16. 4666Literary textT-S K6.11

    A Menashshe b. Yehuda, living at the end of the 11th century, is known from other Genizah documents, though it is not clear whether this is the same figure.

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  17. 4667Legal documentT-S K22.27

    (Document #24) Incomplete entry involving some form of payment and/or a partnership.

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    1. באופן שנשארה הן אשה הנז׳ במותבוך(?) בין ההקדש הנ׳ ובין הכה׳׳ר שלמה ובין הר׳ שמואל
    2. הנז׳ בזה האופן ל…

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  18. 4668Legal documentT-S K22.27

    (Document #22) Final lines of an entry mentioning receipt of [..]290 dirham from Yiṣḥaq, but the full nomenclature and sum are missing.

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    :Left side of bifolio 3r (Documents 22-23)

    1. מאתים תשעים דרהם וקנין מיד הר׳ יצחק הנז׳ ושבועה חמורה
    2. לג[..]ר [נת]קיים כל הכתוב עליו לעיל והיה זה ב…

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  19. 4669LetterT-S Misc.25.21

    The upside down Hebrew script on recto, and the entirety of verso, are from a reuse.

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  20. 4670Legal documentT-S Misc.27.4.26

    Engagement agreement. Fiancé: Ṭāhir b. ʿIwaḍ al-Jazzār.

    TS Misc Box 27, f. 26, ed. Ashtor, Mamluks, vol.3, p. 44 (Doc. #25),Agreement regarding a marital match, 1270 Z.F.11-27-89 {p)

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    1. [למא] כא]ן…

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  21. 4671List or tableT-S NS 83.37

    Most of the books seem to be religious in nature. One of the entries mentions "a period of two years, from Sivan [4]813 to Sivan [4]815."

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  22. 4672List or tableT-S NS 99.78 + T-S NS 99.77 + T-S NS 99.79 + T-S NS 99.80 + T-S NS 99.81

    One and a half pages are filled with a poem in Ladino involving a husband and wife and a knight, with refrains which are different from each other but which all end with "yo." The remaining two and a half pages are filled with accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning the year 1581 (Elul 5341) and 1582 CE (Elul 5342).

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  23. 4673State documentT-S NS 112.169

    State document, specifically the ending lines of a petition in Arabic script. The raʾy clause is preserved: "al-ʾārā al-sulṭāniyya".

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  24. 4674List or tableT-S NS 129.82

    One of the Arabic sections is dated: end of Rajab 64[.] AH, corresponding to the range 1244–51 CE.

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  25. 4675Paraliterary textT-S NS 164.22

    There are also a few words in Hebrew on recto referring to God who is enthroned on the cherubs.

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  26. 4676LetterT-S NS 292.22

    Most of the words are legible but the instruction/request is not entirely clear: ينعم حضرة مولاي الشيخ ابو الحسن يخلي صاحبة بيتك تكف(؟) لصبح(؟) البنان(؟) وقد استقر انه يمضي الى عند الشيخ ابو الحسن بالرقعة حضرته مخصوصة باتم السلام.

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  27. 4677List or tableT-S NS 305.102

    .]; thānī masāḥa; thālith masāḥa; rābīʿ masāḥa; khāmis masāḥa; sādis masāḥa. Each entry contains different cardinal directions and numbers (measurements?).

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  28. 4678Legal documentYevr. III B 627

    Ketubba. Entirely in Hebrew and Aramaic (Qaraite?). Groom: Aharon b.

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  29. 4679LetterYevr. III B 1131

    Joins with T-S 8J2 and ENA 4011.74.

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  30. 4680LetterBH1-19

    Zhang published an edition and Chinese translation in 2009: “Yijian xinfaxian Youtaibosiyu xinzha de duandai yu shidu ⼀ 件新发现犹太波斯 信札的断代与 [Dating and interpretation of a newly-discovered Judaeo-Persian letter]," Dunhuang tulufan yanjiu 敦煌吐番研究 11 (2008) [2009], 77–99. An English translation of Zhang's Chinese translation appears in Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History with Documents (2012). Zhang is working on a new edition and a new English translation as of 2021.

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  31. 4681LetterCUL Or.1080 J167

    Of the ships that had been in al-Kanāʾis (a port in western Egypt), the only ones that had made it all the way to Alexandria were 7 ships of al-Ishfīlī, and one qārib apiece of Ibn Dayṣūr, Ibn Sindūr, Ibn al-Dajdāj, Ibn al-Jannānī and al-Jazūla — 12 in all. An unnamed enemy stopped one ship, and the others fled; and only 5 ships managed to set out on their way.

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה

    3. מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן תמוז כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך בא…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו,
    2. מאלכסנדריה, בחצי תמוז, …

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  32. 4682LetterENA 2727.56

    On the back there looks like there are two legal entries with signatures, dealing with monetary matters. […] This is followed by another entry which is hard to read. Mentions 4 dinars and is signed by Moshe b.

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  33. 4683LetterMoss. Ia,23

    The main text consists almost entirely of condolences and exhortations to have patience (ṣabr). […] (For the strange-seeming phrase "lahu marīḍ," see also ENA 2738.37.) The context is unfortunately quite difficult to decipher.

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    1. בשרח
    2. הצור תאמים באעלו כי כל דראכו ומשבט אל אימונה
    3. ואן עאול צדיק ויאשר הו באשר דבר מלך שלטון
    4. ומיומר לו תפעל אתצלת בנה אלפאגעה אלעצימה
    5. אלתי //עמ…

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  34. 4684Legal documentPER H 91

    Yehuda ("the Pride of the Enlightened") in 12 half-yearly installments of 15.25 dinars each, beginning in Av 1467 and ending in Tammuz 1473.

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  35. 4685LetterT-S 13J13.2

    Dating: ca. 1065 CE; at any rate, under the gaonate of Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, because it ends with the motto (ʿalāma) Yeshaʿ Yuḥash. Goitein identified the sender's location as Ṣahrajt since that is where Yehuda b. […] (Unbeknownst to Goitein and Gil, ENA 2465.8–9 and CUL Or.1080 15.50 also have the same sender and same addressee.)

    1. שלומות רבות כמימי ארובות וחמלה
    2. וחנינה מלפני דר מעונה ורוח והצלה
    3. מלפני שוכן מעלה לכ גקד מר ור ואדוני
    4. ועטרת ראשי וכתרי וניזרי ופארי אדוני
    5. עלי החבר המע…

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  36. 4686Legal documentT-S 20.48

    The judge had a preference for obtaining explicit acknowledgement of the contents of the document in simple Arabic in order to ensure everyone understood and was in agreement. This was because the official Rabbinate marriage contract, which also listed these details, would be in formulaic Aramaic.

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  37. 4687LetterT-S 12.392

    It would be significant if the barriers to entering the Indian Ocean trade were as low as they seem here. Yet he also complains — with puns — about various locations in the Red Sea (ʿAydhāb/ʿadhāb, Dahlak/muhlik, etc), again presumably in order to reassure his brother-in-law that he wasn't actually enjoying himself. On Happy Eyes, Goitein writes that this man had settled in Alexandria, Egypt, where he possessed a valuable house. […] It appears in numerous other geniza letters, usually at the end of the address, but it's only in this letter that its meaning becomes clear: it indicates a confidential letter, absolutely not to be shared with others.

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    1.  אנה] ולי דלך ואלקאדר עליה אן שא אללה
    2.  א]כי בל סיידי יום אלב לכד יומא כלון
    3.  [מן שהר] חשון סנה תתסד ערפנא אללה בר[כאת]       
    4. [לנא ולכל] ישראל …

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    1. … for he is master of this and has power over it, if God wills.
    2. … on Monday 24
    3. Ḥeshvan, (4)864, may God acquaint us with blessings 
    4.  for us an…

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  38. 4688Legal documentAIU VII.D.81

    However the basis for the dating is not clear, and the word which Ashtor read as ואלייבום is probably ואלדכול, in which case this is an agreement concerning an engagement. The agreement (though not the marriage) is between Muhadhdhab b.

    1. שהדנא נחן אלואצעין כטוטנא
    2. עלי אלשיך מהדב אבן אלמרחום
    3. רצי נע ידיע אלכאהנה ועלי
    4. שקרה זוגת אלשיך פרגאללה אבן
    5. אלמרחום אלמעלם יעקוב אלמערוף
    6. באבן שמס אן א…

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  39. 4689LetterBL OR 5566D.7

    Avraham on 21 June 1054, as an addendum to his letter written the previous day (see ENA NS 22/1). Complements the information in the main letter and provides additional details about the sale of the writer’s merchandise in a public auction.

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    1. תאכר כתאבי ליום אלתלאתה ליג כלון וקד גמעו פי האדי אליום לביע

    2. אלחלבי פלם ימכנני בן אלשארי צאחב אלקאצי אבו טאלב אביע שי

    3. אלי אן באע הו כ עדל…

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    1. מכתבי התאחר ליום ג', י"ג לחודש. כינסו היום (מכרז ?) למכירת
    2. ה'חלבי', אבל לא אפשר לי בן אלשארי, חברו של הקאצי אבו טאלב, למכור דבר
    3. בטרם מכר הוא כ…

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  40. 4690Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/1

    Aharon he-Ḥaver ba-Sanhedrin Gedola and ended with a Mi Sheberakh for the same." Location: Cairo.

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  41. 4691LetterBodl. MS heb. e 100/56

    He complains that after he had paid 10 dinars according to the judge's decision, his creditors wanted to receive (or received) the rest with interest. Mentions an encounter in the "small guardhouse" (מחרץ for מחרס/maḥras).

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    1. אלממלוך יכדם אלמגלס אלעאלי לא
    2. גלקה אללה פי ושההנא וינהי אן בעד
    3. מא סאפר אלשיך מוסי בעד מא
    4. אופינא רבינו אלדיין אלעשרה דנאניר
    5. אלמתקררה עלינא וחק …

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  42. 4692List or tableENA 2219.50

    NB: The IIIF label for this shelfmark (ENA 2219.49) in DPUL is currently one digit off the actual value displayed in the image itself.

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  43. 4693LetterENA 2558.16

    Letter that mentions Avraham Maimonides - it seems that the writer asked him a question regarding legal procedure and now he is asking the recipient to go to him and obtain his ruling (?) . ENA 1822a.4 is possibly related to this document.

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  44. 4694List or tableENA 2591.4

    With Greek/Coptic numerals. 32 names are preserved, of the type common among Jews at the end of the Middle Ages (ca. 13th–14th century), such as Naṣrallāh (twice), ʿAbd al-Karīm, Khiḍr, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, ʿAbd al-Wāḥid.

    1. אלמקבוץ מן תפרידה
    2. אלדי בחצרה אל.א' בר'
    3. אלכ' אבר' ס.ק' 6 24
    4. אלח' יוסף עי' 12
    5. אלמע' סעיד ק' 25
    6. אלכ' סלימאן ס 12
    7. אלמע' מנצור צ 25
    8. אלח' סעיד .1
    9. אלמוסי ע…

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  45. 4695Legal documentENA 2716.1

    Probably a dowry evaluation (taqwīm): consists almost entirely of a list of valuable items and sums of money (in one place headed with Arabic "al-jumla").

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  46. 4696Paraliterary textENA 3734.2

    The layout and paleography suggest that this exercise dates to the early modern centuries (16th-19th c), probably from the latter range of years within this timespan.The same student's exercises continue onto the neighboring shelfmark ENA 3734.3.

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  47. 4697List or tableENA 4011.12

    Recto: Table of names in Arabic script, together with sums of money mostly ranging from 1/6 dinar to 1 dinar. (But there are also entries that say 4 and 15—unclear if dinars or dirhams.)

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  48. 4698LetterENA 4011.19

    ENA 4011.19b (lower fragment): Mercantile letter addressed to Ḥananel b.

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  49. 4699LetterENA NS 2.4

    The writer reports that his brother was caught by the capitation tax collectors and that he had to pay for the entire family. The receipts were written in Ashmūm, as they were inhabitants of that town.

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    1. בש רח
    2. קד עלם כאלק אלמוגודאת מא עלי קלבי
    3. מן אלשוק ואלוחשה אלי חצרה אלואלד אלעזיז שצ
    4. חפצה אללה תעאלי וכפאני פיה כל מחדור
    5. וסואה אני משתאק אלי אל…

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  50. 4700Legal documentENA NS 16.21

    NB: There are two separate IIIF entries for this shelfmark in DPUL, both of the same fragment but photographed at slightly different angles.

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