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  1. 4851LetterL-G Misc. 103

    Letter from Daniel b. ʿAzarya (in the handwriting of his scribe), probably in Jerusalem, to ʿEli b. ʿAmram, in Fustat. The sender mentions the praises …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. שלום נכבדנו וחשובנו והנסגל עדינו כב גק מר עלי החבר המעולה
    3. בחבורת האמת והצדק יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו לשמרו לנצרו ביר
    4. עמרם זכ לב ירבה לעד ישא נ…

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  2. 4852LetterT-S NS 226.19

    Fragment of a private letter. Mentions death and shrouds as part of the opening greetings. Reused on verso for a Hebrew list or text (literary).

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  3. 4853Literary textYevr. II K 4

    A prayer for Karaite nasis

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  4. 4854Unknown typeENA NS 77.225

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 4855LetterT-S AS 149.149

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment from the end. Regards to the writer’s son Abraham and to someone named [Av]raham Sefaradī. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 4856Legal documentENA NS 31.7

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. In Hebrew. Dated: 1 Tamuz 5569 AM = 15 June 1809 CE. Groom: Yaʿaqov ha-Levi Istanbuli b. Shemuel. Bride: Sara bt. Moshe …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר והרוחה כיר
    3. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר יעקב הלוי ידיע
    4. אסטנבולי יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר היקר ונשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר  שמואל יצ׳׳ו …

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  7. 4857LetterT-S 12.243

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Munyat Sammanūd, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1056. Regarding wheat and flour. It is hard to get wheat, …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמתה מן מנית סמנוד ען סלאמה ונעמה ותעב קלב וסר

    3. אללה גלת קדרתה קאדר אן יפרג ול…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדו לך, ממנית סמנהוד. שלומי טוב, ואני מאושר, אבל…

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  8. 4858LetterT-S AS 155.181

    Small fragment of a letter.

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  9. 4859LetterT-S 12.290

    Last page of a letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to a public figure, in Fustat. Identification is based on handwriting and style. …

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    1. תתמה אלכתאב
    2. ואמא בן פילן כאן פי [אבן אלכ]תוש ובלגהם אן מרכב אלצלטאן
    3. פי טברק וכאנו הם פי אלמלאחה פסארו טאלבין מרכב
    4. אלצלטאן ליטלעו פיה הו וגמאעה…

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  10. 4860LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/39

    IB VII, 63. Letter of recommendation for charity for the judge Avraham b. Yosef. The addressee is on a boat and about to set out …

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  11. 4861Legal documentT-S Misc.25.122

    Recto: Legal testimony, possibly a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 9 Iyyar 1559 Seleucid = 3 May 1248 CE. Location: Fustat. Involves Sulaymān al-Ṣayrafī al-Levi …

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  12. 4862Paraliterary textJRL B 7554

    Unidentified text (magical?) in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. The phrase "yā majnūn" appears.

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  13. 4863List or tableMoss. IXa,2.5

    List, with each line starting with the name of a judge or other distinguished person bearing titles ending in al-Dīn (so probably 12th century or …

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    1. والقاضي نور الدين علي بن ادريس [  ] توفي
    2. والقاضي الاجل عفيف الدين عبد الله بن الياس ....
    3. والـ  . . . . . . الاجل رشيد الدين شيد (؟) الراي (؟)

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  14. 4864Unknown typeENA NS 85.217

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  15. 4865Paraliterary textT-S AS 170.173 + T-S AS 170.174

    Fragment of a text in Judaeo-Arabic in a rudimentary hand referring to angels such as Gabriel, sounds of thunder, and "the names of the Ruʾasāʾ." …

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  16. 4866LetterMoss. VII,182

    Letter from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Narrow strips were torn from both the left and right …

    The remaining four lines in Arabic require further examination:

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    4. . . . …

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  17. 4867State documentT-S NS 239.91 + T-S NS 239.52

    A few words from a state document, perhaps a decree. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.

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  18. 4868Unknown typeENA NS 85.275

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 4869State documentT-S AS 182.274

    Official-looking accounts in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  20. 4870LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/23

    Letter from the cantor Musāfir b. Yosef ha-Bavli, in Alexandria, to his relative Yehuda the schoolteacher in the Iraqi synagogue of Fustat. Musāfir writes he …

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  21. 4871Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 2111/29

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Late. Small/faded fragment.

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  22. 4872List or tableT-S Ar.54.88

    An account from Sicily listing 63 ox hides from Syracuse and 76 buck skins. The sums are mentioned in rubaiyat (quarters of dinars). Dated to …

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    1. אלחאצל פי אלכלטה

    2. ואלכאצה ד אלאף

    3.              תש[        ] ואיצא כה רבאעי רבח דמנש

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    1. אשתרא מן דלך סג נטע סרקוסה [

    2.             …

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    1. (1–3) קנו מזה ס"ג עורות בסירקוזה .... סך התמורה .... כ' יחידות עופרת, המשקל: כ"ד קנטארים, 
    2. (10-4) התמורה, כולל הוצאות הובלה ושוחד, קק"ג ו.…

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  23. 4873LetterT-S NS 309.10

    Copy of a the opening of a letter from the head of the Gola (Rosh ha-Gola), ca. 915. Mentions the Gaon of Sura’s Yeshiva, Ya’aqov …

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    1. רב ופקודת רחמים וברכות עצומות 
    2. ושובע שמחות וזרע נכון ועטרת
    3. תורה וכבוד וממשלה ועושר רב ואורך
    4. ימים ושנות חיים ושלום יוסיפו לכם
    5. [ ] ליבנו מכול [ …

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  24. 4874Unknown typeENA NS 85.1433

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  25. 4875Unknown typeENA NS 85.256

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  26. 4876LetterENA 3958.3

    Family letter in Arabic script, from a distant man to his children and wife. Dating: Probably Mamluk era, or possibly early Ottoman era, based on …

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  27. 4877Literary textENA NS 79.41

    Minute fragment of a text in Judaeo-Arabic, discussing and/or translating the Book of Exodus. The scribal hand is likely 18th- or 19th-century based on the …

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  28. 4878Legal documentENA 3795.8

    Verso: Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Likely notes for drawing up a will. The testator is a woman …

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  29. 4879Legal documentT-S AS 86.287

    Recto: Legal document (warranty). in which al-Shaykh al-ʿAmīd declares that he guarantees something for his brother Avraham and his son Yosef and other people. The …

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  30. 4880State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 266

    State document, probably a petition. Contains a taqbīl clause and closing lines starting with a ḥamdala and ending with a ṣalwala. Verso has jottings in …

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    1. يقبل الارض ان شا الله
    2. الحمد [لله و]حده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله وسلم تسليما
    3. [وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل]

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  31. 4881Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#57) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 56-57) Folio 15r

    1. בעח׳׳מ קבל החכם השלם כמה׳׳ר חייא שלום נר׳׳ו מהנבון נעלה כה׳׳ר חגי די לא מאר (Delamar/De La Mar) יצ׳׳ו המורשה של ה…

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  32. 4882LetterJRL B 2781

    Late letter in Hebrew signed by ha-ṣāʿir Meʾir [...]. Written in an elevated register with many expressions of self abasement and flattery. Needs further examination.

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  33. 4883Legal documentT-S 10J28.15

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the left side). In which a wife releases her husband from …

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    1. [ ] ..
    2. [ ]עשרין מן חדש
    3. [ ]שהדתנא עלי
    4. [ ]א ואברת זוגהא
    5. [ ]ן קזאזי וככא[ ]
    6. [ ] אלתזמתה פי גמיע
    7. [ ] לעילא ואקנינא מנהא
    8. [ ] מודעין ותנאין וענד
    9. [ ]…

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  34. 4884LetterENA 4020.59

    Lower fragment: Possibly an address of a letter. To Yehuda b. Peraḥya (Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva Rosh ha-Nedivim) b. Ḥalfon. On the other side, there is a …

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  35. 4885Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 150.98

    Order of payment referring to 1 raṭl of flax oil; signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

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  36. 4886Legal documentENA 1157.13

    Ketubba fragment (perhaps Palestinian) mentioning a payment of 12 zuz (in keeping with the Palestinian tradition). Signed by Elʿazar b. Yosef. Not mentioned in the …

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  37. 4887Legal documentT-S NS 321.9

    Very damaged betrothal deed, probably between Rabbinate bride and Karaite groom (See Ashur, Engagement and Betrothals, p, 69). It is the bride's second marriage and …

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  38. 4888Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#25) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 3v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …

    Left side of bifolio 3v (Documents 17, 25):

    1. שום מין תביעה וטענה כלל בעולם לא בשטר ולא בעל פה ולא
    2. [שום] מין כתב ועדות שבעולם לא שותפות ולא עסקא
    3. לא קר…

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  39. 4889Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1598

    Karaite partnership agreement in צנאעה אלשים, "silversmithing" (صناعة السيم). The term "sīm" is Ottoman Turkish for "silver." Dated Wednesday 15 Kislev 5523 AM (1762 CE). …

    1. סבב תצטיר הדה אלאחרף ובמוגב תחריר באן 
    2. אלחאג אבראהים אבן אלחאג סיד אחמאד אלגוהרי
    3. ואלמעלם יעקב אבן אלמעלם שמואל ואלמעלם
    4. שמואל אבן אלמעלם יעקוב ואלמעל…

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  40. 4890State documentENA 3695.5

    Decree, probably. Small fragment. On verso there is a Purim-related text in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. ENA 3695.4, ENA 3695.5, and ENA 3695.8 …

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  41. 4891Literary textENA NS 76.208

    Literary

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  42. 4892Unknown typeENA NS 85.283

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 4893Legal documentT-S K27.2

    Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Mazara, Sicily. Dated: Sunday, 10 Sivan 4898 AM = 22 May, 1138 CE. Signed: Yosef Shemuel ha-Sofer and Moshe b. …

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  44. 4894List or tableBL OR 10578E.48

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and an unclear numeral system (Coptic?). Mentions several obscure terms; sour grapes (ḥiṣrim); sugar; tutty; al-ḥakīm; jars of wine

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  45. 4895List or tableT-S NS 297.38

    Accounts in Arabic script. On the back of a treatise on the sciences (also in Arabic script).

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  46. 4896Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#25) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 10r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 3 Shevat [5321] …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 10r

    1. [[עע אולאדה]] עליהם ויקימו בה ען אבוהם אלמד׳ והדה אלתלאת גמע[...
    2. אלעזז אלמד׳ כארג ען תתעויק צ'עף [[..ו]] ורמד וחבס חס ו…

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  47. 4897Literary textMoss. VIII,125.3

    Hebrew poetry or biblical text.

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  48. 4898LetterDK 36.23

    The letters on folios 16 and 23 are both addressed to an Avraham b. Yosef ha-Levi. The former at least is signed by a Shabbetay …

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  49. 4899List or tableT-S AS 117.265

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions names such as Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. On recto there is piyyuṭ.

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  50. 4900Unknown typeENA NS 79.237.10

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