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  1. 1List or tableJRL SERIES A 1138

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning "the diwan" numerous times, perhaps dated 1139 AH which is 1726/27 CE.

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  2. 2LetterT-S 10J16.34

    Letter from Shelomo to Shemuʾel, c. 18th century. (Information from CUDL)

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  3. 3List or tableT-S NS 271.200

    Recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the first of Tūt of the Ḥijrī year 1126 AH, (1715 CE). This unique dating system follows a fiscal-calendrical …

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  4. 4Legal documentAIU VII.D.63

    Debt acknowledgement in Hebrew. Dated 8 Sivan 5536 AM (May 1776 CE). Location: Cairo. Yaʿacov Yaʿabeṣ/Yuʿbaṣ commits to repay a debt of 68.5 reales to …

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  5. 5Legal documentBL OR 5561B.18

    Recto: Legal document from Cairo involving Saadya ha-Kohen Me'ili (?) and Hayyim Luki (?) a resident of Alexandria, possibly dated Tammuz 1788 CE (תצמיח i.e. …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפנינו עדים חותמי מטה בא לפנינו הבחור ונחמד כה׳׳ר סעדייה הכהן מעילי יצ׳׳ו ואמר לנו אתם הוו עלי עדים
    3. גמורים וקנו ממני קנין גמור וש׳׳מ במדל׳׳ב כ…

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  6. 6LetterENA NS 29.22

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Tammuz 5499 AM, which is 1739 CE. This shelfmark was previously listed with the date 1 Tammuz 5439, but the …

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  7. 7Legal documentAIU VII.D.29

    Ketubba. Dated: 15 Ḥeshvan 54[8]9 AM, which is 1728 CE. Badly damaged yet the bride's name is legible in line 4 as Sulṭāna bt. Shelomo[?] …

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  8. 8List or tableJRL SERIES C 82

    List of names and corresponding monetary values in silver kuruş. At the top of the list's columns, the year is barely legible in the heading …

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  9. 9List or tableJRL SERIES A 696

    Late accounts probably in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1117 AH (1705/06 CE).

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  10. 10List or tableJRL SERIES A 757

    Bifolium of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including for the years 1760–62 CE (1174–75 Hijri).

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  11. 11Literary textJRL SERIES A 781

    A qinna for Tisha b'Av dated 5535 (1775 CE). There may be a faded signature that includes the name Yaʿaqov.

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  12. 12Legal documentJRL SERIES B 2784

    Recto: Likely a fragment of a legal document in Hebrew, mentioning merchandise and the years 1700/1 and 1701/2 CE (5461 and 5462). Verso: Likely accounts.

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  13. 13Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 185.202

    A brief note about 4 raṭl of a unknown good in the name Lūlī al-Ḥāmī (first name is likely a nickname). Dated R[amaḍān?] [1]189 AH …

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  14. 14Legal documentAIU VII.D.46

    Verso: Legal document recorded on the back of an eighteenth-century letter. Dated 1727 CE (Kislev 5488 AM) in line 13. The document deals with a …

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  15. 15List or tableT-S AS 207.143

    Accounts in Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Dated Shaʿbān 1112 AH (1701 CE).

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  16. 16LetterT-S 10J16.30

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yosef Fitru to Yom Ṭov b. Ḥayyim, mentioning Alexandria, Shelomo Solal (cf. T-S NS 175.30) and Yehuda Fanu. Dating: ca. 18th …

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  17. 17List or tableAIU VII.F.21

    Late accounts with copious notes in Judaeo-Arabic including for the years 1779–81 CE (1193–95 Hijri).

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  18. 18List or tableJRL SERIES C 177

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic that list a variety of recurring payments or sales by the same individuals: Yaʿaqov Portos, Nissīm Dayyan, Marḥaba Galan. Dated in a …

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  19. 19Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.55

    Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated May 1722 (20 Iyyar 5482). It seems that Shemuel Laros (?) declares that a certain Raḥel does not owe him …

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  20. 20List or tableAIU VII.F.69

    Late accounts, dated 1746–48 CE (5507 and 5508).

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  21. 21List or tableAIU VII.F.71

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning many Muslim names. Dated 1206 AH in many entries (1791/1792 CE). Requires further examination.

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  22. 22Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1374

    Legal document. Dated: Thursday, 29 Adar 5539 AM (=Ṣafar 1193 AH), which is 1779 CE. Avraham Fayrūz b. Eliyyahu Fayrūz known as Shuwaykh makes arrangements …

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  23. 23Legal documentAIU VII.D.61

    Recto: Legal document. There is a single signature from the scribe Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm, which he must have included before discarding this document as an unfinished …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהמנוח חיים לוי בכ׳׳ר ה׳׳מ (name omitted) בחיים חייתו היה שותף עם היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר משה סבייע יצ׳׳ו מבני מקרא
    3. וערל אחד ושמו אלמעלם (name o…

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  24. 24List or tableJRL SERIES B 3379

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, dated 17 July 1724 (25 Shawwal 1136).

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  25. 25List or tableENA 1177.24

    Writing exercises, possibly in a Yemenite scribal hand. There is stamped seal on the recto that includes the year 1211 AH (1796/1797 CE). The word …

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  26. 26Legal documentBL OR 5561B.26

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 15 Sivan 55__ AM, the final digit is unclear but this document is c. 1750-1770 based on the identical witness/scribal …

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  27. 27Legal documentENA NS 30.3

    Legal document. In Hebrew: Location: Damietta (קפוטקייא). Dated: Beginning of Sivan 5488 AM, which is May 1728 CE. Concerning complex inheritance arrangements upon the death …

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  28. 28Legal documentJRL SERIES A 131

    Recto: Perhaps a letter? Very faded. Verso: A record of the amount of money (35 silver) turned over by Eliyyahu the rent-collector of [...] in …

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  29. 29LetterT-S 10J19.23

    Letter in Ladino to Joseph from Isaac in Cairo, mentioning ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān and Marseille (?). Dated: 15 Shevaṭ 5488 AM = 26 January 1728 CE. …

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  30. 30Unknown typeENA 624.20

    Verso: Commercial document in Arabic that was cut up and reused for a communal register of contributions. Dated 29 Muharram 1181 AH which is 1767 …

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  31. 31Legal documentT-S NS 288.185

    Court register fragment. fol. 1r: partnership agreement; fols 1v-2r: related accounts. Dated Kislev 5480 AM in one entry, which is 1719 CE. (the dating info …

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  32. 32List or tableJRL SERIES C 179

    Large communal register fragment, the paper was folded uniformly into eight sections. Dated in many of the headings, for example: 16 Tevet 5541 AM (1781 …

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  33. 33List or tableJRL SERIES C 53

    Lists related to communal contributions that are organized in a format according to the weeks of the liturgical calendar and their corresponding parshas as well …

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  34. 34List or tableJRL SERIES C 54 + JRL SERIES C 161

    Lists of weekly communal contributions given before various Shabbatot that are organized according to the weeks of the liturgical calendar and their corresponding parshas. In …

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  35. 35List or tableJRL SERIES C 84

    Accounts and calculations in Ladino which may be in silver reales based on the note at the bottom of the verso "kuento de los reales". …

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  36. 36List or tableJRL Series L 165

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic or perhaps a calendar. Dated 5495 AM which is 1734/35 CE. The Nile is referenced on a couple occasions as "אלניל אלסעיד".

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  37. 37LetterT-S 18J3.24

    Letter in Ladino from Sidon from Joseph b. Joyya and Masʿūd Bunan to Abraham Monson and Judah Aseo in Cairo concerning community financial matters. Dated …

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  38. 38Unknown typeENA 624.5

    Recto: Commercial document in Arabic, cut up and reused for communal register. Dated 14 Shawwal 1193 AH (October 1779 CE). Requires further examination.

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  39. 39Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 954

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 13 Shevat 5501 AM, which is 1741 CE. Scribed and signed by Eliyyahu Rofe Ḥazan known as Ẓaʿir. The document …

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  40. 40Legal documentJRL Series L 128

    End of a legal document from Cairo dated in the first third of Adar 5502 AM which is 1742 CE. From what little can be …

    1. בש[... ...]וכן [... ...] בעולם וק... על[. ..]..שה הר׳ אב[רהם?] הננז׳ ל..ה מעל הר׳ י.י[..] הנז׳ כל מין ערעור ונזק שיבא לו ח׳׳ו מאיזה גברא
    2. שבעולםם ובפ…

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  41. 41Legal documentAIU VII.D.36

    Formularies for three legal documents. The document on recto is for appointing an agent to receive a get. Although the names in the document itself …

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  42. 42Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J164

    Legal document regarding the inheritance of the late David Ṣanuaʿ. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Sivan 5524 AM = June 1764 CE. Among …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בהיות שהמנוח כה׳׳ר דוד צנוע נ׳׳ע נפטר לב׳׳ע וחלוי׳׳ש והשאיר אחריו ברכה בקרב ה..ץ(?) בנו הגדול הר׳ אברהם צנוע יצ׳׳ו
    3. מאשה אחרת ואחיו הקטון מאלמ…

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  43. 43Unknown typeYevr.-Arab. II 1292

    Recto: Betrothal contract, Qaraite. Dated: Sunday, 4 Heshvan 5488 AM = 2039 Seleucid, which is 1727 CE. Location: Cairo. Groom: Naḥum ha-Levi b. Yosef b. …

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  44. 44LetterT-S 10J12.33

    Letter from Moses Ghaylioun (גאילייון) to Meʾir ben Naʿim, mentioning Abū Simeon. Dating: ca. late 18th century. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 45List or tableJRL SERIES C 134

    Immense list of communal contributions for Pesaḥ 5553 AM (March-April 1793 CE). The list contains 397 entries that comprise at least 449 individuals. MCD.

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  46. 46List or tableJRL SERIES C 130

    Communal accounts related to the "ק׳׳ק סקאליין"– possibly the "Sicilian" congregation, but the spelling seems incorrect for that to be the case. Dated Tishrei 5481 …

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  47. 47List or tableJRL SERIES C 139

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mostly dealing with commercial activities of Ḥayyīm and Moshe Bibas. Dated halfway down the recto as Shaʿbān 1193 AH which is 1779 …

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  48. 48List or tableT-S J1.56

    Large communal register fragment, the paper was folded uniformly into eight sections according to the same format as JRL SERIES C 179 (PGPID 32029). Dated …

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  49. 49LetterMoss. II,140

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic the recipient of which is unknown, but this individual is referred to with an honorific form of address (l.2-3). The letter is …

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  50. 50Legal documentBL OR 5543.9

    Ketubba for Yosef b. Aharon Shunina and Esther bt. Avraham Shunina. Currency: medin. Dated 22 May 1716 (1 Sivan 5476); the place is Damīr (identical …

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