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  1. 1Literary textAIU XII.41

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    Arabic

    Recto: The last page of the Annals of Eutychius of Alexandria (Saʿīd b. Baṭrīq al-Mutaṭabbib, d. 940), the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria, discussing events in …

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  2. 2LetterT-S NS 305.61

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    Arabic

    Petition / letter of recommendation. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. From Ibn al-Miṭrān ('son of the bishop'). Seems to be recommending the …

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  3. 3Literary textT-S AS 154.310

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Apparently a Christian narrative in Judaeo-Arabic. The section preserved opens with God speaking about elevating Christ His son, and forgiveness; then someone responds piously "hearing …

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  4. 4State documentT-S Ar.7.38

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    Arabic

    Fatimid petition. Dating: 422–23/1031–32. Second half of a petition to the caliph al-Ẓāhir requesting the return of a church that had been confiscated by decree …

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    1. [جميـ]ـع ما فيها من فضة ونحاس والات خشب

    2. ورخام يساوى ذلك جملة كبيرة فنقضها

    3. وبنا بقبضها دارا فبعضها معصرة وحوانيت 

    4. يستغلها جميع ذلك ويحصل…

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    1. All the silver, copper, wooden vessels

    2. and marble that are in it. All of this amounts to a large quantity. He broke them down

    3. and with t…

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  5. 5Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/35

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    Arabic

    Upper end of a large deed of sale in Arabic script, in which a Christian, Yuḥannas b. Andūna b. Qusṭanṭīn b. Basnada(?), sells 1 and …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. هذا ما اشترى صلح بن علي بن هاني اليهودي المعاهد من يحنس بن اندونة بن قسطنطين بن بسندة النصراني اشترى منه جميع ما ذكر يحنس بن…

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  6. 6LetterT-S NS 255.34

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    Arabic

    Typewritten or printed letter addressed to Moshe Pardo, the head rabbi of Alexandria (served 1871–88). In Arabic script, with Hebrew insertions. In which the sender …

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  7. 7Legal documentT-S Ar.42.174

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    Bill of sale of a slave. In Arabic script. Location: Fustat. Dated: first decade of Ramaḍān 483 AH, which is October/November 1090 CE. Seller: Ḥanūn …

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. Ḥanūn ibn ʿAlūn, the Christian clerk in the Dār al-Dībāj, states that: I have sold  …

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  8. 8List or tablep. Heid. Hebr. 17

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    Recto and verso (secondary use): Accounts in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1053. Listing flax purchases. Nahray organized the list by his …

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    1. [א]כראג צרה דאוד שאפע דינ[ר
    2. אבן גמיל לסעיד ג דנא וזן ולה פי עסל ג אלא תמן
    3. חבל                 דינ       צרף             דין אלא חבה
    4. כטיב רבא…
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  9. 9Legal documentDK 231.2 (alt: XXV)

    Fragment of a double query, presented to Avraham Maimonides about (1) a man who keeps a female slave—not for service—although he was married and a …

    1. אלנקמות השם אלנקמות הופיע וכל
    2. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו הודנו
    3. והדרנו ומאיר עינינו ומנהיג דורנו נגידינו אברהם הרב
    4. המובהק הפטיש …

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  10. 10List or tableT-S AS 153.2

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    Accounts of a woman named Umm Abū l-Riḍā. For the month of Nisan "143." This probably means 4800 + 143 = 4943 AM, which is …

    1. חסאב א. אבו אלרצי פי אלזמן
    2. ניסן קמו ענדהא נ
    3. להא מן סת עז ד . ולהא ג
    4. כרג קיראט נחאס ולהא א . .
    5. ולהא יום גמעה אלעיד מן פכריה
    6. ב ולהא מן פכריה א . .
    7. ואי…

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  11. 11Legal documentENA 1691.20

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Qaraite legal testimony (zikhron ʿedut) dated 20 Adar 5442 (=1682 CE), written and signed by Avraham ha-Rofe ben Ṣaʿīr, one of the messengers sent from …

    1. בר
    2. זכרון עדות לבני מקרא יש צו
    3. למא כאן בתאריך יום אלה אלמבארך כ לחדש
    4. אדר סנה התמב ליצירה סימן הושיענו אלהי
    5. ישענו תוגהו אלשלוחים מן ירושלים תותבב
    6. לכשף…

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  12. 12LetterT-S 8Ja1.5

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    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Yahaboy, probably in Amalfi, to a partner, in al-Mahdiyya. Dating: ca. 1040. Describes a long sea voyage that lasted …

    1. עלינא משקה ומא סמענא באלכלאץ לאן גינא עלי חא [צרה]
    2. קצב טינה בעד אן עדינא בעהד יח יומא כר עלינא פאבאן
    3. אן ידכלו בר מן ברארי אלמסלמין פרגענא אלי אקריטש…

    . . . we suffered hardship and did not hear about the escape,1 for we came near to the cafpital] QasantIna (Constantinople). After we had cruised on …

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  13. 13LetterENA 2559.5

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    Letter from the Mosul Nasi whom Gil refers to as Jalāl al-Dawla. Dated: Ḥannuka 1548 Seleucid = 1237 CE. Concerns in part a negotiation between …

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    1. יגי גאנדאר יקול אלצאחב יסלם עליך[
    2. חואיגכם וגאבו לנא פואכה וגירהא וכנת אגתמע בהם
    3. וגרי חדית פי מעני מנעהם אליהוד מן אלדכול אלקדס וגרי
    4. כלאם טויל …

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  14. 14LetterT-S 10J12.20

    Letter from Mevasser b. David in Damsis to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, ca. 1053. The main issue discussed in the letter is an argument …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכלאיתך מן

    2. דמסיס יום ערובה סכות אעאדה אללה עליה אעואם כתירה תזכה לביאת גואל

    3. ובנין…

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    1. I am writing to you, my lord and master — may God prolong your existence and make eternal your wellbeing, happiness and his protection for you…
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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 152.360

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    Hebrew

    Recto: Letter in Hebrew. Dating: early 13th century, based on the mention of the Judge Anaṭoli in the penultimate line. The sender is apparently a …

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    1. לה [ ]ר למה הינח?[ ]ישר[ ]

    2. והלכ[ה] אחרי אלי נכר ענתה ואמרה

    3. לי גרם המזלי הביאני עד הנה

    4. ואני אמרתי לה תחזור לייחוד השם

    5. אמרה לי וא…

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  16. 16LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/18

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq bayt ʿAṭṭān, in Syracuse, to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Contains a colorful …

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  17. 17LetterT-S 10J12.24

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    Letter in which a physician, probably named Abū l-Baqā', writes from somewhere outside of the capital to his son-in-law (?) Abū ʿImrān, probably in Fustat, …

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    1. בש רח
    2. כי ייי יהיה בכסלך ו[שמר רגלך מלכד
    3. והסיר ייי ממך כל חלי וג [
    4. ואתה שלום וביתך שלום וג [
    5. תרדדת כתבי אלי חצרה אלולד אלעזי[ז . . . . . . . . …

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