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  1. 1Legal documentBL OR 12292.29

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    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Testimony or narrative about events in Florence (פירנצה). Dated: 17 Tevet 5609 AM (January 1849). A man who was known as an impious alcoholic fell …

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  2. 2Paraliterary textENA 2462.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Magical/medical recipes. In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly in a Yemeni hand (the text on verso is in a different, clearly Yemeni hand). There are recipes for incense …

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  3. 3Literary textJRL B 2804

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    Hebrew

    Recto: Mentions a hypothetical cantor or reader of the Torah who went mad and stole something and was caught. Verso: From a halakhic discussion on …

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  4. 4LetterT-S NS 108.149a

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Portion of a letter, or copy of a letter, written on a folio in the format of a literary text. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: …

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    1. ]לא חולהא(?) אלא ללחשובים והי תעלם דלך באלקוה
    2. ] . . מא אטלב ממן אכתן לה לא צעלוך ולא גני
    3. ] . . בקליל ולא אתמה בה מן דא אלדי ישתהי
    4. ] . . עליה ג…
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  5. 5List or tableT-S NS 321.94

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Likely a charity distribution list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Many women and children. The numbers after each entry range from 1 to 7. There is a …

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  6. 6Literary textAIU VIII.B.16

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic. Bifolium from a Judaeo-Arabic paramedical treatise on the virtues of various kinds of animal substances. ¶ . . . grind it …

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  7. 7Literary textT-S Ar.37.74

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Popular literature. In Judaeo-Arabic. The portion of the story on this fragment opens with the appearance of a healer before a king: "...and princes and …

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  8. 8LetterYevr. III B 669

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    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Shemuel to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that Sitt ʿAnbar is very sick, and she has developed a delusion …

    1. אן סת ענבר מרצת מרצה שדידה
    2. וקד חצל להא תכייל פאסד מן
    3. גהתך ובתטן אן אלחצרה מריצה
    4. וקד סאלתני אן אסייר אערף
    5. אלחצרה במרצהא ובשגל
    6. קלבהא פתתפצל אלחצרה
    7. אמא…
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  9. 9Legal query or responsumENA 3748.13

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Legal query with responsum. Dating: First half of the 11th century. Concerning a cantor who took an oath not to lead prayers in the …

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  10. 10LetterT-S 13J8.4

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Alexandria, to Maṣliaḥ Gaon, in Fustat. Dating: 1127–38 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The purpose of the letter is …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. אלממלוך ינהי אלי חצרה סידנא כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו ואור עינינו ועטרת
    3. ראשנו משא רוחינו ונפשנו מצליח ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב תכון משרתה עד
    4. ביא…
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  11. 11Paraliterary textYevr.-Arab. II 1727

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Magical fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Unknown. It says Wednesday, 16 Adar 5005 AM, which is 1245 CE, but the scribe might have …

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  12. 12LetterL-G Misc. 35

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a Jewish woman, in or near Tripoli (Lebanon), to her brother-in-law, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. She is a refugee from Jerusalem who has …

    1. [כתאבי אליך יאולדי ורייסי] וגלילי אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה
    2. [ ] אליך יאולדי [ואלעזיז ע]לי אמר אן נצפה
    3. [ כאן אבו אלכיר] מע אלמנתצר פמאת אלמנת[צר]
    4. [ופק…

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    1. [My lord and] illustrious master, may God make your welfare and happiness permanent.

    2. [I have to convey] to you, my dear boy, something whic…

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  13. 13Paraliterary textT-S 10J22.6

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Astrological instructions for a doctor regarding how to know the illness of a patient by using the constellation of the stars at the time of …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. הדא חסאב אלסאעאת אלז ואסאמיהא . .
    3. אולהא חמה והו אלשמס אדא גאך אלסאיל
    4. פי סאעה אלשמס פהו סעוד אן אוסיל ען
    5. מריץ פאעלם אן מרצה חמי וחר וכרב
    6. עלי …

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    1. In (Your) na(me), (O) Mer(ciful One).

    2. This is the calculation of the hours and their names ...

    3. The first of them is Ḥama, which is the Su…

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  14. 14LetterT-S 13J27.15 + T-S 8J13.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Eliyahu b. Nissim, in Alexandria, to Shela b. Isḥāq, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. The sender, a foreigner, asks …

    T-S 13J27.15, recto

    1. בש רח . . . . . תוחלת ממשכה מתלה לב . . . . אצגר אלממאליך אליה בר נסים נע
    2. יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלאכמל…
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  15. 15LetterBL OR 5544.1

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    Hebrew

    Letter from a Spanish community to Egypt concerning an impoverished and aging man from Rodez, France, who approached the ruler of his land for redress …

    1. הם אחינו מקהילות קדש תפוצת הגולה [
    2. הו[ ]רים אוצרי חיים בוחרי [
    3. [מ]צניעי לכת מ...לימ. מליאי מצוות ברוכי ייי [
    4. אלופים מסובלים לשונם מרפא ייראי אים [ ]…
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  16. 16LetterMoss. VII,182

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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 …

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    1. בש רח
    2. ותגזר אומר ויקם לך
    3. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך
    4. לא יאונה לצדיק כל און
    5. לא תאונה אליך רעה
    6. בש[וט ל]שון תחבא ולא
    7. תירא משוד כי יבוא
    8. השלך על ייי יהבך ו…

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  17. 17LetterDK 238.4 (alt: XIII)

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    11th century letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq near Tripoli to his son Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabra. See Oded Zinger’s dissertation, which mentions this letter …

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    1. אלי ולדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן חסן תופיקה לא אכלאך נעלמך אן כרגת
    2. ענא כתב אללה סלאמתך וחסן צחאבתך ווצל כתאבך ווקפת עלי מא…

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  18. 18LetterT-S 13J26.10

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Abū Saʿīd, in Palermo, to his brother Abū l-Barakāt known as Ṭāriq, in Fustat. Abū Saʿīd reports that he had fled the unrest …

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    1.              וא'מרתם כ'ה' ל'חי' וא'תה' ש'לום' וביתך שלום וג'
    2.             י'י ישמרך מכל רע ישמור את נפשך
    3.             י'י ישמר צאתך ובואך מעתה ו…

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    4. …. הדרת אחי ובבת עיני ואדוני ו'ראשי' ונכבדי ועטרת ראשי ומי שבו (תלויים) חיי, ייתן לך אלוהים ימים ארוכים וטובים
    5. ויגן וישמור עליך ואל ימנע…
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  19. 19LetterENA NS 18.35

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    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Sūsa, to his younger brother Abū Zekharya Yehuda b. Moshe, in Fustat. Dating: August 1056 (Gil). This …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתבת יאכי וסידי ועזיז נפסי ועדיל רוחי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך וחסן עקבאך וע[     ] לקא [     ]

    3. מן סוסה לו כלון מן אלול ערפך אלל…

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    1. (1–2) על שמך. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני, היקר לי כבשרי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך וימציא לך הצלחות ....
    3. מסוסה, בו' באלול, …
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  20. 20LetterT-S 12.431

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an unidentified writer to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer conveys condolences for a death in the family of Eliyyahu (r6–9). He …

    Recto

    1. בש  רח

    2. כתאבי [אלי      אלמולאי]  אלאעז אללה בקאה

    3. וא[דאם עזה]             ומן חסן אלתופיק לא

    4. אכלאה]         פי' כ'י'ר' ועאפיה וקד

    5.       …

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    1. In (Your) N(ame, Oh) Mer(ciful).

    2. My letter [to the] most distinguished [master], may God lengthen his life,

    3. p[erpetuate his honored posit…

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