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  1. 51Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 76

    Receipt, in late Arabic script. Dated 14 M[uḥarram] [..]41 AH but the century was not recorded. Given the mention of Ottoman qurush, with the recurring …

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  2. 52List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 270

    Accounts in Arabic script for the sale of cotton. Dated 9 R[amaḍan] [..]90 AH, omitting the first two digits. Given the mention of the ق …

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  3. 53LetterJRL SERIES B 4351

    Begging letter in Hebrew addressed to the 'community of foreigners (loʿazim) from a widow with five children. Already a recipient of communal charity, the writer …

    1. שלו
    2. שלום רב וישע יקרב לכבוד הקהל הקדוש המשובח הזה קהל
    3. הלועזים חכמי ונבונים גדולי וקטנים ישמרם צורם והשם יהיה
    4. בע[זר]ם אנס שפחתכם העניה האלמנה הדלה אג…

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  4. 54List or tableJRL SERIES C 90

    Accounts in Judeo-Arabic that mention a variety of coinage types such as gold maḥbūb (specifically Egyptian mintage "מצרי"), bundūqī (Venetian ducat), fındıklı, and on the …

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  5. 55List or tableJRL SERIES C 101

    Accounts in Arabic, 18th- or 19th-century based on the usage of the Ottoman kurush. Requires further examination for content.

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  6. 56List or tableJRL SERIES C 105

    Accounts in Arabic from the 18th- or 19th-century based on the usage of Ottoman kurush (minted post-1690 CE).

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  7. 57List or tableJRL SERIES C 115

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals. The currencies mentioned include the Ottoman kurush and the maḥbū[b]. The latter numismatic reference makes it possible to …

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  8. 58List or tableJRL SERIES C 121

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with eastern Arabic numerals. The dating is likely 18th- or 19th-century based on the paleography and mention of the Ottoman kurush. There …

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  9. 59List or tableJRL SERIES C 126

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a disorderly scribal hand. Dated 16 Dhu l-Qaʿda __45 AH, which could be 1145 or 1245 given the mention of Ottoman …

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  10. 60List or tableJRL SERIES C 131

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on a bifolio that still retains part of its binding. Dated only in Jumada I on the verso with no year. The …

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  11. 61List or tableJRL SERIES C 133

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on a large bifolio with a few lines in Arabic. Dating is 18th- or 19th-century based on the Ottoman kurush reference in …

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  12. 62List or tableJRL SERIES C 137

    List of names and monetary contributions, likely communal. Dating is probably 19th-century based on the paleography, no earlier than 18th-century based on mention of Ottoman …

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  13. 63List or tableJRL SERIES C 141

    Accounts of many names and corresponding monetary values, perhaps payments. Dating is 18th- or 19th-century based on the mention of Ottoman kurush. The word "leather" …

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  14. 64List or tableJRL SERIES C 144

    Accounts in a scattered format, itemized mostly by different currency types. Dating is 18th- or 19th-century based on the mention of Ottoman kurush. MCD.

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  15. 65List or tableJRL SERIES C 154

    List in Judaeo-Arabic of coinage types and monetary calculations. Based on the mintage of its contents the list is 18th/19th-century.The types of coinage include gold …

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  16. 66List or tableJRL SERIES C 165

    Accounts related to various coinage types such as gold mahmudiye and kuruş thaqīl (heavy kuruş). The former helps date this fragment as no earlier than …

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  17. 67List or tableJRL SERIES C 166

    Accounts related to various coinage types such as dirham, fiḍḍa, and gold zingirli (here spelled as "גנזרלי"). The latter helps date this fragment as no …

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  18. 68List or tableJRL Series L 10

    Late list of names and numbers on lined paper, probably from a communal list of payments. The Ottoman kuruş symbol (ق) is in use which …

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  19. 69List or tableT-S Ar.34.206

    Accounts in Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Arranged in an extremely neat table on notebook paper. Dating: Late, probably 18th-19th century (includes the qurush …

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  20. 70Legal documentT-S Ar.42.61

    Legal note. About money taken from a tailor. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the use of the ashrafī which was first minted …

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  21. 71List or tableT-S AS 148.164

    Accounts, mentioning wages and things held by the father of the writer. On verso a signature seal. (Information from CUDL.) In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier …

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  22. 72List or tableT-S AS 153.191

    List and accounts for the first and second day of Passover using eastern Arabic numerals. 18th- or 19th- century based on the paleography and usage …

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  23. 73List or tableT-S AS 185.24

    Brief account in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Yosef al-Ḥaṭāb and Moshe Kohen. Dating is 16th- or 17th-century based on the mention of Ottoman-era jadid coinage. MCD.

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  24. 74List or tableT-S AS 185.124

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic that mention Ottoman-era jadid coinage. 16th- or 17th-century. Along the recto's upper border the name Yosef appears with a possible surname: שוריפה …

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  25. 75List or tableT-S AS 185.197

    List in Italian and some Hebrew. Dating is unclear, perhaps 14th-16th-century but further examination is required. The portion of the list in Latin-script Italian includes …

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  26. 76List or tableT-S AS 185.217

    Large bifolio of accounts, perhaps from the same scribe as T-S AS 185.158 (PGPID 39885). Dating is likely 16th-17th-century based on the paleography and, crucially, …

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  27. 77List or tableT-S AS 186.184

    List of Ottoman-era coinage values. Dating is 16th-17th-century based on the paleography and numismatic references to Ottoman jadid (one of which is specified as an …

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  28. 78List or tableT-S AS 188.73

    Mathematical calculations with the labels maḥ[būb] and qurush on the verso. The dating is post-1703 CE based on the mention of the gold maḥbūb, so …

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  29. 79List or tableT-S NS 99.32

    Late accounts in Hebrew involving Yosef, Daud, and Eliezer. One of entries mentions silver medin coinage which helps to date the document as 1415 CE …

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  30. 80LetterT-S NS 320.129a

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century or early 12th century. Mentions Abū Kathīr; the sender was distressed to learn that the addressee received …

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  31. 81LetterAIU XII.36

    Letter from Ṣedaqa al-Yahūdī to Umm al-Khayr bt. Nūr al-Dīn al-Ḥakīm b. [...], possibly in Bilbays (the address is damaged). In Arabic script. Dating: No …

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  32. 82Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/34

    Fragment of a late ketubba, with sums in muayyadis, including the stipulation that the husband will not take a second wife without the bride's consent. …

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  33. 83List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 56/8

    Accounts in Arabic which mention kuruş as a form of payment (via ق symbol in second column) which helps to date this fragment as eighteenth- …

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  34. 84List or tableENA 2713.53

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly recorded by a bookseller and, based on one type of coinage in use, the yüzlük ("יוזליס" l.3r), the document dates probably …

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  35. 85List or tableENA 2898.7

    Accounts mentioning the receipt of payments in sherifi (שרפי= produced post-1425 CE) which, in combination with the paleography helps to date this fragment as 15th- …

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  36. 86List or tableENA 2898.13

    List of payments and debts with a variety of individuals mentioned: Moshe b. Ḥayyīm, Benyamin Morisico[?], and Moshe Buelyero (בַוִילְייֵרו). The scribe chose to vowel …

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  37. 87List or tableENA 2950.28

    List of payments received in Judaeo-Arabic. Accordingly, each entry relies on the phrase "קבץ מן / قبظ من" (l.1r, 4r) and the coinage in use …

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  38. 88Legal documentENA 3977.7

    Legal document, probably dating to the late Mamlūk/early Ottoman era. Mentions grains and vegetables (al-ḥubūb wa al-mazrūʿāt), al-dhahab al-Ashrafī, the Nile (baḥr al-Nīl al-Mubārak), the …

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  39. 89LetterENA NS 31.13

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 15th century (no earlier thah 1415 CE), as it mentions the currency niṣṣ/nuṣṣ/half (i.e., the muʾayyadī). Also mentions the …

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  40. 90LetterF 1908.44BB + F 1908.44DD

    End of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Same hand as F 1908.44DD, which is very likely the beginning of the same letter. Dating: No earlier than …

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  41. 91LetterF 1908.44DD + F 1908.44BB

    Letter from Damascus to Fustat. Same hand as F 1908.44DD, which is very likely the end of the same letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier …

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  42. 92List or tableJRL SERIES C 9

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in which the heading's recto includes the term "מאצריפ", which may indicate these are outstanding expenses related to the "deceased Nissim Mosseri" …

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  43. 93List or tableJRL SERIES C 106

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on a small bifolio. The usage of Ottoman kurush makes it possible to estimate the dating as 18th- or 19th-century. The entries …

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  44. 94List or tableJRL SERIES C 164

    Accounts in Arabic with a complex array of monetary calculations with the symbol "ق" on occasion indicating silver kuruş (which may have been minted as …

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  45. 95List or tableT- S AS 185.158

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with a disorderly format. Dating is 16th-17th-century based on the paleography but possibly pre-1559 if the Ibrahim Castro mentioned is indeed the …

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  46. 96List or tableT-S AS 185.113

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, at two different scribal hands appear on the recto and verso of the bifolio. Dating is 16th-century based on the paleography and …

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  47. 97List or tableT-S AS 185.291

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, most of the entries list varying quantities of Ottoman-era gold jadid coinage. Dating is 16th-17th-century based on the paleography and numismatic reference. …

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  48. 98List or tableT-S AS 209.112

    List in Ladino with payments in silver medin. Dating 15th-17th century based on the paleography and the post-1415 CE currency mentioned. Each entry opens with …

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  49. 99List or tableT-S NS 83.26

    Accounts with Arabic numerals, highly detailed and well-preserved. All of the columns list sums in Ottoman kurush (ق symbol) which helps to date this document …

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  50. 100Legal documentAIU VII.D.23

    Ketubba that has been badly damaged yet a portion of the dowry is still visible as "עשר אלף מיידיס כסף..." (10,000+ silver medin). The mention …

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