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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 206.150

    Letter in Ladino. Mentions Turks ("Turcos") a couple times at the top of recto. Needs examination.

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  2. 2LetterENA NS 31.12

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi to Ḥayyim. In Hebrew. Dating: Ottoman-era. Concerning business. The writer conveys a tale of underhanded dealings and bribes involving a çavuş, …

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  3. 3State documentT-S Ar.40.102

    Small fragment of a decree: "wa-ʿlam..."; there is additional text to the lower right which may be related. Needs examination. Reused (at 180 degrees) for …

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  4. 4LetterT-S 13J28.18

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late. Currencies: ashrafī. Mentioning various business matters and people including Judah and David Naḥmias and Ibn Hānī. (Information in part from …

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  5. 5LetterT-S AS 161.29

    Family and/or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman (e.g., lā tadhkurīh lī wa-lā tasʾalīnī [ʿanhu]...). Mentions prayer; "al-Shāmiyyīn" (probably referring to the synagogue); …

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  6. 6Legal documentT-S K25.205

    Legal notes, including the claims of a woman that her husband was impotent. Handwriting of the judge Natan b. Shemuel, ca. 1140 CE according to …

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  7. 7LetterENA NS 22.8

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Beginning and ending are missing. The sender is very agitated and complains about someone who is prepared to swear falsely. Needs further …

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  8. 8LetterT-S NS 321.31

    Business letter in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions people such as Wafiyy al-Dawla, Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Farrāsh; Abū l-Maʿālī; the addressee's …

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  9. 9Legal documentENA 2744.1

    Very unusual legal document, maybe some kind of declaration. In rhymed Hebrew and Aramaic. Written on both sides, and without signatures. Involving the late Menashshe …

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  10. 10State documentT-S AS 177.74

    Recto: Bifolio with a state-related document (draft or archival copy?). The main text block on the right states that there is an urgent need (al-ḥāja …

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  11. 11LetterHUC 1038

    Letter from Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā, in Egypt, to his father Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Jarīdī, in Dhamār, Yemen. Dating: probably 19th century. Needs examination.

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  12. 12LetterHUC 1039

    Letter addressed to Sālim b. Yaḥyā. Yemeni. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 19th century. Needs examination.

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  13. 13Literary textT-S Misc.10.9

    Alchemical recipes in Hebrew. Very well preserved, with interesting details.

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  14. 14List or tableT-S AS 182.69

    Bifolio from a mysterious ledger. Contains some accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, but also contains two entries that begin اصفح(?), and one may …

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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 177.230

    Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 6 lines are preserved from each side. The content is obscure. Verso is the front of the letter, and recto …

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  16. 16LetterCUL Or.1080 5.5

    Letter from Ṭayyib Ibn al-Majjānī to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEzra b. Ismāʿīl (or ʿAwda b. Ismāʿīl according to Sabih Aodeh), in Fustat. In Arabic script. Same …

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  17. 17State documentUPenn RAR MS 85.126.38

    At least two documents across two fragments (which belong together). In Arabic script. Two of the documents look legal/administrative. A third text-block is an extended …

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  18. 18LetterT-S Ar.18(1).129

    Letter from Avraham b. Ḥabīb to Abū l-Riḍā b. Abū l-Surūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. Concerning business matters. The sender reports that Faraḥ, the …

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  19. 19LetterT-S AS 146.172

    Letter fragment or draft in Judaeo-Arabic. The portion on recto has an agitated tone, mentions a sum of money, Munajjā, swearing by God (וחק אהיה …

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  20. 20LetterT-S NS 162.27

    Verso: Letter from Arye(?) to his 'brother' Eliyya Prianty(?) (these names are probably wrong). In Ladino. In the margin there are accounts in Hebrew script …

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  21. 21List or tableT-S Ar.30.287

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (and some Hebrew). This document is rich with names of people, places, and commodities, and places. There is mention of R. Shimʿon …

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  22. 22LetterHUC 1040

    Letter addressed to Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Jarīdī, in Yemen. Needs examination.

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  23. 23LetterHUC 1102

    Late letter(s) in Hebrew. Needs examination.

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  24. 24LetterHalper 386

    Letter of a foreign scholar who was afraid of being forced to marry, although he did not wish to do so, because of his mother …

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    1. אל נא אחי תרעו ואל נא תשליכו אותי אחרי גיווכם כי פן יהיה עליכם
    2. חטא כי אתם יודעים כי יחיד ועני אני הנה בארץ גלותי לא קרוב ולא ריע
    3. ואני יחידי ב…

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  25. 25LetterENA NS 2.22

    Verso (probably original use): Letter in Arabic script. Nearly complete. Mentions someone who recovered from an illness (ابن . . . وحب الله بالعافية); Ghālib …

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  26. 26LetterENA 3361.13 + ENA 3361.14

    Copies of letters (literary format). Multiple letters. One is addressed to [Hemdat] ha-Nesiut. Mentions Pinḥas b. Elḥanan (appears also in T-S 8J4.6 (PGPID 2125)) and …

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  27. 27LetterJRL SERIES B 7746

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. The names of the sender and addressee are preserved on verso but are difficult to read. The addressee's name begins …

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  28. 28LetterJRL SERIES B 7510

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only a thin vertical sliver is preserved. Mentions Fustat (or Egypt) four lines from the end and Almeria three lines from …

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  29. 29LetterENA NS I.34

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking for a favor of some kind in a roundabout way. Needs further examination.

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  30. 30LetterENA 3315.4 + ENA 3842.2

    Letter in Hebrew. Mainly complaining about the conduct of a group of wicked people. Needs further examination. Join: Alan Elbaum. On verso there is a …

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  31. 31LetterENA 3309.12

    Copies of letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Abū Manṣūr al-Munajjim and al-Rayyis al-Fāḍil Abū Isḥāq and communal affairs. Dating: ca. 12th or 13th century.

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  32. 32LetterENA NS I.66

    Letter. Quite faded. In Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Addressed to a dignitary. The sender complains about his poverty and illness. Mentions people who have helped …

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  33. 33LetterT-S 10J20.15

    Letter written in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic script. Various blessings and Bible citations are rendered in Hebrew script, whereas the main part is …

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  34. 34Unknown typeENA 3975.5

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  35. 35LetterENA NS 7.71

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (identification based on handwriting). In Judaeo-Arabic. Asks the addressee to obtain a responsum (fatwā) and mentions a competing cantor …

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  36. 36LetterT-S 13J28.21

    Letter in Arabic script. May be addressed to a jurisconsult regarding a legal opinion, ending "wa-huwa wa-raʾyuhū abṣar." The sender and addressee are Jewish, based …

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  37. 37Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1764/9–10

    Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Set in the time of Muḥammad. Involving ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, Zayd, and a female slave. Needs further examination.

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  38. 38Paraliterary textT-S AS 176.155

    Gnomic sayings made by a physician to a king. Begins with reference to a list of attributes of animals (e.g., the legs of a lion, …

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  39. 39List or tableT-S Ar.30.152

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. For each day of the week, lists the boats (qārib) belonging to different people (Muḥammad, Shihāb al-Dīn, Naṣr al-Dīn. . .) …

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  40. 40List or tableT-S Ar.30.218

    Two bifolia containing several items of interest. First: A glossary of Spanish/Ladino words from Judaeo-Arabic, including a great number of foods, but also numbers, days …

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  41. 41LetterMoss. VII,151

    Business letter in which the sender writes that he is concerned after meeting in Qus a business relation to whom he was able to sell …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . אלת]ופיק לאכלאה גמע אללה ביננא עלי
    2. . . . . . . . . ]מה וכרמה אן שא אללה ואלדי תריד עלמה
    3. אני עלי גמלה אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה לם אעדם מן…

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  42. 42LetterENA 3513.5

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: likely 11th or early 12th century. From Salāma b. Shūʿa and Maḥfūẓ b. Būlus, in …

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  43. 43Legal documentT-S NS 138.91

    Probably a leaf from a court ledger, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. There are multiple records here. both on recto and verso. Apparently …

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  44. 44LetterAIU IX.B.24

    Letter in Ladino dated 19 November 1790 (12 Kislev 5551) from Av_[?] Segre[?] in Alexandria to David Mili in the Bulaq neighborhood of Cairo. In …

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  45. 45LetterT-S AS 158.1

    Letter referring to the synagogue and quoting extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Dating: probably ca. 13th–15th century based on hand, layout, and typical abbreviations. May …

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  46. 46Legal documentENA 3975.6

    Deed of lease. Lessee: Tamīm b. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-Yahūdī who lives in Sūq al-ʿAṭṭārīn. Lessor: the former agent/administrator of the properties of the Qodesh …

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  47. 47LetterCUL Or.1080 5.8

    Letter from a woman to her son Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn b. Salāma al-Ghurābī(?). In Arabic script. Well preserved and beautifully written. She writes that she …

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  48. 48Legal documentENA 2634.3

    Engagement deed. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Persian. Groom: Yaʿaqov b. Agha Yiṣḥaq. Bride; Jawhar Khanom bt. Aharon. Currencies: toman and maybe mithqal (מתקליס).

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  49. 49LetterENA NS 47.20

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP). The handwriting is rudimentary and the orthography so idiosyncratic that it is difficult to understand. Probably a family letter; discussing all …

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  50. 50LetterENA NS 61.3

    Fragment of a bussines Letter. Unusual hand, probably Italian. Venice is mentioned.

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