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  1. 1List or tableT-S Ar.39.330

    Accounts in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script, together with Greek/Coptic numerals. In the Judaeo-Arabic section at the top of recto, mentions items such as soap, …

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  2. 2Literary textT-S Ar.52.253

    Recto: Literary anecdotes in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script involving Abū Nuwās (=Ibn Hānī) and Hārūn al-Rashīd.

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  3. 3Literary textT-S NS 224.215 + T-S NS 224.216

    Unidentified text in Arabic (in Arabic script) with citations in Hebrew (in Hebrew script).

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  4. 4LetterT-S 13J35.4

    Letter addressed to Netanʾel b. Aharon and his son Shelomo. The letter consists entirely of blessings for the holidays. Mainly in Hebrew. The passages in …

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  5. 5LetterT-S Ar.7.7

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script, with the Hebrew names (Shabbetay b. [...] and Barukh) written in Hebrew script. Mentions Shavuʿot (al-ʿAnṣara) and a Christian named …

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  6. 6Unknown typeT-S AS 181.33

    Unidentified text mainly in Arabic, transitioning to a new section in Hebrew at the bottom. Needs examination.

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  7. 7List or tableT-S NS 164.41

    Commercial list in two or three different hands in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. On verso there is a list of commodities sent with Abū l-Ḥasan …

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  8. 8Paraliterary textT-S Ar.39.152

    Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, with the names of the Hebrew months written in Hebrew script. Dated: 520 AH = 1126/27 CE. …

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  9. 9LetterT-S Ar.40.17

    Recto: Brief letter in Arabic script, very polite, asking the addressee not to delay something. Verso: Apparently a commentary on Daniel 1:4f, in both Arabic …

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  10. 10LetterT-S AS 181.158

    Family letter in both Arabic and Hebrew (specifically for the יברך את הנערים blessing, cf. BL OR 5566C.13). Mainly the concluding blessings/greetings are preserved.

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  11. 11LetterCUL Or.1080 15.50

    Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham b. al-Faraj, possibly in Ṣahrajt, to ʿEli b. ʿAmram (aka Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Muʿammar), in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060s …

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  12. 12LetterT-S 13J15.7

    Letter sent by Ḥalfon b. Yiṣḥaq to Avraham b. Natan the seventh, referring to a rudder ordered by a notable, presumably for his Nile boat, …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. שלום מכל עברים וברכות מ.ודרים וגילות נהדרים וטובות משופרים
    3. ושמחות מיוקרים וששונות מעוטרים וברכת מצא מאה שערים ובשבע[ים
    4. נפש ירדו למצרים ובבוץ…

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  13. 13LetterENA 3919.7

    Letter fragment, mainly in Arabic script with one phrase in Hebrew on verso (רבינו ברוך יהי לעד). Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Faded and …

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  14. 14LetterT-S Misc.24.13

    Bottom of a letter in Arabic script. Greetings to "my brother Mubārak" near the end. Needs examination for content. Reused on recto for a Halakhic …

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  15. 15LetterMoss. IV,41.4

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (for the body) and Arabic script (for the closing greetings).

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    1. ] מנכם צגירכם וכבירכם למא
    2. ] לסאן לכן אלצרורה תקוד אלי מא
    3. ]ללי חאת פי אלמגי לכנת קד
    4. ]נא אערף אנני לו אנפדת לכם

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    1. ]ן אלשוק [
    2. ] באתם אלסל…

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  16. 16Literary textT-S AS 160.169

    Bifolio containing narrations in Judaeo-Arabic, with some interspersed Arabic script, about the prophet Muḥammad and his companions. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  17. 17LetterBL Or. 5557K.21

    Probably a letter. The portion preserved here is a long Hebrew introduction, crudely written, with praises for the addressee. The body of the letter itself …

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  18. 18List or tableT-S AS 149.93

    List of houses and their owners. Dating: Probably 13th century, based on the hand and the names. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  19. 19LetterT-S 8J19.16

    Blessings in Hebrew, probably the end of a letter/petition. At the top of the page are 2 lines in Arabic script, also possibly part of …

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  20. 20Literary textT-S 12.731

    Literary work in Arabic, citing Saʿadya Gaʾon (whose name is given in Hebrew script).

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  21. 21Literary textT-S AS 183.261 + T-S AS 183.262

    Bifolio from a medical textbook, notable for being written in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic.

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  22. 22LetterENA 3969.26

    Fragment of a letter mainly in Arabic script, with the name Abū l-Ḥasan Sar Shalom partially written in Hebrew script. Mentions Abū Sahl Mukhtār in …

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  23. 23List or tableENA NS 19.26

    Bifolio of mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Large and well-preserved. Dating: 11th century. Merits further examination.

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  24. 24Literary textENA 2857.35–36

    Literary text. Written in a mixture of Arabic script and Hebrew (for biblical quotations).

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  25. 25Literary textENA 3916.14

    Literary treatise in Arabic, quoting biblical verses in Hebrew script.

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  26. 26LetterT-S Misc.8.92

    Letter of appeal for charity, in a mixture of Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and Hebrew. The addressee may be asked to write to 'al-ḥaḍra al-nafīsa' on …

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  27. 27Literary textJRL SERIES B 2136

    Recto: Fragment of a grammatical treatise, probably. In Arabic script. Verso: Talmudic discussion in both Hebrew script and Arabic script.

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  28. 28LetterT-S NS 292.67

    Complete note written in both Arabic script and in Judaeo-Arabic. Crude hand. Quite faded. Mentions honey. Needs examination for content.

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  29. 29LetterT-S NS 305.53

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Hebrew script. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. Mentions al-shaykh Bū Zikrī in l. 2. Seems …

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  30. 30LetterT-S Ar.39.192

    First-person report about a discussion, possibly a polemic between the writer and other people. This fragment begins in Arabic script, switches to Judaeo-Arabic for the …

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  31. 31LetterENA 3017.13

    Letter or letters. There is the end of one letter, in Arabic script, immediately followed by the beginning of another, in Judaeo-Arabic with biblical quotations …

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  32. 32LetterT-S AS 152.348

    Small fragment of a letter written mainly in Arabic script with Hebrew interspersed. Probably a letter of appeal for charity (وينعم كجاري عادته بثمن(؟) يحضر(؟) …

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  33. 33List or tableT-S NS 102.106

    Private accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script listing amounts of money owed to and by various people (for items of clothing?). Barakāt owes 140 dirhams. …

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  34. 34Unknown typeHUC 1132

    Two bifolios of a notebook containing various types of text in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic (in Arabic script). The first page includes a …

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  35. 35LetterENA 1822a.60

    Note in Arabic script from Bū Saʿd Ibn al-Dayyān(?) to a woman. The words כשני עדים כשרים נאמנת are written in Hebrew. Goitein's translation (Med …

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  36. 36LetterT-S NS J436

    Note in a mixture of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic to a certain Nasi asking for money for various communal expenses and mentioning the judge and the …

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  37. 37LetterMoss. II,146.1

    Letter from Barakāt al-Kohen, unknown location, to the parnas Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn (= ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen, active ca. 1057–1107), in Fustat. Mainly in Arabic …

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    1. ولا تسل ما يلفظ في الكنيس بلسان طمي فالله تعالى
    2. لا يواخذ الذي قدمه علينا حتى صار ابي(؟) الاقل(؟) علينا
    3. . ידורי(?) وقد كان سباع …

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  38. 38LetterT-S AS 152.125

    Recto: Possibly a letter fragment. There are three different sizes of writing, in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to a scholar ('ha-gadol ba-talmud') and the year …

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  39. 39Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 145.121

    Order(s) of payment? Mentions the name Sulaymān. Written in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. On verso there is an "emet" followed by the …

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  40. 40LetterENA 4009.14

    Letter to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov called 'zaqen ha-gola' and rosh kalla. The sender may be Mufarrij b. Ṣāliḥ al-Baghdādī the tax farmer for the capitation …

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  41. 41LetterT-S 12.837

    Letter of appeal for charity, written in a mixture of Hebrew, Arabic, and Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is Abū ʿImrān Moshe b. Shela. The sender explains …

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  42. 42LetterT-S AS 149.28

    Letter to Moshe b. Nissim (or Moshe b. Labrāṭ?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or early 12th century. Fragment (left side of recto). The addressee is …

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  43. 43LetterENA 3975.1

    Letter in Arabic and Hebrew script dated 438 AH (1046/1047 CE). The opening politesse consists of many lines in Arabic script in a calligraphic chancery …

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  44. 44LetterT-S Ar.3.3

    Letter from Moshe ha-Kohen to Yeshuʿa ha-Sar, care of Abū l-ʿIzz in the market of the goldsmiths (sūq al-ṣāgha) in Fusṭāṭ. Mainly in Arabic script, …

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  45. 45Legal documentT-S 8.212

    Digest of a partnership contract for a period of one year between Abū ʿAlī b. David and Netanʾel b. Nadiv. Written mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, but …

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  46. 46LetterT-S Ar.7.3(1)

    Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his 'father' (it seems father-in-law) al-Rayyis Hibatallāh the judge, representative of the Nagid David, in Alexandria: Dating: Based on the …

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    1. من عند ابو
    2. منصور
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. كتابي الى الوالد العزيز الموفق السعيد
    5. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه
    6. ومن حسن التوفيق لا اخلاه وجمعني

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  47. 47LetterBL OR 5566B.30

    Letter from Netanel b. Moshe ha-Levi ha-Shishi to two of his friends (Yosef b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen and 'my brother Elʿazar), during his confinement to his …

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  48. 48Legal documentENA NS 83.206

    Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mostly in Arabic script with a few words in Hebrew. Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm is to give Eliyyahu …

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  49. 49LetterT-S AS 215.358

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the last two lines in Arabic script. Elegant handwriting. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Fragment (right side only). Mentions …

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  50. 50LetterT-S NS 297.243

    Recto: Possibly the top of an official letter in Arabic script. Reused for jottings all over the margins in Arabic and Hebrew script. Verso: Bottom …

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