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  1. 1LetterCUL Or.1081 J19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." The writer mainly communicates that he arrived at his destination safely, and that he rejoiced to learn of the …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק [עלי
    3. וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    4. עזך ונעמאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא [[אכ]]
    5. אכלאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה א…

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  2. 2LetterT-S 10J13.18

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Bū l-Karam to his brother Abū Naṣr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting and spelling. Business letter in which the writer informs his brother about …

    1. בש רח
    2. אלי אכי אלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל
    3. אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    4. ואחיאה ומן חסן אתופיק
    5. לא אכלאה וגמעני ואיאה
    6. עלי אסר חאל אן שא אללה
    7. ואלדי תריד עלמה אני
    8. סיירת…

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    In PGP since
    2004
    PGPID
    2830
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  3. 3LetterBodl. MS heb. c 50/20

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. Mentions: a wālī; business dealings and losses; small sums of money between 3–10 dirhams; …

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    1. . . . 
    2. ענד אלואלי וקאל לי קם אחסר(?)
    3. צהרך וכסרנא אלגעל ואקסמנא
    4. באנה יגי אלגמעה אלגאייה ואמא
    5. חדית אלראונד מא וגדת ענד
    6. בן אלעודי אלא שוי מסוס ול…

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    2017
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  4. 4LetterT-S K25.85

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a man to his brother. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a lovely hand. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Refers to the addressee's pilgrimage the preceding …

    recto

    1. [] . .לם ארא מא 
    2. [] . אן קד חגגת פי אלסנה אלמ
    3. [] . . . . אללה תעאלא יגעלו לך חג אן 
    4. [] . ף לך מא צאע מ . פי מא ירציה והו לך מן
    5. []ה אגר אלמחסני…

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  5. 5LetterCUL Or.1080 J98

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Family letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Almost certainly from a woman, addressed to her cousin (ibn ʿamm). Goitein describes it as a "fragment of a family letter …

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  6. 6LetterT-S 13J18.20

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an army doctor, in Ashmūm Ṭannāḥ (present-day Ashmūn al-Rummān), to his son, in an unknown location. The purpose of the letter is to …

    1. ואלדה כפי פיה אלאסוא
    2. וצל כתאב אלולד אלאגל אלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאה וכבת אעדאה
    3. וגמע שמלי בה עלי אסר חאל במנה וכפי לטפה ואלדי אעלמך בה
    4. אנני וצלת אלי ענד …
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  7. 7LetterENA 2935.24 + ENA 3038.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter likely from a woman, perhaps in Palestine or Syria (based on the mention of earthquakes), to her brother, evidently a government official in New …

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    1. בסם אללה אל[רחמן אלרחים
    2. כתאבי יא אכ[י
    3. בקאך ואדאם עזך . [
    4. אליך גדא גמע אללה ב|[יני ו]ב[י]נך עלי [
    5. וערפוני אנך ואגד ע|ליי וגמני דלך וקלת אנך
    6. מא …

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    2017
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  8. 8LetterT-S NS J14

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the Gaon Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Ramle, to his son Abū Isḥāq Avraham, in Tyre or Damascus (Shelomo does not know which, so …

    TS NS J 14, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp. 208-210 (Doc #115),N.H. 2-23-88, (P). Letter from Solomon b. Judah, Ramle, to his son Abraham.

    1. כתאבי יאולדי אלעז…

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    1988
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  9. 9LetterT-S 12.431

    Primary language
    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 …

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    1. כתאבי [אלי אלמולא . . . . אט]אל אללה בקאה
    2. וא[דאם עזה . . . . . . . ] ומן חסן אלתופיק לא
    3. [אכלאה . . . . . . . . . .פי כיר] ועאפיה [. . .]
    4. [. . …

    Recto

    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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