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    LetterT-S NS 305.61

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    2019
    PGP ID
    25110

    Petition / letter of recommendation. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. From Ibn al-Miṭrān ('son of the bishop'). Seems to be recommending the …

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    State documentT-S Ar.7.38

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    2018
    PGP ID
    18932

    Fatimid petition. Dating: 422–23/1031–32. Second half of a petition to the caliph al-Ẓāhir requesting the return of a church that had been confiscated by decree …

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    1. [جميـ]ـع ما فيها من فضة ونحاس والات خشب

    2. ورخام يساوى ذلك جملة كبيرة فنقضها

    3. وبنا بقبضها دارا قد خصها معصرة وحوانيت 

    4. يستغلها جميع ذلك ويحص…

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    Literary textAIU XII.41

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    2020
    PGP ID
    30954

    Recto: The last page of the Annals of Eutychius of Alexandria (Saʿīd b. Baṭrīq al-Mutaṭabbib, d. 940), the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria, discussing events in …

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    Literary textT-S AS 154.310

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    2018
    PGP ID
    29383

    Apparently a Christian narrative, mentioning a monk tearing out hair from his beard. (Information from CUDL)

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    Legal documentT-S NS 297.58

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    2022
    PGP ID
    35099

    Possibly a certificate of conversion to Islam. In Arabic script. May be part of a will (says "bi-amri hādhihi l-waṣiyya" in the last preserved line). …

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    LetterT-S NS 255.34

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    2019
    PGP ID
    24486

    Typewritten or printed letter addressed to Moshe Pardo, the head rabbi of Alexandria (served 1871–88). In Arabic script, with Hebrew insertions. In which the sender …

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    Legal documentT-S Ar.42.174

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    2018
    PGP ID
    16262

    Bill of sale of a slave. In Arabic script. Location: Fustat. Dated: first decade of Ramaḍān 483 AH, which is October/November 1090 CE. Seller: Ḥanūn …

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    Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/35

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    2017
    PGP ID
    6328

    Upper end of a large deed of sale in Arabic script, in which a Christian, Yuḥannas b. Andūna b. Qusṭanṭīn b. Basnada(?), sells 1 and …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. هذا ما اشترى صلح بن علي بن هاني اليهودي المعاهد من يحنس بن اندونة بن قسطنطين بن بسندة النصراني اشترى منه جميع ما ذكر يحنس بن…

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    List or tablep. Heid. Hebr. 17

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    2018
    PGP ID
    5797

    Recto and verso (secondary use): Accounts in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1053. Listing flax purchases. Nahray organized the list by his …

    Recto

    1. [א]כראג צרה דאוד שאפע דינ[ר
    2. אבן גמיל לסעיד ג דנא וזן ולה פי עסל ג אלא תמן
    3. חבל                 דינ       צרף             דין אלא חבה
    4. כטיב רבא…

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    Legal documentDK 231.2 (alt: XXV)

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    1988
    PGP ID
    627

    Fragment of a double query, presented to Avraham Maimonides about (1) a man who keeps a female slave—not for service—although he was married and a …

    1. אלנקמות השם אלנקמות הופיע וכל
    2. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו הודנו
    3. והדרנו ומאיר עינינו ומנהיג דורנו נגידינו אברהם הרב
    4. המובהק הפטיש …

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    List or tableT-S AS 153.2

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    2004
    PGP ID
    4202

    Accounts of a woman named Umm Abū l-Riḍā. For the month of Nisan "143." This probably means 4800 + 143 = 4943 AM, which is …

    1. חסאב א. אבו אלרצי פי אלזמן
    2. ניסן קמו ענדהא נ
    3. להא מן סת עז ד . ולהא ג
    4. כרג קיראט נחאס ולהא א . .
    5. ולהא יום גמעה אלעיד מן פכריה
    6. ב ולהא מן פכריה א . .
    7. ואי…

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    LetterT-S 8Ja1.5

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    2004
    PGP ID
    3873

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Yahaboy, probably in Amalfi, to a partner, in al-Mahdiyya. Dating: ca. 1040. Describes a long sea voyage that lasted …

    1. עלינא משקה ומא סמענא באלכלאץ לאן גינא עלי חא [צרה]
    2. קצב טינה בעד אן עדינא בעהד יח יומא כר עלינא פאבאן
    3. אן ידכלו בר מן ברארי אלמסלמין פרגענא אלי אקריטש…

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    LetterT-S 10J12.20

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    2017
    PGP ID
    5809

    Letter from Mevasser b. David in Damsis to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, ca. 1053. The main issue discussed in the letter is an argument …

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    LetterENA 2559.5

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    2017
    PGP ID
    658

    Letter from the Mosul Nasi whom Gil refers to as Jalāl al-Dawla. Dated: Ḥannuka 1548 Seleucid = 1237 CE. Concerns in part a negotiation between …

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    1. יגי גאנדאר יקול אלצאחב יסלם עליך[
    2. חואיגכם וגאבו לנא פואכה וגירהא וכנת אגתמע בהם
    3. וגרי חדית פי מעני מנעהם אליהוד מן אלדכול אלקדס וגרי…

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    LetterT-S AS 152.360

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    2017
    PGP ID
    8638

    Recto: Letter in Hebrew. Dating: early 13th century, based on the mention of the Judge Anaṭoli in the penultimate line. The sender is apparently a …

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    1.       לה [    ]ר למה הינח?[   ]ישר[   ]

    2.       והלכ[ה] אחרי אלי נכר ענתה ואמרה

    3.       לי גרם המזלי הביאני עד הנה

    4.       ואני אמרתי לה …

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    Legal documentENA 1691.20

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    2020
    PGP ID
    29668

    An interesting Qaraite legal testimony (zikhron ʿedut) dated 20 Adar 5442 (1682 CE), scribed and signed by Avraham ha-Rofe ben Ṣaʿīr, one of the messengers …

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    LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/18

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    2021
    PGP ID
    32101

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq bayt ʿAṭṭān, in Syracuse, to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Contains a colorful …

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    LetterT-S 10J12.24

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    2004
    PGP ID
    2814

    Letter in which a physician, probably named Abū l-Baqā', writes from somewhere outside of the capital to his son-in-law (?) Abū ʿImrān, probably in Fustat, …

    1. בש רח
    2. כי ייי יהיה בכסלך ו[ שמר רגלך מלכד
    3. והסיר ייי ממך כל חלי ו[
    4. ואתה שלום וביתך שלום ו[
    5. תרדדת כתבי אלי חצרה אלולד אלעזי[ז . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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