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  1. 1LetterDK 231.5 (alt: XVII)

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of a father to his son Ibrāhīm in Damietta, to be delivered to the shop of Dāʾūd al-Ṣabbāgh or Surūr or Yaʿqūb the Jews …

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  2. 2Legal documentENA 4101.16b

    Legal document written by Hillel b. ʿEli. Declaration made by a woman named Mawlāt on the occasion of entering the ninth month of pregnancy. It …

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  3. 3Legal documentPER H 89

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Will of a pregnant woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: New Cairo. Dated: Tishrei 1449 Seleucid, which is 1137 CE. Testator: Sitt …

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    1. אלדי נעלמה אנו חתומי מטה ונחקה ונשהד בה אננא חצרנא ענד אלשיך אבו אלפרג מרור ישועה הזקן
    2. בר מרור יהודה הזקן הנכבד נע דידיע בן עצפורה וחצרת זוגתה …
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  4. 4Legal documentT-S Ar.38.48

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    Arabic

    Verso: Legal document, in Arabic script. A divorce document, involving a high-level Ayyubid official, described as one of the proteges of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (aḥad al-mamālīk …

    1. ]بن وهب احد المماليك العادلية كرمهم الله تعالى وحلاه رجل شاب اسمر اللون

    2. ]                      المراة الحامل الحاضر الان باليوم(؟) . . . . اقرار…

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  5. 5LetterT-S 10J13.18

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    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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  6. 6LetterT-S AS 158.213

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Small fragment, with hardly any text left. It states that the husband of a woman related …

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  7. 7List or tableCUL Or.1080 J190

    Page of the account book of ʿArūs b. Yosef, containing accounts and a note about the beginning of a pregnancy, birth and weaning. (Information from …

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    1. כאנת טהרת אלחמל אלמבארך
    2. ד איאם מצת מן כסליו
    3. ערפנא אללה ברכתה
    4. וכאן אלמילאד יום אלתלאתה ליב
    5. מצת מן רגב או אלול וכאן
    6. אתפקת באכד . .ל. .
    7. חומר ט…
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  8. 8Paraliterary textENA 3207.17

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Magical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script and magical script. Including a birth control recipe: "If you want a woman not to become pregnant. . …

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  9. 9LetterCUL Or.1080 J173

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the mother of Dā'ūd, in a provincial town, to her son Sulaymān al-Jamal, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. She complains about a lack of …

    1. מן ואלדת דאוד לסולימאן יצל דוכאן
    2. אלגמל קצר אלשמע אן
    3. שא אללה
    1. כתאבי אליך יאולדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    2. איאם סלאמתך ובעד אבקך אללה יאולדי כ…

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  10. 10LetterT-S 6J3.3 + T-S Ar.7.26

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    Letter of appeal for help, mentioning a recent death, apparently of a husband, leaving the writer (the widow) without livelihood and unable to live with …

    T-S 6J3.3 (Edited by Goitein)

    1. מולאי מא ענדנא מן שוגל
    2. אלקלב וממן תופי פי הדה אלאשהר
    3. אללה תעאלי יעוצהא ומא לי לא עיש
    4. ולא קראר מע אלכבירה והי כל
    5. יום תט…

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  11. 11LetterCUL Or.1080 J98

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    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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  12. 12LetterCUL Or.1081 J5

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter sent by a physician from Qalyub, who had opened an office in Fustat, inviting his wife (who is his paternal cousin) to join him …

    1. בה
    2. אללה הו אלעאלם אן קלבי מתאלם למא אסמע
    3. ען מרץ עיניך פהו אלשאהד לו אמכנני
    4. אלחצור אליך לאנצר אחואל עיניך לכנת אפעל
    5. אלא אן הו אלעאלם קדר מא נחן פיה מ…

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  13. 13LetterT-S 10J18.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition of a pregnant woman describing herself as a 'lonely foreigner' (gharība qatīʿa). Ibrāhīm, the scribe, emphasizes the great reward and place in heaven the …

    1. אן וצל כתאבך וכא[ן
    2. חלפת מא אפכה אל[
    3. תעאלי שוק . . [
    4. אולהא ומא קדרת [
    5. אללה ישאהדני . [
    6. למן נסתנד אלא ל[
    7. גריבה קטיעה חז[ינה
    8. ולולא חבלי אלא וכ[
    9. לך מא א…

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  14. 14LetterT-S K25.85

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    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 …

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    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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  15. 15LetterENA 2634.1 + ENA 2634.2

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    Letter from Mordekhai ha-Levi Mizraḥi, probably in Meron or Safed, to Moshe Ḥayyim and Yiṣḥaq Ḥayyim, unknown location. This fragment also contains the end of …

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  16. 16LetterENA 2634.2 + ENA 2634.1

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    Letter from Mordekhai ha-Levi Mizraḥi, probably in Meron or Safed, to Agha Meir b. Eliyyahu, unknown location. The letter continues onto the upper part of …

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  17. 17Paraliterary textT-S 10J22.6

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Astrological instructions for a doctor regarding how to know the illness of a patient by using the constellation of the stars at the time of …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. הדא חסאב אלסאעאת אלז ואסאמיהא . .
    3. אולהא חמה והו אלשמס אדא גאך אלסאיל
    4. פי סאעה אלשמס פהו סעוד אן אוסיל ען
    5. מריץ פאעלם אן מרצה חמי וחר וכרב
    6. עלי …

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  18. 18LetterT-S 13J18.20

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    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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  19. 19LetterT-S K25.92

    Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, to be read in the synagogue, on behalf of a pregnant woman who has no money …

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  20. 20LetterT-S NS J14

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    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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  21. 21LetterT-S 12.431

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    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. בש  רח

    2. כתאבי [אלי      אלמולאי]  אלאעז אללה בקאה

    3. וא[דאם עזה]             ומן חסן אלתופיק לא

    4. אכלאה]         פי' כ'י'ר' ועאפיה וקד

    5.       …

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    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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  22. 22LetterT-S 13J21.18

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe's daughter to her maternal uncle ʿEli b. Hillel, the deputy overseer (nā'ib al-nāẓir) of Bahnasa. In the hand of Ḥalfon …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. לו דהבת אן אשרח לך יא כאלי אחיאך אללה מא [
    3. ולא חמלתה מכאתבה ואלי מן [ידה] מקאליד אל[
    4. שמל אלסאר ברחמתה פהו קריב אלאגאבה ומ[
    5. שהור כואמל ואנא …
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  23. 23LetterENA 1822a.2

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    Letter from Umm Abū ʿAlī, in the Rif, likely near Damīra, to her son Isḥāq, in Fustat. The latter may live with his aunt and …

    1. בשמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ולדי אלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. תאידך ועלאך ותמכינך וכבת אעדאך ומן חסן אלתופיק
    4. לא אכלאך ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה גמע אללה שמל…
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  24. 24LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/60

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    A pregnant woman, seemingly well-to-do, complains to her sister in the city about neglect and expresses apprehension that part of her house will be taken …

    1. ב[שמך] עבדהא אבראהים געל פדאהא
    2. אלי אכתי ואלעזיזה עלי וענדי אטאל אללה בקאהא
    3. וגמע אלשמל בהא ען קריב וגיר דלך אנני כתי[רה]
    4. אלשוק אליכם אלחמד ללה אלדי ל…

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  25. 25LetterT-S 13J21.17

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    Letter from a physician in Silifke (Seleucia) to his sister's husband, presumably in Fustat. Dated 21 July 1137. "The Emperor John II Comnenus was on …

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    1. אישה כי תזריע ושאן . . . ן
    2. דכר כמא כתבת אליך פיוט עמלתה עבראני ולעלה יצל
    3. קלת פיה יוחברו עצמי עם זקיני ותראה לי רביה בן זקונים
    4. ולעל ימן אללה ב…

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    In a Hebrew poem, composed by me, which I sent to you - I hope it will arrive - I  said: "Let my limbs be joined to my aged husband, and fruit …

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