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  1. 1LetterT-S 13J28.18

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  2. 2Legal documentT-S K25.205

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  3. 3LetterENA NS 22.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  4. 4LetterT-S AS 206.150

    Primary language
    Ladino

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

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  5. 5State documentT-S Ar.40.102

    Primary language
    Arabic

    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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  6. 6Legal documentENA 2744.1

    Primary languages
    Aramaic, Hebrew

    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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  7. 7LetterHUC 1038

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    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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  8. 8LetterHUC 1039

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

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

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  9. 9LetterHUC 1040

    Primary language
    Hebrew

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

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  10. 10LetterHUC 1102

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Late letter(s) in Hebrew. Needs examination.

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  11. 11LetterCUL Or.1080 5.5

    Primary language
    Arabic

    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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  12. 12LetterT-S Ar.18(1).129

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  13. 13LetterT-S NS 162.27

    Primary language
    Ladino

    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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  14. 14State documentUPenn RAR MS 85.126.38

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    Primary language
    Arabic

    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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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 146.172

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  16. 16LetterT-S AS 177.230

    Primary language
    Arabic

    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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  17. 17List or tableT-S AS 182.69

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    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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  18. 18List or tableT-S AS 177.74

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Mercantile account ledger. Mentioning many names and commodities of long-distance trade. One page also consists of a petition draft it seems involving 'the porters of …

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  19. 19Literary textT-S Misc.10.9

    Primary language
    Hebrew

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

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  20. 20LetterENA 3361.13 + ENA 3361.14

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  21. 21LetterHalper 386

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    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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  22. 22LetterT-S AS 161.29

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  23. 23List or tableT-S Ar.30.287

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  24. 24Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1764/9–10

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  25. 25Paraliterary textT-S AS 176.155

    Primary language
    Arabic

    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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  26. 26List or tableT-S Ar.30.152

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  27. 27List or tableT-S Ar.30.218

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino

    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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  28. 28LetterMS 9160, fol. 8

    Primary language
    Ladino

    Letter from Moshe [...] to Avraham. In Ladino.

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  29. 29LetterMoss. VII,151

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  30. 30LetterENA 3513.5

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  31. 31Legal documentENA 2634.3

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Persian

    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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  32. 32Unknown typeENA 3975.5

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  33. 33LetterENA NS 7.71

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  34. 34Legal documentENA 3975.6

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    Arabic

    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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  35. 35LetterCUL Or.1080 5.8

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    Arabic

    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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  36. 36LetterAIU IX.B.24

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    Ladino, Western Arabic Numerals

    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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  37. 37LetterT-S 10J20.15

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    Arabic, Hebrew

    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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  38. 38Legal documentT-S NS 138.91

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  39. 39LetterENA NS 47.20

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  40. 40LetterENA NS 61.3

    Primary language
    Hebrew

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

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  41. 41State documentT-S K16.43

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Possibly official correspondence. In Arabic script. Long and well preserved. Reused on recto for piyyut.

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  42. 42LetterT-S AS 166.134

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an unidentified sender, in Safed, to Mordekhay Ibn ʿAjla, in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Greets numerous …

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  43. 43LetterT-S 13J28.21

    Primary language
    Arabic

    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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  44. 44LetterT-S Ar.34.142

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script from Abū ʿAlī(?) Yefet(?) b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Mentions going to Abū ʿAlī b. al-Dimyāṭī (=Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi) and borrowing …

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  45. 45LetterENA 4100.7b

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic, Unidentified language and script

    Recto: Letter from a son, in Qūṣ, to his mother, presumably in Fustat. Written in Judaeo-Arabic and a cipher (lines 7-12; noticed by OZ; probably …

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  46. 46Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.217

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Medical prescriptions for "the little one" (al-ṣaghīra) Sitt al-Bayt(?) and for her son. In Arabic script. There is a section at the top for what …

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  47. 47Literary textMoss. III,200.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Poem, of documentary interest. In Judaeo-Arabic. Exhorts everyone who wants their sins forgiven to make a pilgrimage to the shrine at Dammūh. Goes on to …

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  48. 48Legal documentT-S Ar.51.109

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    Arabic

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. There are four distinct text blocks. The document on recto is extremely long. Involves a partnership, and the Rabbanite Jew …

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  49. 49List or tableT-S Ar.30.288

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    Ladino

    Account register. In Ladino. 3 bifolia. Dated 5450s AM, which is 1690s CE. On the left side of folio 3r there is reference to the …

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  50. 50List or tableENA 2456.1–20

    Primary languages
    Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino

    Ledger of accounts and letter drafts/copies. Perhaps some writing exercises, too. In Judaeo-Arabic with at least one Spanish word thrown in (אלסלאם עלה גמיע אלפאמילייה). …

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