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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 151.95 + T-S AS 150.75

    Communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide space between the lines. Opens with blessings for the addressee, then reports that a letter arrived from the Jews …

    1. מתוליא לאמור אלקהל שצ
    2. ובעד נפודה תגדד מן פעל
    3. ]ר מא הו מערוף בה
    4. ]ה לה ודאך אנה
    5. ]מא וצל
    6. ] ללוגוד
    7. ] אנה
    1. ועלאה ותמ[כינה
    2. עלי יד בעץ אצחאבנא אלעכויין
    3. שמ…

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  2. 2Literary textENA 3937.5

    Arabic poetry, including by Abū Tammām.

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  3. 3LetterT-S 8J17.25

    Letter from Yefet b. Ḥalfon to Eliyyahu the judge, requesting him to obtain a legal decision (fatwa) from the Nagid Avraham and to pass it …

    1. אלממלוך אלאצגר יפת בר
    2. חלפון זצל
    3. יקבל אלארץ אמאם מגלס הדרת יקרת צפירת
    4. תפארת מרינו ורבינו אליהו הדיין הגדול
    5. המעוז המגדול בר כבוד מרינו ורבינו זכריה
    6. רא…

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S 13J8.6

    Document of release concerning a partnership, denoted here as ‘mufawwada.’ (Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, The Business of Identity, Stanford University Press, 2014, 112, 365) EMS

    1. שהדותא דהות] באנפנא אנחנא שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בשטארא דנן
    2. ] דהוא [ע]שרין יומין בירח אייר דשנת ארבעת אלפין ותמני מאה
    3. וא[רבעי]ן ושית שנין לבריאת עלמא…

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  5. 5Legal documentYevr. III B 669

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Nisan 4977 AM, which is 1217 CE, under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. It is a bill of sale for …

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  6. 6Unknown typeENA NS 76.427

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 7LetterAIU III.D.31

    Letters in Ladino and Spanish reused for an index to the Teshuvot of the Rosh. ASE. Letter in Ladino on III.D.31 (3) of scan is …

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  8. 8LetterT-S 8J29.11

    Fragment of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim to an unidentified addressee mentioning accounts and the amount of linen that the addressee has to provide. …

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    1. וקד כאן אלסלפה ען אלצאבון פי מרכב אלסלטאן
    2. ] עלי אנה ב'ע'ה' אכד מנא סער פ'

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    1. כתאן [
    2. לספאקץ [

    3. טרי עליי בדלך

    4.      קבץ' [

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    1. (1–4) יתרה לחובתך …. מהם דינר טרי שהוא חייב לדיואן …. וחצי ושמינית. סך הכל, יתרה לחובתך בעד י׳׳ג הכדים …. ייתן לו אלוהים שלום, דמי הובלה בעד כ…

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  9. 9List or tableT-S NS 33.181

    Lists of names and amounts (or quantities), One word in Arabic on verso

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  10. 10Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#10) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 1r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated 19 …

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     :(Documents 8-10) Right side of bifolium 1r

    1. והיו שמות פרטי המאה מתאקיל זהב של הג'וייאש שנתן החתן לכלה
    2. זוג חלק     מזנק     זוג דגארי        ז…

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  11. 11LetterT-S NS 226.25

    Very faded and damaged letter, from Yosef b. Ya'aqov to Avraham b. Hasan(?)

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  12. 12List or tableT-S AS 181.159

    Accounts. Mentions an Abū l-Maʿānī.

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  13. 13List or tableENA 3503.A.9

    Minute fragment of accounts in Arabic with Greek/Coptic numerals. Medieval-era.

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  14. 14List or tableENA 624.10

    Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S 8.144

    Fragment from a legal document, probably a bill of release from a wife to her husband Abū Sahl Menashshe. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. …

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  16. 16LetterT-S NS 321.98b

    Opening of a letter in poetic Hebrew to Ya'aqov b. Binyamin.

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  17. 17State documentT-S AS 183.45

    Small fragment from a piece of official correspondence: wa-qad sayyara ilayhimā min al-[...]....

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  18. 18List or tableX893 Se62 pt. 3.6

    Accounts in Hebrew script. Judaeo-Persian?

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  19. 19Legal documentT-S AS 153.31

    Fragment (bottom part) of a power of attorney. Dating: ca. 1229/30 CE. In which al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab Abū l-Thanāʾ Netanʾel b. Berakhot known as Ibn ʿAmmār …

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  20. 20LetterT-S 8.13

    Letter fragment from the Jewish community of Palermo to the Jewish community of Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. May mention [Ḥayyim b.] Yaʿaqov ha-Sef[aradi] (who …

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    1. ] חייכם [            ]ת[
    2. והמהלל הם הם המאושרים ביופי מכללי[ם
    3. קדושת ישישת אחינו אחינו(!) אנשי גאול[תנו
    4. ובאלכסנדריה דרים ותקועים אשר הם מ[
    5. צדק ז…

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  21. 21Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#38) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 5r-v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …

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    :Right side of bifolio 5v (Documents 37-38)

    1. עליו לעיל יפרע לש..תנו(?) בתורת קנס סך אלף מאידיש כסף וזקפו
    2. שניהם אבי החתן ואבי הכלה הנ׳ הקנס הנ׳ …

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  22. 22Literary textT-S 12.315

    Draft of poems for a wedding. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  23. 23LetterMIAC 36

    Letter regarding the construction of the tomb of Rabbi Yaʿacov Abu Haṣīra [in Damanhur] – 1935CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 36) – …

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  24. 24LetterBodl. MS heb. f 34/39–44r

    Fragments from a copy of a letter. The writer is a person from Pumbedita (which belongs to a family of several Gaons) to a person …

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    1. שלפוך כדי שיראה כגלי הים
    2. ובכמה מקומות מצאנו כי חזוק
    3. בעלי תורה כחזוק בית אלהים 
    4. כל ועתה חזק זרובבל נאם ייי
    5. וחזק יהושע בן יהוצדק הכהן 
    6. הגדול וחז…

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  25. 25LetterENA 4020.13

    Letter of congratulations to the Hizqiyahu the Qaraite Nasi and his 3 sons on the birth of a boy from a certain Shemuel.

    1. ברכ[ות. . . . . . . . . . .] ושמחות וחמלה וחדוה ויקר וגדולה ועם
    2. ותה[לה . . . . . . .] נזר וכתר ועטרת עם שאר כל הברכות
    3. . . . . .]. . .מ[. . .] מרפא ו…

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  26. 26LetterCUL Or.1080 11.3

    Letter in a Romance language, probably Spanish.

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  27. 27State documentT-S Ar.30.120

    Verso (original use): Bottom of an official letter in Arabic, possibly a petition ("...wa-lahā ḥarasa Allāh ʿizzahā raʾyuhā al-mawaffaq al-kāshifa in shāʾ Allah"). Ends with …

    1. المذكور على فقه الشرع الشريف وموجبه وله حرس الله عزه الراي الموفق
    2. الكاشفة ان شاالله عزوجل
    3. الحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله وسلام
    4. حس…

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  28. 28Unknown typeENA NS 85.218

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  29. 29Legal documentT-S NS 224.38

    Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). Regarding shares in a house which was given …

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  30. 30List or tableT-S J1.28 + T-S NS 292.54 + T-S NS 292.52

    List of payments on certain days of the week and list of names, written by Tamim b. Yosef (was active from the last days of …

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  31. 31Legal documentENA NS I.9

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Draft. Late. There appears to be an Ottoman-era seal. Groom: Moshe b. Yehuda. Bride: Saʿādat bt. Avraham Dukkān (or Dakkān?), virgin. The …

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  32. 32LetterT-S As 177.367

    Note addressed to 'mawlāy al-rashīd' asking him to draw up an account (of money owed) on the sender's behalf for 'al-mawlā al-jalīl al-dayyān.' There are …

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  33. 33LetterMoss. VII,150.2

    Letter from Peraḥya b. Yosef Yijū to Saadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Fragment. Dating: ca. 1160s. Same writer and addressee: Moss. VII,152.1, ENA 4020.1, ENA …

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  34. 34LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/50

    Letter or letter draft, preserving only the copious opening praises for the addressee. Probably from the archive of Moshe b. Yehuda. Dating: last quarter of …

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  35. 35LetterDK 228.4 (alt: 228/C, VII)

    Letter by Raḥamim b. Nissim to ʿArūs b. Yosef about dealing in purple and indigo.

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  36. 36Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.32

    Legal document dated 20 March 1798 (3 Nisan 5558 AM), Cairo, in which Me'ir ben Naʿim acknowledges an investment of 2000 muayyadis from Ṣevi Ḥayyūn.

    1. בע׳׳ו
    2. בפ׳׳עח׳׳מ הודה הח׳ המ׳ ע׳׳כ מ׳׳ר כמה׳׳ר צבי חייון יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו
    3. מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמו׳ מבלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל כמוד…

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  37. 37Literary textMIAC 16

    Page from a story in colloquial language – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 16) – in Judeo-Arabic. (information from …

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  38. 38Legal documentT-S AS 149.20

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Deed of a gift, granted by the wife of Abū Saʿīd to her daughter. It might …

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  39. 39Unknown typeENA NS 85.1384

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  40. 40List or tableJRL C 17

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew alphanumerical figures. At least one currency is listed as "בנדוק / bunduq", which is the Venetian gold ducat, and based …

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  41. 41Legal documentFrankfurt 13.4

    Fragment from the bottom of a ketubba. Dating: mid-12th century. Refers to a sum of 20 dinars as part of the marriage payments and refers …

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  42. 42Legal documentT-S Ar.38.106

    Document of sale in Arabic. Records two transactions and a fuṣūl.

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  43. 43List or tableT-S 10K20.7

    Book list. 28 numbered entries. Uses the word "taftar" instead of "daftar" (t < d switch). Dating: the latest author on the list is Yiṣḥaq …

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  44. 44State documentENA 3968.13

    Official document or receipt of some kind. In Arabic script. Headed by the glyph and with the Greek/Coptic numeral for 40 at the top (also …

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  45. 45Paraliterary textT-S AS 179.286 + T-S AS 176.204

    Long prayer in Arabic. Join: Alan Elbaum. Cf. T-S AS 183.190 (PGPID 37836).

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  46. 46LetterT-S 8J17.2

    Letter to Abu […], the teacher (melammed), from Yaʿaqov b. [...] Nafusi. Mentions Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi, the recipient's brother Avraham, and Abu Mansur and his father. …

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    1. אלי חצרת סיידי ורייסי וגלילי ותאג ראסי
    2. לא עדמה אללה פצל ויכתר פי ישר׳ מתלך
    3. נעלם מולאי אן קד חודת לי אספר וליס
    4. . . . . מעו ובקא קלבי מעלק אליה…

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  47. 47LetterT-S AS 146.323 + T-S AS 146.293

    Recto: Letter mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, consisting mainly of flattering epistolary formulae for Rabbenu Nahray. Verso: Letter formulary in Hebrew, in a different hand. Blessings arranged …

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  48. 48Literary textENA 3948.7

    Verses of Arabic poetry about absence from a beloved, copied on both recto and verso, accompanied by doodles. Pinholes in the margin match those of …

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  49. 49LetterMoss. II,147.2

    Drafts of a note addressed to a certain Abū l-Faraj. It's not clear what the precise request is. The scribe spells אתפצל as אטפצל.

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  50. 50LetterYevr. II A 1573

    A long letter to Yosef b. Ishaq, from Mordechai b. Avraham, who also signed his name in cypher.

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