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  1. 1List or tableENA 3770.13

    Account of sums written by ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. Four pages. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  2. 2Legal documentMoss. X,127.2

    Fragment from a legal deed. No image

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S 8J25.17

    Legal document in which Ishaq b. Avraham acknowledges that he has no claims against Shemuel. Involving business in raisins and mentioning Venetian ducats. Dating: likely …

    1. הודה כר יצחק בכר אברהם . . א . יצו
    2. שאין לו על החכים כר שמואל [. . . .]ך
    3. שום תביעה בשום צד בעולם
    4. לא מצד הצמוקים שמכר לו עי
    5. עז אלדין אלקבאני ולא עי זו…

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S AS 145.62

    Legal document in the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Small vertical strip from the left side. On parchment. Possibly concerning the manumission and …

    1. ]ל בר מרור אלעזר
    2. ] . אלמדעאה סת אל
    3. ]א ואתפק פי גצון
    4. ]תי דא מן אבנה
    5. ]מכתץ בי פי דלך
    6. ]י שי אכר ואשתריהא(?)
    7. ]א אלי מא אלתמסתה
    8. ]מלתהא וצארת
    9. ] להא בדיני …

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  5. 5List or tableT-S AS 209.106

    List of names and numerical values, perhaps contributions to a communal fund. Dating: 18th-19th centuries based on the paleography, names, and layout. The names mentioned …

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  6. 6LetterENA 2896.21 + ENA 2896.22

    Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic The first three lines are mostly preserved. The sender refers to a prior letter addressed to al-Mumḥe, concerning …

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  7. 7Legal documentT-S NS 342.81

    Fragment from list of court records written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138), one involving Khalaf al-Levi b. Yeshu'a. AA

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  8. 8Legal documentT-S Ar.42.184

    Legal document (Baker and Polliack call it an 'Ottoman mustarad'). Location: Cairo. Dated 12 Rajab 1023 AH, which is 1614 CE. 4 witness signatures. May …

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  9. 9List or tableENA 2747.13

    List of names. Faraj b. Nisun(?), Shelom b. Yisra'el, Binyamin b. Simḥa, etc.

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  10. 10List or tableT-S AS 185.124

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic that mention Ottoman-era jadid coinage. 16th- or 17th-century. Along the recto's upper border the name Yosef appears with a possible surname: שוריפה …

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  11. 11LetterT-S 13J20.23

    Letter from a certain Shelomo to Abū Zikrī Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing blessings for the Gaon Maṣliaḥ and the India trader Abū l-Barakāt Ibn al-Lebdī. …

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  12. 12LetterT-S 12.382

    Letter from a man, probably in Alexandria, to his 'brother,' probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer's maternal uncle has recently died. The bulk of …

    1. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל
    2. אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ונעמאך וגעלני
    3. מן כל סו פדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר
    4. חאל במנה וכרמה פאנה ולי דלך ואל
    5. קאד…

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  13. 13LetterT-S Ar.40.65

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. There is one name in Hebrew script (אלמהראני); the addressee is called "my son" (yā waladī); and the writer mentions …

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  14. 14List or tableJRL SERIES A 859

    Account of a parnas, ca. 1152. Details of rent collection, written in the hand of the Judge Hiyya b. Yiṣḥaq. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. …

    1. [ ]יבק[
    2. [ תל]תא ונצף [
    3. [ ]
    4. [ אלדאר] אלתאניה
    5. [ ] בית תאני
    6. [ ]ת 20 אלגמלה ¾ 20
    7. [ ]הם [ ]נעהא ½ 5
    8. [ ] אלדאר אלתאלתה
    9. ק[א]עה 50 טבקה אולה 10
    10. תאניה סכן בי…

    1. …. there remains ….
    2. …. 3½ ….
    3. ….
    4. …. the second compound
    5. …. The second room, 8.
    6.  …. 20¾ 
    7. …. 5½ 
    8. …. The third compound :
    9. The qāʿa, 50. The first ṭabaq…

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  15. 15List or tableT-S AS 209.108

    List of payments and/or goods, with common format in which each entry opens with "עוד" in Hebrew. Dating appears to be late medieval, 14th-16th centuries. …

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  16. 16Literary textT-S Ar.30.134

    Leaf 1: In Hebrew characters, the beginning of the same poem by al-Waʿīẓī/al-Baghīḍī (ليس المقام بدار الذل من شيمي) that appears in BL OR 5565G.40 …

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  17. 17LetterT-S AS 153.308

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (horizontal piece from the middle). Dating: Possibly 12th century based on hand, but that is a guess. The sender reports on …

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  18. 18LetterT-S AS 151.116

    Letter (11th century), dated 20th Ṭevet, addressed to [Nahray] b. Nissim, mentioning a certain Joseph. (Information from CUDL)

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  19. 19Unknown typeENA 3931.4

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  20. 20Unknown typeENA NS 85.1031

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 21State documentT-S Misc.9.29

    Document in Arabic script. Dated, but the date is difficult to read. List of crops (qamḥ, shaʿīr, fūl, others) and quantities. Headed with a paragraph …

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  22. 22Unknown typeENA NS 79.12.2

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  23. 23Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/99

    Deed of sale of one half of a house in the al-Musasa quarter in Fustat, in which one owner sells his half to the other …

    1. שהדותא דהות באפנא(!) אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא כן הוה
    2. חצר אלינא כבוד גק מרנא ורבנא יפת הזקן הנכבד סט בר כבוד
    3. מרנא ורבנא סעדיה נע והו פי צחה מן עקלה …

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  24. 24Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J58

    IB I, 19. Legal document: testimony on the date of a bill of divorce written by Yaʿaqov b. Avraham, Yosef Lebdi's travel companion. Dated: Thursday, …

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    1. תאריך אלגט 
    2. [בחמש]ה בשבא דהוא עשרין ושבע[ה]
    3. יומי בירח ניסן דשנת אלפא 
    4. וארבע מאה ושית שנין למנ' 
    5. קאבלנא נחן אלשהוד אלכאתמין
    6. לתתא בהדא אלתאריך ו…

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  25. 25Legal documentT-S NS J234

    Fragment of a legal settlement involving a number of relatives and other persons. Dating: mentions Tishrei 1512 Seleucid = 1200 CE. Mentions a sum of …

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  26. 26Legal documentBL OR 5542.1

    Legal documents from 17th century Egypt, regarding a widow named Riqa (ריקא), the daughter of Hanan She'eltiel. The document on verso is dated the 3rd …

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  27. 27LetterT-S Ar.39.89

    Brief note in Arabic script instructing the addressee to help the bearer.

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  28. 28Literary textHUC 1086

    Verso: poem written for a notable (Yosef?) on the occasion of the circumcision of his son Efrayim (or perhaps twin boys, one of whom is …

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  29. 29LetterT-S NS 226.186

    Almost complete but faded and damaged business letter. To Abū Ibrāhīm Isḥāq b. [...]. Dating: 11th century. Handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim? Mentions buying something …

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  30. 30Legal documentT-S Ar.41.105

    Legal query addressed to a Muslim jurisconsult concerning the changes in synagogue ritual introduced by Avraham Maimonides. The senders of the query object to the …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. ما يقول السادة الفقها ائمة الدين و هداة المسلمين و فقهم الله توفيق العارفين في قوم يهود 
    3. ربابين لهم كبيسة من الدهور ال…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  
    2. What do our lords, the jurisconsults, the imāms of the religion and guides of the  Musli…

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  31. 31Legal documentT-S NS 305.124

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (left side only). Dated: 7[..] AH, which is the 14th century CE if this has been read correctly. Mentions …

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  32. 32LetterAIU V.A.70

    Letter from Ṣemah from Palermo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1055. Mentions import of flax from Egypt to Palermo and exports of silk and …

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    1. [ ] ונעמאנה
    2. [ ] אליך שד[יד] קרב [אללה אלאגתמאע בך
    3. [ ] וצל כתאבך יאמולאי תדכור קכץ אלרזמה וביע [ ]
    4. [     ]י ומגי כהדא יאמולאי כתבת למולאי אלשיך…

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  33. 33Unknown typeENA NS 83.49

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  34. 34List or tableT-S 12.737

    This document lists the differences between the Palestinian and Babylonian calendars in the years 921/2–923/4CE. The purpose of this text is unclear, but it confirms …

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  35. 35Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1553

    Karaite bill of debt. Erroneously described as ketubah in Ktiv. Dated 1661

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  36. 36Literary textT-S NS 206.46

    Hebrew literary text, with a few words in Arabic script

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  37. 37Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 610

    Crumbled fragment. Needs examination.

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  38. 38Legal documentT-S NS 324.50

    Small fragment from the top of a marriage contract (ketubba). Dated: 12 Nisan 1453 Seleucid = 9 April 1142 CE. Groom: Tiqva ha-Levi. Bride: [...]ār. …

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  39. 39State documentT-S H5.204

    State correspondence, probably a petition but any petition-related formula is missing. Five lines are preserved, and possibly a copy of a sixth line. Almost all …

    1. الشامل وعدلها وجودها العامر وطولها منه وقدرته

    2. ولم يزل عند مولانا صلوات الله عليه متقلبا في نعمة الدولة

    3. النبوية الضافية عليه ومنحتها المتصلة الي…

    1. …encompassing, and its justice and perpetual generosities, and benevolence from it and its might.

    2. [The slave] steadfastly remained near our maste…

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  40. 40Legal documentT-S NS 320.71

    Small fragment of a ketubba. Groom: Hillel/Hilāl b. Jallāb (גלאב). There is a filing note on verso.

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  41. 41Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 250

    Some loose and not very legible words in Arabic script. Probably pen trials. Needs examination.

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  42. 42LetterT-S Ar.39.269

    End of a letter - needs examination.

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  43. 43LetterT-S NS 312.142

    Large letter from [...] b. Mevorakh addressed to Nahray b. Nissim (called 'Nahray ha-Rav ha-Muvhaq'). The sender's name is faded. The letter opens with large …

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  44. 44List or tableT-S Ar.30.18

    Accounts in Arabic script for three types of indigo. See Goitein's index card for further information.

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  45. 45Unknown typeENA NS 79.6

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  46. 46LetterT-S AS 162.161

    Letter of condolence/grief upon the death of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. Dating: ca. 1195 CE (the precise date of death is not known). In …

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  47. 47State documentT-S Ar.42.88

    Tax receipt. Mentions the mustakhdim al-jawālī in Damietta. Dated: 601 AH. Amount: 1.25 dinars. ʿAlāma: الحمد لله وبه استعين. Endorsed across the text rather than …

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  48. 48Literary textT-S AS 195.201 + T-S AS 195.202 + T-S AS 195.203 + T-S AS 195.204 + T-S AS 195.205 + T-S AS 195.206 + T-S AS 195.207

    Modern printed edition of the 10th-century History of Armenia by Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc‘i. The text on these pages corresponds to Krikor Maksoudian's 1987 edition, p. 101. …

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  49. 49Unknown typeENA NS 85.230

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  50. 50Paraliterary textT-S AS 177.11

    Mysterious fragment with several different sorts of jottings, including: 1) In Hebrew: "When the great king (Mehmet II) who conquered Constantinople died (in 1482), and …

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