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dated Nisan, 1380 Sel. = 1069 A.D., at ק]אהרה] near Fostat. Names missing. Verso blank.
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beg. missing, arranging for the charge of his property during the owner's absence on a journey. The deed was handed to משה בר אלחנן נ̇ע̇.
Witnesses, אברהם בר ישועה ס̇ט̇, אברהם ברבי שמעיה החבר נ̇ב̇ת̇ו̇י̇א̇, יחזקאל הכהן החבר ביר̇ עלי הכהן החבר בס̇ ג̇ד נ̇ע̇ (cf. No. 2875, 4, b), [ש]למה הכהן בן יוסף הכהן בן שלמה נ̇ע̇, פינחס בירבי לוי נ̇ע̇.
Below is a note, incomplete and obliterated.
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names missing. Dated Adar i, 1... Sel., at Fostat. Verso blank.
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Letter of consolation to ר̇ אפרים החבר בס̇ גד̇ בר̇ מר̇ שמריה ז̇צ̇ל̇ from (?) אברהם המזרי, dated in the middle of Ab, [1]346 Sel. = 1035 A.D. The Nagid was then at Mahdieh. Verso, address only.
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from יוסף בן יעקוב טראבלסי to [אבו אל]פרג יוסף בן יעקוב בן [עוכל] ... and הלאל בן יוסף בן עוכל. Verso, address only.
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from משה החזן הזקן to מר̇ור̇ ר̇ שלה.
Verso, only the address to ר̇ ומ̇ שילא החמישי ... ראש לכ... from ... [הח]זן ברבי טוביה.
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dated the 14th of Ḥeshwan, 1849 Sel. = 1538 A.D., at Fostat. The man's name is שלמה (?). Verso blank.
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dated 16.. Sel. = 13.. A.D., at Fostat.
The parties are ... יוסף בר כ̇ג̇ק̇ מר̇ור̇ יהודה and עיאל ברת מר̇ור̇ שלה הלוי הרופא בר ... אברהם הלוי נ̇ע̇. Verso blank.
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from יוסף ונסים בני ברכיה נ̇נ̇ to אבו אלפרג יוסף בן יעקב בן עוכל נ̇נ̇ (cf. no. 5) of مصر.
The נגיד הגולה is often mentioned. Verso, address only.
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to אבו אלפרג יוסף בן יעקב בן עוכל נ̇נ̇ of مصر. (cf. no. 9), from נסים ביר̇ יוסף ז̇ק̇ל̇.
The writer says וקד עלם אללה יא סידי מא עלי קלבי ומא אנא פיה מן וצול כתב פי וקתא הדא מן ענד סידנא האיי נט̇ רח̇ מע אלפיוג תאריכהא ו שהור מן בגדאד ווצל אגודה̈ מסאיל כתבהא ג̇ירנא ....
He mentions אבו נצר צדקה אלשאמי and אבו עמראן מוסי בן יחיי אלמגאני.
The latter part is about a letter of exchange and other business.
Verso, the address, and, roughly written in Arabic characters, the date of receipt, Rebiʿ ii, 610 (A.H.? = 1213 A.D.).
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No date or names legible. Verso blank.
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injured and obliterated. Verso blank.
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Deed, in Arabic, dated Tebeth, 4957 A.M. = 1197 A.D., at No Amon, of sale of a house in the outskirts of Alexandria by עאליה ... to מ̇ ישועה בר מ̇ר̇ אלעזר נ̇ע̇.
The witnesses have not signed.
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(Recto) סליחה, א̇ב̇, beg. אֿנשי אמונים אבד[וי] אמונים נ[סו] והתפרדו. ... בֿאים בכוח מעשיהם. בטלו בעון דוריהם; an amplification of אנשי אמונה, Zunz, p. 23;
verso, fragment of a כתובה. The man's name is ר̇ יוסף כהן בר כלוף.
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dated Tuesday, 1..4 Sel. [at Fostat].
The man’s name is יוסף בר ישועה בר עלון. Signed, נתנאל בן יוסף and כתיל בן כלף הכהן ש̇צ̇. On the verso are scribbled the names אברהם, יעקב, חיסן בת שלמה ס̇ב̇.
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dated Elul, 14.. Sel. = 11.. A.D.
The names מר̇ור̇ יפת and אבו סהל הכהן occur. Verso blank.
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in Arabic, beg. missing. At the end (verso) some scribbling in Arabic character.
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in Arabic, headed שרח חסאב אלשיך אבי אלפרג יוסף בן יעקוב בן עוכל (cf. no. 9). Verso, three lines only.
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from יוסף בן יעקב to אבו אלפצ̇ל [...]אלה בן יעקוב. Verso, address only, written twice.
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The man's name is תקוה הלוי בן [שלמה הלוי נ̇ע̇]. Verso scribbling.
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by [מנצור ?] ולד אלשיך בו סעד אלצירפי ... ידיע בן עُמיר נ̇ע̇ to אלשיך בו אלפרג אלכהן ... בן כ̇ג̇ק̇ מר̇ור̇ משה הכהן ... ידיע בן מרדוך נ̇ע̇, dated (month blank) 1467 Sel. = 1156 A.D., at [Fostat], by authority of Samuel the Nagid. Verso blank.
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See also no. 23.
Recto, fragment of a כתובה with the signature שלמה בר יוסף נ̇ע̇.
small fragment of Midrash, obliterated;
part of an amulet (?) in squ. char. with vowel points.
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dated ..31 Sel., at Fostat. The man was the son of מר̇ור̇ תקוה הזקן נ̇ע̇. Verso blank.
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Recto, end of a document, dated [14]38 Sel. = 1127 A.D., at Fostat.
Witnesses, אברהם בר̇ שמעיה החבר נ̇ב̇ת̇ו̇י̇א̇ נין שמעיהו גאון נ̇ע̇ (cf. No. 2875, 4, c), חלפון הלוי ביר̇ מנשה נ̇ע̇, משולם ביר̇ מנשה החבר ס̇ט̇, חלפון ביר גאלב [החזן נ̇ע̇ ], נתן ביר̇ יפת נ̇ע̇.
Below, the confirmation of the same, signed, יצחק ביר̇ שמואל הספרדי זכ̇ לח̇ הע̇ הב̇, זכאי ביר̇ משה ה̇כ̇מ̇, מנשה הכהן החבר ביר̇ ש....
Verso, Ps. lxxxix. 30-53, with vowel points; at the end כמלת.
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dated Friday, 47.. A.M. (i.e. between 940 and 1040 A.D.); the equation with the date after the destruction of the temple is missing. The man is מבשר בר יצחק ס̇ט̇.
Verso, four lines of good wishes to the couple.
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Letter to יצחק ויהושע האחים ... בני ר̇ ומ̇ כלפה ז̇צ̇ל̇ ... from אברהם הפרנס בר̇ מנחם נ̇ב̇ע̇ קרובכם;
only the complimentary beginning is left, carefully written in squ. char., with vowel points.
Verso, part of a legal document called שטר פצוי.
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drawn up at Fostat. The woman is סת אלאהל בת מר̇ור̇ נאשי (?) הכהן נ̇ע̇.
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The woman is בת יצחק. Signed, שלמה כהן בר יהודה נ̇ע̇ and חלפון הלוי בר שלמה נ̇נ̇.
Verso, rough notes of accounts in Arabic character.
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dated Monday the 10th of Nisan, 4716 A.M. = 956 A.D., at Damascus. The man is ישראל בר יצחק ס̇ט̇.
Verso, scribbling.
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dated Elul, 14.. Sel. = 11.. A.D., from מר̇ צדקה הכהן בר מר̇ דויד חכהן נ̇ע̇ to יוסף [? בן יצחק בן אלדאני אלפאסי נ̇ע̇]. Verso blank.
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to [? אבו] יעקוב יוסף בן ... אלפאסי from יצחק (?). Verso, address only.
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No date or name remaining. Verso blank.
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dated the 20th of Kislew, 1550 Sel. = 1239 A.D., at Fostat, by authority of the Nagid.
The man is מר̇ור̇ יוסף הזקן בן מר̇ור̇ יעקב הזקן .... Verso blank, except for the name משה.
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Fragment of a conveyance from [... בן] מר̇ור̇ מُנّג̇א אלעטאר נ̇ע̇ and his daughter, to אלשיך אבו אלפצ̇ל אלרפّא מר̇ור̇ מנשה. Verso blank.
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to יחיי בן מוסי. Obliterated.
Verso, in another hand, business notes in Arabic. Stained.
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dated 1595 Sel. = 1284 A.D. Verso blank.
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from הרון אבן סלימאן כהן בלגת.. to אבו עלי ... אבן צדקה אבן שעי[ב]. Verso, address only.
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dated Thursday the 2nd of Adar ii, 1437 Sel. = 1126 A.D., at Fostat, by which אברהם בר שמריה divorces אסתר בת נמר.
Signed, יצחק ביר̇ שמואל הספרדי זכ̇ לח̇ הע̇ הב̇ and חלפון הלוי ביר̇ מנשה נ̇ע̇.
Verso, certificate that it has been received by the divorced, signed, חלפון (as before) and יצחק המלמד ביר̇ חיים נ̇ע̇ י̇ו̇ב̇א̇.
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Recto, beginning of a קינה, with an Arabic introduction beg. ממא קאלה על השר הגדול חסד בן ישר ̇ננ̇. The poem beg. כתב בא מפאת צען בשם איש, with vowel points.
Verso, the following only [פיו]ט על שני האחים נוחם בגן עדן אברהם המכונה אבו סעד ואחיו חסד המכונה אבו נצר אולאד סהל אלתסתרי נ̇נ̇.
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dated Monday the 10th of Iyyar, 1454 Sel. = 1143 A. D., בעיר אלמחלה הגדולה דעל נילוס נהרא זוטא מותבה, by which אבו נצר בר דינר divorces סתות בת אבו אלחסן.
Signed, זכאי ביר̇ משה נ̇ע̇ and תמים בר יוסף הלוי נ̇נ̇.
Verso, certificate of receipt with the same signatures.
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headed וקאל ממתדחאً ללשיך אבי אסחק אברהים קעטא אטאל אללה בקאה, beg. ארך גלותי בעניי ודלותי.
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dated Nisan, 1456 Sel. = 1145 A.D., at Fostat, by authority of Samuel the Nagid, certifying that אלשיך אבו אלמעאני came before the ב̇ד̇ and paid to אלשיך אבו אל פצ̇ל 20 dinars in gold, in satisfaction of all claims.
Witnesses, נתן הכן בר נתן הכהן נ̇ע̇ and חיא הכהן בר̇ שלמה ז̇ל̇. The beginning is written twice.
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dated 1529 Sel. = 1218 A.D., at Fostat, by authority of Abraham the Nagid, certifying that ... כ̇ג̇ק̇ מר̇ור̇ יוסף בר ... נ̇ע̇ came before the ב̇ד̇ and paid his debt of 150 dinars, Egyptian currency, to אלשיך אבו אלפצל ... בר ... יוסף ... הכהן. Verso blank.
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