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Accounts in Judeo-Arabic with a variety of coinage types including dirham, kuruş (aka guruş) and zingirli– of which the latter two suggest a dating of some time in the eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Some of the entries incude notes indicating people "באסם / in the name of" and on occasion locational notes, such as on the recto "דאלך ענד פלונבו" or "this is at Palonbo's" (l. 8r, 17r in left side of bifolium) or "׳ענד ס׳ לוריא" which is also "at S[eñor] Luria's" (l.16r on right side of bifolium). On the bottom of the recto there is also mention of one "עוסמאן אפנדי" or "Osman Efendi" five lines up from the bottom and Nissim Romano (l. 32r). The verso continues in the same hand and structure of recordkeeping. Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.
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List of names and corresponding monetary values in silver kuruş. Among those listed are: Yakov Qatawi, Yosef Bilobos, Yaʿaqov Akubas, David Dayyan, Nissim Ashkenazi, Moshe Naʿīm, Saʿad Zeytun, Yiṣḥaq Iskenderani, Ḥayyim Mosseri, and many others. The distinctive shape and tear of this bifolium, along with the paleography, confirm its status as a join to JRL SERIES C 86. Date: 18th or 19th c. MCD.
