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Informal note from Abu ʿAlī, apparently accompanying the remainder of the 40 dirhems as the recipient had ordered.
Literary fragment. Cut into an acute triangle
Possibly too fragmentary to identify. Hebrew script.
Informal note from Yeshuʿa (or from a communal leader with the ʿalāma "Yeshuʿa"). In Judaeo-Arabic. It says that Abu Saʿīd should report to the court with his opponent without delay.
Literary. Small fragment.
Literary. Instructions of some kind in very faded Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter fragment in Hebrew. Late. There are drafts of letter openings in both Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic on verso.
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "his wife" and Sitt al-Dār.
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Late. Mentions names such as ʿImrān, ʿĪsā, Muḥammad, Yūsuf, Ibrāhīm. The numbers are large (some in the thousands).
Literary. Small fragment.
Literary? Rhyming Hebrew text.
Legal document in Arabic script. Small fragment, containing the last couple lines and at least one witness statement.
Literary. Small fragment.
Ladino translation of the genealogy section of Genesis. Calligraphic. Very small fragment.
A few words in Judaeo-Arabic.
Literary. Biblical quotations about oxen.
Deathbed will, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Shevat 1441 Seleucid, which is 1129/30 CE. Small fragment.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing clothing and household items.
Accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Dated: 14 Tishrei 556[.], which is the first decade of the 19th century. Small fragment. Mentions a consul.
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Rabbenu Yeḥiel.
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