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T-S AS 158.127
A faded, but almost complete letter. Abu al-Hasan al-tabib is mentioned, probably regarding business matters.
T-S AS 158.136
List of Items might be a dowry list, but not necessary. Also contains a book scroll, which is not so common in dowry lists.
T-S AS 158.142
Small fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Probably from a letter written on behalf of a poor man (hādha l-miskīn), referring to the generosity of the addressees (faḍluhum). This man has lost 6 dinars, and he may be obligated to pay maintenance (mawna) to a wife and/or children.
T-S AS 158.15
Halakhic text, probably a responsum; citation from Mishna Bava Qamma 7:1. (Information from CUDL)
T-S AS 158.152
Recto: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is familiar from the circle of Avraham Maimonides. The sender will return something after the holiday because he still has a pressing need for it now (ḍurūra akhīdha). He thanks the addressee in advance. AA. ASE.
T-S AS 158.152
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists various foods and household items (pepper, saffron, eggs, olive oil, lemon, tahina, and many more).
T-S AS 158.161
List of unknown nature in a very crude hand. Among the items oil.
T-S AS 158.172
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. Approximately 4 lines are preserved. Wide space between lines. Very faded, and it is difficult to read more than a few words. The phrase "yuḥīṭ ʿilmah" (end of l. 3) suggests a report rather than petition or decree. Needs further examination.
T-S AS 158.172
Verso: Document in Judaeo-Arabic. Complete but very faded. Resembles a legal query: "What have our sages said concerning a man who died... [with] a mature son and a mature daughter, and it was found with his daughter... her brother said to her...." The document goes on to talk about a sum of money and daily payments over a period of 3 years. The last line refers to recording/certifying something in a court. The details are very obscure. AA. ASE.
T-S AS 158.173
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. Fragment (lower half of recto). Mentions the qāḍī Ibn al-[...] and someone called al-ḥāfiẓ. The sender asks the addressee to send a letter on his behalf thanking Manṣūr b. ʿAṭiyya and his father. He asks to be sent the 'miḥbas' (either a collar necklace or a cotton textile, according to the Diem-Radenberg dictionary) so that he can do something with it to keep it from going bad. He reports that many ships have arrived from Sicily. The sender knows that al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq is saying about him "what I heard from/about him in Alexandria." The continuation in the margin is too damaged to read. AA. ASE.
T-S AS 158.174
Letter addressed to the Qaraite Abū l-Barakāt ʿAlī b. Rawḥ (aka Berakha b. Ravaḥ), one of the supporters of Natan b. Avraham. Dating: Probably spring 1039 CE (Gil's assessment). The sender alludes to the Qaraites (l. 6) and Rabbanites (l. 10); refers to a man (Shelomo b. Yehuda? Natan b. Avraham?) as a "rebellious elder" who deserves to be stoned; also mentions a pilgrimage to the graves of the patriarchs.
T-S AS 158.200
Short letter written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Makārim asking him to pawn a book for 10 dirhams.
T-S AS 158.206
Unidentified calculations is JA.
T-S AS 158.208
Letter from Nissim b. Shelomo to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to be complaining about the difficulties faced this year: "...we have no mind and no [...] from all the storms (? al-anwāʾ) which have happened to us..."
T-S AS 158.21
Probably a letter, with reference to ‘the wife of…’. (Information from CUDL)
T-S AS 158.213
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Small fragment, with hardly any text left. It states that the husband of a woman related to Ibn al-Fulādhī (apparently a profession having to do with steel, fulādh or fūlādh) died, and she became pregnant. It then mentions "in the fortified city of ʿA[sqalān]." AA. ASE.
T-S AS 158.218
Small fragment from a letter, might be by Shelomo b. Elya’s hand, contains mostly blessings. AA
T-S AS 158.222
Damaged letter. Recto in JA, much faded. Verso in Hebrew, the writer is addressing אדוננו ירום הודו and inform him that he is worried because of a debt. AA
T-S AS 158.227
A short incomplete note, probably written by Shelomo b. Elya, asking to give half a cup (קדח) to the bearer of the note and also mentioned that he has sent something already with him. AA
T-S AS 158.23
Small fragment of a letter, with a partial address on verso. (Information from CUDL)