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List of names on recto. Arabic jottings on verso- needs examination

Small note regarding some payments

Ex libris of Moses N. Shitrit with Arabic transcription of the Hebrew (17th/18th century) (Info from FGP)

Names followed by Coptic numerals

List of names and numerals

Order of delivery for one raṭl of olive oil (zayt ṭayyib). From Abū Zikrī Kohen to al-Shaykh Khalīl (or Khalaf?).

Letter from Yosef b. Farah from Alexandria to Abu Ya’aqov Ishaq, Fustat. Around 1057. The writer tries to get a copy of an answer by Hananel b. Hushiel, which Labrat b. Moshe b. Sugmar from Mahdiyya has. It is not clear what is the answer’s content and who received it, because of the document’s low quality. The letter was written shortly after the passing of Hananel. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #516) VMR

Account

Fragment from the left part of a letter

See PGP 24734

Account

Damaged fragment of a business letter. The name Abu Imran is preserved.

List of names and amounts owed or held by people. Alexandria is mentioned and various people such as Abu Yosef al-Sirfi and Yosef b. Yeshu'a. AA

Opening of a letter, not much preserved. On verso few lines in Arabic, maybe the address? -Needs examination.

The text is too damaged to be identified correctly, but it seems as a letter

Upper part of a letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He says he is doing well and thanks God for something having to do with his brother al-Shaykh Abu l-Ḥasan (see last line of recto). Verso also contains Arabic jottings. ASE.

A letter in a very cursive and hard to read script. The name Avraham is mentioned.

Few medicinal herbs are mentioned: custus, myrrh, Tragacanth, Arar tree, Storax

Some weights and Coptic numerals.

Magic recipe.