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Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

List of "מצרופ/expenses" related to food/household items that is dated in Cheshvan [55]97JC which is 1836CE. The fragment may have been folded and sent from Cairo to one Binyamin de Curiel in Alexandria. The hands on the recto and verso, however, are very distinct and therefore the address on the verso may be a remnant of an earlier letter that was reused for the recto's list. The latter expresses monetary figures in eastern Arabic numerals and Ottoman silver "قرش / kuruş" which stands as the only Arabic-script portion of the fragment at the top of the recto's right column. Among the items listed, there is mention of "מלח / salt" (l. 9r), "צאבון / soap" (l.11r), and many other goods. MCD.

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Account ledger. 34 bifolia. Dating: 18th or 19th c.

Account ledger. 46 bifolia. Dating: 18th or 19th c.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic of "מצרופ/expenses" on food items organized according to weeks of the liturgical calendar that are indicated by their respective parsha readings (i.e. "Eikev/עקב" on recto and "Pinechas/פינחס" on verso). The purpose of this list may have been communal and based on the paleography and method of timekeeping, the fragment likely dates to the 18th or 19th centuries. The food items and related goods in the lists include: "לחם/meat" (recto and verso), "משמש/apricots" (l. 7r), "פחם/charcoal" (l. 16r), and other itemized goods that correspond with monetary figures in "פצה/silver" (which is a label for the right column in each list). On the verso the first name Efraim is mentioned at the end of each list in the phrase "ואצל דאלך מן ס׳ אפראים/ this is being paid by S[eñor] Efraim". MCD.

List of payments in the name of S[eñor] Yeshuʿa related to ownership or a lease for a house that is dated in the years [55]97AM–[5]600AM which encompasses 1836-1840CE. In line 11r the fragment clearly switches hands to a less orderly style yet the same form/content of recordkeeping continues. The verso is blank except for staining. MCD.

Account of calculations for Se[ñores] Pinto and Bibas on 27 Tevet 5566JC which is 17 January 1806CE. The calculations cover a wide array of coinage types such as "נמס קטעה / Austria coin" and the Ottoman gold "פנדוקלי / fındıklı". When this wide variation in coinage types is read in connection with the heading's opening words "עלם צאפי / purity notice" it seems that this document may have been issued by a money assayer. MCD.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that are designated by individual names such as Moshe Qanini, Sa'ad Qanini (recto), and Nissim al-Ḥāmī (verso). Based on the paleography and the latter's surname the fragment's dating can be estimated to the 18th or 19th centuries. Below each name there are entries with corresponding numbers such as "דוכאן / shop", "סופר / scribe", and "מסעי / letter carrier". The nature of these entries suggests that the numerical figures may be costs associated with each. MCD.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic related to the household items and finances of Yiṣḥaq al-Yebdani[?] (recto) and Moshe Abzardil (verso). Based on the paleography and the latter's surname the fragment's dating can be estimated to the 18th or 19th centuries. The list related to Yebdani includes household items such as "פנגאן / coffee cup", "סכינה / knife", and "פנאר / lantern". The list related to Abzardil on the verso is more complex and appears to include more monetary calculations than the inventory-format of the recto. It is crucial to note that the l. 17v entry is dated according to Friday of the week of the Lecha-Lecha parsha reading (which is a format common in the JRL C Series for communal lists). It is unclear however, if this fragment too served a communal function or happened to rely on the same form of timekeeping. Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.

List related to the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Maghrebi community (here written as "מערבים" in the heading). The list's structure and paleography help to estimate its dating as 18th/19th-century. A wide array of names are listed along with corresponding monetary figures, such as: Barukh Meṣlīḥ, Yehuda Qudsī, Nissim Mosseri, Yosef Zeytūn, and many others. MCD.

Lists in Judeo-Arabic that mention a wide array of "ağa / אגה" official titleholders and are dated to 18 Safar 1243AH which is September 1827CE. For example, the heading furthest down on the verso mentions an individual by the name of Selim Ağa in connection with the commodity saffron. The coinage used in many entries is the silver kurush. MCD.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013AH which is 1605CE. The date appears in the first line of the recto in a somewhat uncommon format that combines Hebrew alphanumerical figures and Hijri timekeeping: "אל קעדה ס[נת] יג ואלפ", but this format is confirmed further down on the recto by the Jewish calendar year [5]364JC. The accounting format is extremely complex and bears multiple layers of figures being crossed out and adjusted. The commodity "חריר / silk" is repeated on many occasions on the recto. MCD.

Ledger bifolium in Arabic dated on the recto's left heading as Rebi' II 1238AH which is 1822CE. The scribal hand is highly trained and the accounting format encompasses a wide array of distinct entries. MCD.

List in Judeo-Arabic from which only the bottom right corner of the page is portrayed in this fragment. The paleography helps to estimate the dating of this fragment as 18th/19th-century. There are two columns in eastern Arabic numerals alongside detailed entries each beginning with a day of the week. Like many of the other list fragments in JRL SERIES C the left may possibly represent the coinage kurush and the right could indicate "פצה". MCD.