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Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Written in large characters in a chancery-esque hand. The sender is Jewish as he swears by the Torah (bi-ḥaqq al-Tawrāh). On verso there are fragments of two lines of Arabic in a different hand (... min al-wilāya... [...] b. al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad al-[...]).

Official-looking document(s) in Arabic script. Small fragment.

Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script.

Possibly a petition in Arabic script. Dating: Ayyubid or Mamluk-era? At the top: [...] Manṣūr(?) b. Abū l-Ṭayyib al-mutaʿalliq bi-dīwān al-[...]. Mentions blessings for the addressee, then a certain Mūsā, and further down the millers (al-ṭaḥḥānīn). Needs examination.

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. One side lists various dates in Rajab and the other side lists various dates in Shaʿbān. It may be possible to determine the year, since many dates are given together with the day of the week.

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Possibly a legal document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Faraj and prayer(?).

Recipes in Arabic script. Verso (see separate record) contains a table giving the correspondences between Greek/Coptic numerals and letters of the Arabic alphabet.

Table giving the correspondences between Greek/Coptic numerals and letters of the Arabic alphabet (in the abjad order, considered as numerals). Verso contains recipes in Arabic.

Legal document. In Arabic script. Fragmentary (only the upper left corner is preserved). A portion of a date and several names are mentioned, including one Jewish judge (Dāʾūd b. [...] al-Yahūdī al-Dayyān). It appears that verso was not photographed.

Letter of appeal from Yefet addressed to al-Shaykh al-Raḍiyy. In Arabic script, with the sender's name in Hebrew script. He begs for a small sum of money and/or bread. "By your religion... Do not turn away my messenger empty-handed." On verso there are two more lines of Arabic text connected to the letter and some jottings that include Greek/Coptic numerals.

Letter or order addressed to [...] Quṭb al-Dīn. In Arabic script. Dating: Might be late, perhaps 14th century or later. The sender asks for a syrup of [...] violet, a paste of [...], and a paste of lavender. On verso there are accounts of some sort, also in Arabic script.

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Arabic tale? The words 'fi-s-safina' (in the ship) and 'al-miyah' (the waters) are legible. Another line was written at the bottom of this fragment upside down to the rest of the text. Another text has its imprint on this fragment. (Information from JRL catalogue.)

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