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Order of payment. In Judaeo-Arabic. "Our master al-Rayyis Abū l-Makārim" orders the addressee to give a quarter wayba (of wheat?) to Abū l-Munā. The order is summarized in Arabic script on lower right. (Information in part from JRL catalogue.)

JRL Gaster ar. 591

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JRL Gaster ar. 592

Legal document in Arabic script. The flap on verso should likely be unfolded and read as part of recto. Needs examination for content.

JRL Gaster ar. 593

Magical spells, probably, in Arabic script. The name of the target is left blank: fulān b. fulāna. Needs further examination.

JRL Gaster ar. 594

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JRL Gaster ar. 595

Informal note addressed to a certain Abū l-Rabīʿ. In Arabic script. Very faded. Apparently asking him to "send another five" (dirhams?) to a certain group of people.

JRL Gaster ar. 596

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JRL Gaster ar. 597

Legal or official document (ṣaḥḥā bi-ism...). Perhaps involving the inheritance or heirs (ورثة؟) of Abū Isḥāq. Dated: 617 AH, which is 1220/21 CE. Needs further examination.

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