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Late, detailed, narrative account in Judaeo-Arabic.

Small fragment from the bottom of a late legal document. The name Gedalya Ṣarfatī appears in the margin.

One side: Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter to "my brother," mentioning [al-]Mahdiyya. Other side: Probably the original letter or the response in a different hadn, in Judaeo-Arabic.

Responsa. One query on the Meaning of the words תשבץ and שש. The answer did not survived. On recto a discussion on the difference between animals that can not be sacrificing and man, that can repent his sins (from FGP). Hebrew. AA

Recto: Probably a legal query. Verso: The responsum? A discussion based on rabbinic literature. Damaged

Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Fragment of a legal document having to do with a house, described in detail. Mentions Sitt al-Ḥasan.

Late literary fragment in orange/faded red ink.

Late literary fragment in orange/faded red ink.

Letter in Ladino to Yehuda Gatenio, from a business partner in Alexandria, dated 10 August 1823 (3 Elul 5583). Deals entirely with business transactions; Yehuda is to send something to the writer in Alexandria. "The ship is in Alexandria."

Account in Judaeo-Arabic, listing mainly materia medica.

Small fragment with prayers in Hebrew.

Account in Judaeo-Arabic, arranged by the months of the Islamic calendar.

Recto: Very faded document in Arabic script. Verso: Small fragment of a deferent letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-F[araj?]

Small fragment of a letter by Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 28/36 and T-S Misc.28.107.

Fragment of a letter from Abū l-Faḍl to [.........] al-Shāmī. The addressee's name is given both in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic but is very faded. The Arabic may say Abū Kathīr (?) . . . b. Sulaymān al-Shāmī. Dated Nov/Dec 1139 CE (Rabīʿ al-Thānī 534). The writer sends regards to al-Shaykh Shemuel and Sitt al-Yumn and Sitt al-Gharb. ASE.

Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, likely by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, to a judge, perhaps his father ([al-Shaykh] al-ajall al-amīn al-makīn. . . al-dayyan al-aṣīl).

Late partnership agreement between Khalīfa [...], Faraj Zanzūrī (?), Yiṣḥaq Zanzūrī (?), Avraham Pinto, and Barukh [...]. The partnership is to last for 3 years. The currencies named are muayyadis and reales.

Recto: Probably a fragment of an account in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Hebrew jottings.

Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with several addressees, among them [ʿAbd] Allāh (?), Abū Saʿd, and Ṣedaqa b. [...] ha-Zaqen.