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Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "Allāh Allāh. . . [My heart] was in the fire until [your letter] arrived. . . ."

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. Mentions Abū Yaḥyā (=Nahray b. Nissim?).

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with business matters

Literary text in Hebrew. Arranged in columns.

Literary text in Hebrew.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Torn vertically, so only the beginnings of the lines are preserved. Mentions Bilbays. The writer is a scribe/copyist. Regards to: Abū l-Surūr and to Tif'eret ha-Kohanim Abū ʿ[...].

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much of the content remains.

Fragment with text in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly magical: nār... ʿazīmatī... al-iqfāl.

Small fragment with some text in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly late accounts.

Fragmentary court record concerning marital payments. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps a tafsīr; cites Exodus 2:25 (line 4).

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: After 1425 CE, as the ashrafī currency is used.

Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involving a sum greater than 100 dinars; mentions [...] al-Ṣayrafī al-Levi.

A legal deed 1180. NO IMAGE. (data from FGP)

Fragment with Hebrew text. Magical? Mentions love and destruction and [...] ben Yisra'elit.

Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentions Abū l-Ḥusayn and something to be sent with Abū Saʿīd.

Letter fragment in Ladino in a very cursive hand. The author mentions their "nephew / sobrino" and also 'my cousin Avraham ha-Levi' (3 and 4 lines from the bottom). On the final line, the surname Meyuhas is referenced. There is discussion of sending barrels "אונ באריל די קונה די זאנטי" (l. 5, 10), which may be a reference to the Mediterranean island of Zante (known today as Zakynthos). MCD.

Legal document in Hebrew. Late. Involves [...] b. Shemuel ha-Levi and the payment of the ketubba.

Legal query? In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Tiny fragment. Mentions a ḥaṣer and perhaps [R]euven (=John Doe)

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Reports that Abū l-Maḥāsin is healthy and that the addressee's daughter is heartsick and fasting.