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Legal document. Fragment (upper right corner). The scribe has distinctive nun sofits and qofs that hook to the left at a 90 degree angle. The document mentions al-Maghrib[ī] and Natan the Rosh Yeshiva, probably Natan b. Avraham from the early/mid-11th century.

Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Somewhat crude hand. Unclear if any details of the case are preserved.

List (fragment) of recipients of charity, mentioning someone who "lives in the golden stone" and also an orphan Ibn al-Qaṭā'if. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?

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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Describes a legal arrangement, probably a partnership in a store or business. Dating: 12th century, based on the typical hand. Mentions Abū l-Surūr and Ibn al-Sulamī; a period of a year and a half; a quarter of the business proceeds; "except for the verdigris" (illā l-zinjār); and the term muʿāraḍa (objection?). Ends with greetings (ajall al-salām) and a request to write back quickly (וכתבך לא תוכרהא [עני). Verso is blank. AA. ASE.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Noncontinuous join. Dated: Ramaḍān 4[..] AH, corresponding to 1011–1106 CE.

Outline of a legal document. Investment (ʿisqa). In Hebrew. Dating: Ca. 16th century. Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq איגריליו(?) apparently receives an investment from [...] b. Shelomo Kohen. The currency is peraḥim but this is followed by ממטבע מחיה; two lines above, it refers to מחיה אדין—maybe these were minted by a ruler named Muḥiyiddīn? The witnesses are Shelomo ben Shoshan and Shelomo [...].

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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late. Currency: banādiqa (=Venetian coins).

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Legal document. Concerning Abū l-Barakāt and a blind woman (al-mara al-kafīfa) and a sale.

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