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Business letter in Arabic script. The sender complains that his previous letters were unanswered and wonders if the addressee has heard anything detrimental. He orders ten فرسي(?) garments and ten garments in white. The sheet is cut out from a list of contributions; on the verso are some Arabic jottings and around it is a list of contributions containing twenty-three names. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

Account.

See PGP 12572

Accounts, at least in part in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

Business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand may be known. Dating: 11th century. A sum of 180 dinars appears. Mentions goods such as: pepper, flax, garments. Mentions people such as: Ibn ʿAwkal, al-Ḥamrāwī, al-ʿArīf, al-Shāmī, Barakāt b. Saʿāda. Mentions places such as Alexandria and Rashīd. Probably a join with ENA 3740.6.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand may be known. Likely a join with ENA 3740.2–3. Mentions people such as Yaʿqub b. Naḥūm. Mentions goods such as pearls and coral and carnelian. Also mentions "the large ledger" (al-daftar al-kabīr) in Arabic script. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)

Accounts in Arabic script. Various sums are given in dinars. Goods include coral. People named include Isḥāq b. ʿAllūsh and Abū l-Surūr Yūshaʿ(?) b. Natan.

Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Involves Avraham b. Faraj/Yeshuʿa al-Raḥbī who is known from several other documents from the late 11th century.

Calendrical text. In two different hands; one of them looks like Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi.

Legal document. Concerning a woman, a vow, and a delayed marriage payment.

Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains the formulaic opening and a few words of the body.

Instructions for a would-be ascetic. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely first half of the 13th century. On recto: אעלם באן //טאלב// אלזהד.. אלא באן יתקדם... וסאלך וכאיף [ומ]חב ועאבד... ומתגה דאים נחוה ועאמל... פארח שאכר כמא ירד.... אעמאלה מא קד אמר... [מצות] עשה... מצות לא [תעשה]... On verso: ושרב אלכמר... אנקטאע פי אלברארי... בין אקואם קד גלבת...

Genealogy/memorial list including for the family of Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Muzaghlil. Mentions Elʿazar, Shela, and someone's daughter Sitt(?) Ṭāwūs.

Accounts in Hebrew. Late. Currency: ducat (דוקטי). Mentions Muʿallim Shemuel and שי׳ שואבדו.

Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment.

Document in Arabic scrip. Small fragment. Needs examination.

Accounts in Arabic script.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentions Ibn al-Muʿallim Yaʿqūb.