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Several pages of mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Lāsīn silk is among the commodities listed. Some people's names are given. The sums are quite high, e.g. 70 dinars and two qirats on the bottom of verso of Stras. 4038/27. One of the sections on verso of Stras. 4038/28 is headed "the account of what arrived from Sicily. . . and what was with R. Yusuf b. [?]." There are writing exercises on the verso of Stras. 4038/29. From a merchant's ledger (daftar) of accounts? Notably, costs of transport and other incidental costs (porters, guards, brokers) are listed. ASE.