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Twenty orders of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen & one fragment of accounts: Fol. 1: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 3 ounces of apple syrup. Fol. 2: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of oxymel. Fol. 3r: Remnants of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Fol. 3v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of lemon syrup and 1 ounce of rose. Fol. 4: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd). Fol. 5r: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Related to the India trade; mentions the Kārim fleet, worrying news, and someone named Abū l-Saddād. Fol. 5v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd). Fol. 6: The addressee is to give the bearer lemon syrup (the left side of the fragment is torn away). Fol. 7r: Note in Arabic script. "Send us. . . lemon. . . ḥalāwa. . . obtain for me pomegranate syrup." Fol. 7v: Abū l-Ḥasan is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of rose syrup and 1/4 raṭl of pomegranate syrup. The same instruction is written in Arabic script and crossed out. Fol. 8r: Remnant of a letter or possibly state document in Arabic script. The ends of two lines are preserved: ...لعبك من الخاصة... Fol. 8v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of rose and lemon syrup. Fol. 9: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon and rose syrup ("none other"). Dated: Kislev 1451 Seleucid, which is 1139/40 CE. Fol. 10r: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The first few lines and the upper margin are preserved. Muslim/Musallam sends his regards. Almost all the content preserved is formulaic. Fol. 10v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer lemon and rose [syrup]. Fol. 11: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd). Fol. 12: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd). Fol. 13: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd). Fol. 14r: Lower part of a petition in Arabic script: "...to your slave my son Faḍāʾil, and please bestow favor on me with this great favor, and the reward and recompense will be from God the exalted. Do not delay, for I await deliverance from God and from you. I wish you the utmost peace." Fol. 14v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of oxymel. Fol. 15r: Remnants of accounts in Greek/Coptic numerals. Fol. 15v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of pomegranate oxymel. Fol. 16: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of oxymel. Fol. 17: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of oxymel syrup. Fol. 18: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of chewy candy (ʿaqīd). Fol. 19: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. This is the sole fragment under this shelfmark that does not include an Abū Zikrī Kohen order of payment. Fol. 20r: Sulaymān is to give the bearer, the cantor Abū Saʿīd, 15 (ounces?) of rose (syrup?). Dated: Nisan 1451 Seleucid, which is 1140 CE. The contents of the order are repeated at the top in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. All this is crossed out. Fol. 20v: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd) ("none other"). Fol. 21: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of some kind of syrup. On verso there are remnants of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.