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Late donation lists, probably. Long and full of surnames known from the rest of the late Geniza corpus.

Late donation list, probably.

Substantial, late acccount in Judaeo-Arabic, at least one part of which is headed "list of debts." People named include: Avraham Yerushalmi; Yehuda Leon; Yeshūʿa al-Ḥāmī; Moshe Sūsī ("the stranger"); Avraham Abulafia; Meir and Yehuda Garizon (? גאריזון). On the other side: a Castro, Yehuda Leon again; Meir Garizon again; Avraham Yerushalmi again.

Accounts. In Hebrew. Dating: 18th or 19th century. Possibly contributors to the communal fund.

List of names designated according to a column of sequential eastern Arabic numbers. Although the meaning is unclear, a preliminary reading of the cursive is "אורל עלה פראד אורז רשידי לא איסר". The bifolium's list includes a wide variety of surnames attested in the 18th/19th-century fragments such as: Ḥayyim Mosseri, Mordechai Suares, Eliyyahu ʿAkubas Levi, Yehuda Romano. The verso is blank yet the fragment's overall structure as a bifolium and its distinctive crease is suggestive of the existence of broader register that could perhaps be dated to specific years. MCD.

Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dated: 19 Sivan and 24 Av 5569 AM, which is 1809 CE.

Accounts related to the Must'arabi community of Cairo in the year 5556 which is 1795/1796CE. In the remnant of the recto's heading the communal "chest / ארגז" is mentioned.The bifolium is very damaged along the edges but the paper's extensive length is still apparent and suggests that this was possibly a part of a broader communal charity register. Many individuals are listed as orphans or widows "[נה]אלמ" with corresponding figures in eastern Arabic numerals, namely: the widow of Nissim Binyamin, the widow of Ḥayyim 'Esur, the orphan of Nissim Kohen, the orphan of Shemuel 'Eṣmi. It is crucial to note that the first names of the widows and orphans themselves do note appear. The verso is blank. MCD.

Accounts related to the Must'arabi community of Cairo in the year 5556 which is 1795/1796CE. The bifolium is very damaged along the edges but the paper's extensive length is still apparent and suggests that this was possibly a part of a broader communal charity register. Many individuals are listed as orphans or widows "[נה]אלמ" with corresponding figures in eastern Arabic numerals, namely: the widow of Nissim Binyamin, the widow of Ḥayyim 'Esur, the orphan of Nissim Kohen, the orphan of Shemuel 'Eṣmi. It is crucial to note that the first names of the widows and orphans themselves do note appear. The verso is blank. MCD.

List in Judeo-Arabic of monetary amounts and calculations related the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Mustʿarabīm in the end of Nisan 5590 which is April 1830CE. The monetary figures are expressed in two columns, one in "silver / פצה" and the other "גה" which must be an abbreviation but is unclear in meaning. Many individuals of the community are listed such as: Efrayim Hakīm, Shemuel Mizraḥi, Yaʿacov Yaʿabeṣ Saraf, Ḥayyim Ḥazaq, Yosef Manṣuri, and many others. On the verso another list appears that is recorded with a similar structure as the recto. MCD.

Lists in Judeo-Arabic related to the week of the Bereshit parsha which range from an inventory for food items (recto), possibly for a shabbat dinner, and the Sefer Torah of Eliyyahu Saragossi (verso). The latter name is mentioned in a list with other Jews who lived in Cairo across the late-18th/early-19th centuries, such as Shimʿon Franses and Eliyyahu Franses. To the left of this list there is an entry noting the receipt of 2 raṭls of olive oil (zayt ṭayyib) from Khelīfa Dayyan and Musa Racah[?]. Further down on the page another list appears which is likely registering monetary amounts of Shabbat donations for the week of the Bereshit parsha. MCD.

Lists in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Each list is designated by individual contributors and specific weeks of the liturgical calender that are indicated by each respective parsha reading (i.e. Qedoshim, Bechukotai). This fragment is therefore serving the same purpose of communal recordkeeping as surrounding shelfmarks that also record Shabbat donations such as JRL SERIES C 77 and JRL SERIES C 93. This particular shelfmark is not a join to these two others, however, because the scribal hand and layout are distinct and it's even possible that red ink was used here but has since faded. MCD.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot dated in the year 5596 which is 1835/1836CE. Each list is designated by specific weeks of the liturgical calender indicated by each respective parsha reading. On the right page of the recto there are many surnames listed with corresponding monetary amounts in Ottoman silver kuruş, which is indicated by the "ق" at the top of each column in eastern Arabic numerals. Among the surnames listed, there is mention of: ʿAkubas, Romano, Kohen, Karo, Yaʿabeṣ, ʿAfif, Lombrozo, and many others. On the left side of the recto, the purpose of various entries is more clear with the common phrase "וצל" and then a surname– which is likely indicating incoming payments. The same bookkeeping format continues on the verso. MCD.

List of names and corresponding figures in eastern Arabic numerals. Based on other lists of this structure from the 18th and 19th century these may be monetary sums in the generic unit "silver / פצה" which commonly appears at the top of columns in nearby shelfmarks. Among the names listed, there is mention of: David Safriel[?], Abraham Meyuhas, Shaḥata Danon, Shmuel 'Ajmi, Yakov Metzliḥ, and many others. Although the meaning of the main list's heading is unclear, on the lower left portion of the recto a smaller list is labeled "אלדי וצל מן מדכורין" which translates to "that which has been paid from those mentioned". Along these lines, it possible that the other lists also indicate incoming payments. MCD.

List of contributors to the ʿarikha (communal tax). In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: 18th or 19th century.

Accounts on verso in an extensive table on the verso in which a wide array of individuals are mentioned, such as: Elʿazar Candiote, Elʿazar Cohen, Yiṣḥaq Yaʿabeṣ, Barukh Shalom, Efrayim Karo, Ḥayyim Mizraḥi, Yaʿaqov Vildo, and many others. The corresponding eastern Arabic numerical figures are likely expressing monetary sums in silver coinage (which is referenced at the top of each column as "פצה"). The confluence of these surnames, along with the paleography, helps to date this fragment as late 18th- or early 19th-century. On the recto an unrelated text in Hebrew has been recorded. Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.

List of men's names organized according to family name (e.g. Castro, Romano, Qudsī, Ṭawīl, Tājir, Kohen). Late.

Recto: A very formal letter (resembling a legal document or legal query) to an authority in Fustat, regarding the daughter of [...] ha-Levi, known as Ghazāl, who is betrothed to Eliyya Marṭūb. A certain Moshe has been maligning the reputation of Eliyya's fiancee. The writers of the letter are very upset and wish the addressee to investigate the situation and to punish Moshe as necessary. Dated "vihi ka-zayiT hoDo" (Hosea 14:7), which likely means 1643/4 CE (5404). Verso: An account or donation list using western Arabic numerals. A Hayyim Vital appears, but the date excludes the famous one.

Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, very neat, laid out in a grid according to parshiyot, probably donations collected from the people named. Dozens of names appear here; see tags for other documents mentioning the same surnames.

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: 5453 AM, which is 1692/93 CE. Only the last two lines of the legal document are preserved. There is a frame, suggesting that it was a monumental document like a ketubba. There are perhaps 100 signatures, including one in Latin script (Abraham something).

30 pages of a notebook of lined paper, filled with names and numbers arranged according to days of the wee. Probably 19th century (this is a guess, not based on any date written in the pages). One of the pages (labeled Leaf 28) has entries for the synagogues Talmud Torah and Rabbi Yishmaʿel.