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List of account calculations in Judeo-Arabic designated on the verso according to months of the Hijri calendar. The paleography helps to estimate the dating of this fragment as 18th/19th-century. The list's purpose is confirmed by the opening words of the verso's heading "עלם חיסאב / notification of calculation of" that are connected to the individual "א׳׳ב באשה / Ab[raham?] Basha". One of the columns beneath the heading is labeled "רשיד / Rashid", likely as a reference to the northern Egyptian city. MCD.

List of sales "מוביע" and purchases "מושתרא" in Judeo-Arabic that is dated solely as 68/٦٨ or 67/٦٧. The paleography and details of each transaction do not make it clear whether this year is to be read as Hijri or in the Jewish calendar. Likewise the document may be 18th or 19th-century so the years under consideration are: 1168AH, 5468AM, 1268AH, and 5568CE. It may be possible to rule out either century with further analysis of the individual lifespans of those mentioned, such as: Nissim de Curiel, Eliyyahu 'Akubas, (on recto) and Ḥasan Ağa (l. 2) and Ḥuseyn Ağa (on verso). Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.

List in Arabic that offers an inventory and other information for a variety of food and household items such as beans, honey, watermelon, sugar, charcoal, almonds, and many other commodities. The inventory structure is very orderly and systematized according to days of the week. On the recto the year is offered solely as "٨٨" which is most likely 1188AH or 1774/75CE given the paleography (but this estimate is not conclusive). MCD.

Lists of numerical calculations related to specific individuals such as Yeḥezqel Ḥefeṣ and Shemuel Azulay. The former name was that of a scribe who produced many legal documents across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Cairo (the paleography also matches this estimate of dating). The contents of the lists are somewhat unclear, because at times they indicate the parshas for specific weeks of the liturgical calendar but then may also be relying on other unrelated terminology. Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.

List of names and corresponding monetary values in silver kuruş (here written as a "ق" interjected occasionally in the left numerical column). Based on the paleography it is possible to estimate the dating of this fragment as 18th- or 19th-century. MCD.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that mention a wide array of potable and other items such as meat, bread, beans, soap, mastic[?] "מסתכא" (l. 2r), and many other types. The paleography helps to estimate the dating of this document as 18th/19th-century. Along the far left side of the recto Jerusalem is mentioned (l. 6r) and the coinage "metaqil / מתאקיל" which may indicate gold for prices connected to the items listed (given the mention of "וזן / weight" in the same entry: l. 16-17r). The same recordkeeping format continues onto the verso. MCD.

List of names and corresponding monetary values in "פצה / silver." The list's heading on the recto describes these values as "מטלוב עלם חסאב קיימה טרפ אלנאס / requested notice calculating the value for the part [of each] of the people". Based on the wide array of surnames common in the late-18th to early-19th centuries this may be a communal list. Among those listed on the recto are: Yitzhak Tawil, Yosef Zeytun, Moshe Romano, Ḥayyim Karo, Eliyyahu Dayyan, and on the verso: Shemuel Azulay and David Ben Naʿīm. The latter two names on the verso stand out because following their names, we find the phrase in Hebrew: "לסוף לך לך / for the end of Lekh Lekha". Like many other lists following the parshas in the liturgical calendar in JRL Series C, and their many joins across other collections, this temporal designation probably indicates contributions made to the community in that specific week of the liturgical calendar. Date: 19th c. MCD.

Accounts in an orderly scribal hand on a bifolium whose folding and size is suggestive of the existence of a broader ledger (from which there is at least one other join: JRL SERIES C 6). Based on the paleography, the dating is likely 19th- or late-18th century.

Accounts in an orderly scribal hand on a bifolium whose folding and size is suggestive of the existence of a broader ledger (from which there is at least one other join: JRL SERIES C 6). Based on the paleography, the dating is likely 19th- or late-18th century. With the exception of a single, possibly related, note in Judeo-Arabic on the recto the entirety of the document is in Arabic and the numerals are eastern Arabic. Many of the headings are organized by days of the week which encompass additional isolated entries that are designated by individuals' names. MCD.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Individual contributors are mentioned and specific weeks of the liturgical calender are indicated by each respective parsha reading. Although there are many shelfmarks similar to this nearby in JRL Series C which date to the late-18th or early-19th centuries, the format of the lists here is somewhat distinct, especially given the verso's calculations that keep track of funds connected specifically to one Yisrael Pinto. 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.

List of names and calculations in a disorderly format, based on the paleography, likely from the 18th or 19th centuries. Along the right side of the recto, the structure is clearest with heading entries that follow the format of "from the hand of Eliyyahu", for example. Date: 18th or 19th c. MCD.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of a wide array of individuals known from other 18th/19th-century documents with eastern Arabic numerals. Although the meaning is unclear, the lists are clearly titled with the heading "עלם אלשוכוך סבלך". MCD.

Lists of payments and possibly other financial data in Judaeo-Arabic. The evidence of payment structure is clearest on the recto when the author notes on the left heading: "וצל מן יד כליל" or "coming from the hand of Khalīl". The monetary figures are expressed throughout in silver kuruş which is frequent referenced by the shorthand symbol "ق". The usage of this coinage helps to date the fragment as post-1703CE (when kuruş began to appear in wide circulation: Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 160). In the same list of incoming funds "by the hand of Khalīl" there is occasional reference to the Ottoman-era legal document known as "temmesük" which is here rendered as "ּתמסוך" and could represent the act of taking ownership of something and/or the paper title deed of property ownership. On the verso, the lists are more scattered yet follow a format similar to the recto. MCD.

Accounts in Ladino with a wide variety of detailed entries, which based on the numerical flow may be monetary gains and some expenses. Although the paper size is slightly distinct, this fragment is a clear join with the scribal hand and recordkeeping style of JRL SERIES C 89. Further examination needed.

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.

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.

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic listing a variety of individuals and corresponding monetary sums in "silver / פצה". At the beginning of each entry before the name appears "טרפ / taraf" is written, which is in Ottoman Turkish is literally a "side" or "place". In this context, however, it means "for Moshe Mizrahi's [part]". This usage is common more generally in early modern Ottoman financial recordkeeping. Other names mentioned include: Shelomo Barukh, Mordechai Guner[?], Efrayim ʿAkubas, and others. Based on the paleography of this fragment, the dating is likely 18th/19th-century. MCD.

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic related to the finances of Mordechai Bilobos and Yiṣḥaq Bilobos expressed in "פצה/silver". On the right side of the recto the list is titled "אל מטלוב למרדכי בילובוס מן חסאב אל גדיד" in which the key operative word is "matlūb". The latter may indicate that these are debts owed to or by Bilobos and before this "new calculation / חסאב אל גדיד" the top of the column mentions that the "his remainder from before / באקי לו מן קדים" was 12,213 fidda. When the heading on the right is read together with the one on the left "אל ואצל למרדכי" it does seem possible that the right portrays Bilobos' debts and the left are incoming payments to him. The paleography and the names of those involved help to estimate the dating of this fragment as 18th/19th-century. MCD.

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic with a variety of coinage types including dirham, kuruş (aka guruş) and zingirli– of which the latter two suggest a dating of some time in the eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Some of the entries incude notes indicating people "באסם / in the name of" and on occasion locational notes, such as on the recto "דאלך ענד פלונבו" or "this is at Palonbo's" (l. 8r, 17r in left side of bifolium) or "׳ענד ס׳ לוריא" which is also "at S[eñor] Luria's" (l.16r on right side of bifolium). On the bottom of the recto there is also mention of one "עוסמאן אפנדי" or "Osman Efendi" five lines up from the bottom and Nissim Romano (l. 32r). The verso continues in the same hand and structure of recordkeeping. Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.