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Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.20 + ENA 641.22 + ENA 641.24. The account was cut in 6 parts to write 6 individual piyyutim.

Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.20 + ENA 641.22 + ENA 641.24. The account was cut in 6 parts to write 6 individual piyyutim.

Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.19 + ENA 641.21 + ENA 641.23. The account was cut in 6 parts to write 6 individual piyyutim.

Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.20 + ENA 641.22 + ENA 641.24. The account was cut in 6 parts to write 6 individual piyyutim.

Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.19 + ENA 641.21 + ENA 641.23. The account was cut in 6 parts to write 6 individual piyyutim.

Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.19 + ENA 641.21 + ENA 641.23. The account was cut in 6 parts to write 6 individual piyyutim.

Decree to a lower official commanding him to retrieve bricks and everything belonging to the government from a certain location (a ruined mosque?); and from other ruined mosques; and to assert the government's authority over the aforementioned mill.

The text is badly damaged but one can read ʾišhād fulān ʾišhād fulān (l. 3)

Legal query and responsum in Arabic script. The query is written in a tiny handwriting with a thin pen, begins with the words ʾallaḏī ... wa-yašhad bihi ʾaṭāla llāh baqā ḥaḍrat mawlāya al-qāḍī al-ʾaǧall. The responsum, written with thick pen, reads among other things qad ḫaraǧa ʾamrunā ʾilayhim bi-miṯl ḏālik wa qad taqaddamnā ʾilayhim ...

Several words written in a thick pen a trial of the pen. Among others one reads the words šayʾ, ḍāʿaf Allāh

State document, Fatimid, probably a decree fragment, 4 lines. Begins with وعاد بنجابتهما وحسن in a dual tense suggesting that it was addressed to two officials. The second line is crossed out and seems like a pen-trial of the first line. The third line mentions appointment in a position for someone (caliph?); wa lahu mutnaṣṣibīn, and the expectation that the appointees will strive for the duty; wa fīhi mujiddīn, and ascertain something; wa-li-yataḥaqqa. The last line mentions their accountability to the task assigned; masʾūlān ʿanhā muṭālibīn.

Pen trial consisting of three basmala

Ismāʿīlī material in Judaeo-Arabic. Appears to be the introduction to a copy of the 'waṣiyya' written by al-Manṣūr Billāh Amīr al-Mu'minīn (=the 3rd Fatimid caliph, al-Manṣūr bi-Naṣr Allāh?) before his death (intaqala ilā raḥmat Allāh). But needs further examination.

Petition to the Fatimid caliph al-Musanṣir.

Recto: Fragment of a state document, probably Fatimid. In Arabic script, chancery hand, huge letters, wide (but variable) space between the lines. The basmala appears twice, and one line begins, "Qāla Amīr al-Muʾminīn..." Verso: Also a state document; the relationship to recto is not clear. Opens with a reference to an employee of the treasury (al-mustakhdam fī bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr) and possibly the date Ṣafar 548 AH, which would be 1153 CE, and then the funds of Dīwān al-Abwāb.

Long and narrow fragment of a legal deed in Arabic and Judeo Arabic. Amram b. Yefet Hakohen is releasing his daughter Sitt al-Qum and his son Tiqva from any claims. On verso remains of a Fatimid document.

State decree from the Fatimid chancery, written under al-Ḥākim, al-Ẓāhir or al-Mustanṣir to an official in Egypt regarding a dispute over irrigation canals and access to water — insofar as one can judge. Only the left half of the lines are preserved. About 1.3 meters of what was once a much longer decree. The joins of the decree fragment when pieced together refer to the need of restoring the area surrounding the gulf/bay - 'li ḥāja dāʿiya ilā ʿimārat al-khuluj' and the allotment of irrigation from these canals: 'aqsaṭ min al-rī min hādhihi l-khuluj. Verso: Efrayim b. Shemarya uses and reworks passages from the Sheʾiltot for a sermon. Top of the rotulus is headed Shabbat Bereishit (see separate record). Join: Roni Shweka (bottom six fragments) and Rebecca Sebbagh (top fragment). Before 1055. See also Mosseri VI.117.2, which may belong to the left side of this decree. (MR)

Recto: Official letter. Approximately 14 lines are preserved. Dating: No earlier than 1021 CE, since al-Ḥākim was dead at the time of writing. Possibly dating to the reign of al-Ẓāhir (1021–36). A letter of gratitude for the sender's patron(s) who aided him in obtaining a decree/rescript renewing his appointment in a certain position. Mentions Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim ("his waliyy and khādim") who brought a mighty decree (sijill muʿaẓẓam) from the caliph (min al-ḥaḍra al-muṭahhara), apparently renewing the sender's appointment "in carrying on my service these districts" (bi-l-jary ʿalā rasmī fī khidmatī bi-hādhihi al-aʿmāl) "and informed me of the benefaction of my masters...." The sender blesses the addressee that he be "in the shadow/protection" (bi-ẓill) of al-Ḥākim (God's peace be upon him / salām Allāh ʿalayhi). Goes on to mention the gratitude of the whole "community" (al-jamāʿa). The line containing the ḥamdala and ṣalwala was originally located at the bottom of the document, but it has migrated to the top due to how it was rolled, glued, and cut open. On verso there is dream interpretation in Judaeo-Arabic. Somehow related to BT Ber. 55 ff (information from Gideon Bohak via FGP). ASE

Official letter, six fragmentary lines in Arabic, recycled by ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen of Jerusalem (d. ca. 1055) for a Piyyuṭ which dates the state document around that time. Needs examination. See also PGP 23556 and 34769.