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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in which the heading's recto includes the term "מאצריפ", which may indicate these are outstanding expenses related to the "deceased Nissim Mosseri" or "מרחום נסים מוצרי" (l.1-2r). In the heading the Hebrew term for "orphans/"יתומים" (l.1r) appears in connection with two or three names one of which is clearly "Mūsā/מוסה" (l.1r). The dating of this documet is somewhat unclear because the Jewish-calendar month of Cheshvan is mentioned (l.2r) but the year appears to be Hijri as 1030AH or possibly [1]103AH (rougly 1621CE or 1691CE). The former year seems unlikely however because the monetary figures throughout this document are listed in Ottoman silver kuruş (see for example the "ق" symbol for قرش on line one of the verso) which were not minted until 1690CE or 1703CE (Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 160). MCD.

List of names and corresponding monetary values in silver kuruş. Among those listed are: Yakov Qatawi, Yosef Bilobos, Yaʿaqov Akubas, David Dayyan, Nissim Ashkenazi, Moshe Naʿīm, Saʿad Zeytun, Yiṣḥaq Iskenderani, Ḥayyim Mosseri, and many others. The distinctive shape and tear of this bifolium, along with the paleography, confirm its status as a join to JRL SERIES C 86. Date: 18th or 19th c. MCD.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic that list a wide array of food and household items, possibly with their respective quantities and monetary valuations. The fragment is undated yet may originate in the 18th or 19th century. Among the items listed, from the recto there are: almonds, sugar, hummus[?] ("חומוץ"), beans, silk, lemon, and many other items on both sides of the fragment. MCD.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, from David b. Na'im to his brother Moshe b. Na'im. Same writer as in AIU VII.E.26.

Recto: The title page with illuminated capitals of Sefer Eliyyah Mizraḥi ʿal ha-Torah, printed by Itzik ben Leib Buchbinder in Fürth, 1763. There is an ownership note by Shelomo Ḥazzan, Fusṭāṭ. Verso: In Shelomo Ḥazzan's hand, alongside other jottings and pen trials, a list of "the commentators on the Re'em (=Eliyyah Mizrahi) ZL that I have, BSD." Almost all the titles are identifiable (and available on hebrewbooks.org). (1) זרע יצחק by Yizhaq Lumbroso (d. 1752), ZL. (2) מזבח אדמה by Refael b. Shemuel Meyuhas (d. 1771). (3) שדה הארץ by Avraham b. Shemuel Meyuhas (brother of #2, d. 1767). (4) בני יאודה ללמוהר״ע, probably Yehuda ʿAyyāsh (d. 1760). (5) פרי האדמה by Refael b. Shemuel Meyuhas (same as #2); (6) לשון ערומים by Barzilay b. Barukh Jabez (d. 1760). (7) קול יעקב by Yaʿaqov Shaul (d. 1758); (8) זרע אברהם by Avraham Katorza (a student of Lumbroso); (9) זכות אבות (author not named); (10) תועפות ראם by Elyaqim b. Yizhaq Gatenio, published in Izmir in 1762; (11) something בלשונות (author not named); (12) בתי כנסיות probably by Avraham b. Hayyim Yedidyah Ibn Ezra (d. 1760); (13) אהלי יצחק by Yizhaq Bonan. Likely early 19th century. ASE.

Letter from Meʾir ben Naʿim, mentioning business matters and the name Abraham Ashkenazi. End of 18th century. (Information from CUDL)

Letter from Khumsa (כומסה) with a postscript from Jacob Shalom. 18th-19th century. (Information from CUDL)

Ketubba (damaged), late, from Cairo ([...] ha-semukhah le-fustat mitzrayim), from at least the 18th century [55__], probably the 19th. ASE.

List of accounts on a bifolium that may have once comprised a broader financial ledger. The method of bookkeeping is terse but relies on a predictable structure in which each entry is designated on a daily basis. On the verso, two forms of Ottoman coinage are referenced along the right margin of the fragment: "sherifi" and "kurush", which are accompanied by notes in both Hebrew alphanumerical figures and eastern Arabic numerals. The presence of silver kuruş is useful in estimating the dating of the document as 18th or 19th-century (given that these coins were not widely minted until 1703CE: Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 160). MCD.

Late letter draft (fragment) in Judaeo-Arabic that is probably 18th or 19th c. The contents of the draft include the common opening phrase that appears in the body of correspondence "בעד מזיד אלסלאם עליכום" (l. 1r). Further down the draft mentions "the Ashkenazim" or "אלאשכנזים". MCD.