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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Yūsuf b. Mūsā and something with Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-QRṬ[...] (Qurṭubī? Qirṭāsī?).

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

Letter from Ṣedaqa to his cousin (ibn ʿamm) Saʿadya, in Alexandria. Fragmentary (upper part of recto and address on verso). In Judaeo-Arabic. He has sent some garments. Then: "If our master the Rayyis is still with you, please inform him that my master the head of the congregations (rosh ha-qehillot), and the noble community, their eyes are waiting to behold his visage, may God extend his life. . . "

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Karo y Frances & Company to Moshe Bibas. Unusual, since the vast majority of their correspondence that has been preserved is from Moshe Bibas to Karo y Frances.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, tiny fragment. ("if it was. . . Hebrew. . . your father. . .").

Small fragment. Probably a Hebrew letter, perhaps a letter of recommendation. "He is a good man. . . have patience. . . I see you as an owner of. . ."

Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, very faded.

Small fragment from the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Probably from a father to a son. The sender reports that [She]muel intended to travel to Damascus; that they were afflicted with heartsickness for various reasons. He then starts moral exhortations, quoting "the day is short and the work is plentiful" (Avot 2:15) and "if not now, when?" (Avot 1:13) and then tells the addressee that he has "destroyed all of us from the rajfa" (illness or emotional distress?), "so do what God shows you...." The text on verso (not yet transcribed) seems to consist of philosophical discourse with citations from rabbinic literature, possibly a continuation of the fatherly sermon. Needs further examination.

One side: Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter to "my brother," mentioning [al-]Mahdiyya. Other side: Probably the original letter or the response in a different hadn, in Judaeo-Arabic.

Letter in Ladino to Yehuda Gatenio, from a business partner in Alexandria, dated 10 August 1823 (3 Elul 5583). Deals entirely with business transactions; Yehuda is to send something to the writer in Alexandria. "The ship is in Alexandria."

Recto: Very faded document in Arabic script. Verso: Small fragment of a deferent letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-F[araj?]

Small fragment of a letter by Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 28/36 and T-S Misc.28.107.

Fragment of a letter from Abū l-Faḍl to [.........] al-Shāmī. The addressee's name is given both in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic but is very faded. The Arabic may say Abū Kathīr (?) . . . b. Sulaymān al-Shāmī. Dated Nov/Dec 1139 CE (Rabīʿ al-Thānī 534). The writer sends regards to al-Shaykh Shemuel and Sitt al-Yumn and Sitt al-Gharb. ASE.

Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, likely by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, to a judge, perhaps his father ([al-Shaykh] al-ajall al-amīn al-makīn. . . al-dayyan al-aṣīl).

Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with several addressees, among them [ʿAbd] Allāh (?), Abū Saʿd, and Ṣedaqa b. [...] ha-Zaqen.

Recto: Very faded fragment from the beginning of a letter in to ha-Dayyan ha-Maskil (who is named, but the name is very faded). Verso: Hebrew literary text? Includes the phrase "I roar like a lion."

Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter, probably 11th century. Mentions Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Yūsuf b. Bishr, and a purchase that the writer made in al-Maḥalla.

Late business letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Yaʿaqov b. Ḥabīb.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Marseilles (? מרסליה).

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.