Type: Letter

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Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan and various sums of money and exchange rates. On verso accounts in Arabic script, mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan, his travel, and the rent for a month.(Information in part from CUDL)
Letter fragment (lower right of recto, lower left of verso). The script appears late. The legible part of recto is mostly occupied with pious quotations. The legible part of verso is mostly closing blessings, including to אלסיד אלואלד יל (the writer's father may he live forever). ASE.
Fragment of a letter to a Sitt Rayhan (who is addressed as 'Mother'), referring to an extraordinary event in the community which has the writer confused. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Fragment of a letter from Salama b. Ibrahim, probably from Busir, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1055. Regarding flax. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #766) VMR
Letter to Abū l-[...]. (Information from CUDL)
Damaged fragment in poetic Hebrew, probably from top of a letter to a notable. AA
Letter; possibly to Shāwil b. Khajara (?); also mentions Joseph b. Shāwil. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: letter in a crude hand. Verso: alphabet. (Information from CUDL)
Draft of a note or draft in the hand of Avraham b. Moshe b. Maymūn (Abraham Maimonides) addressed to Yehuda Hakohen (b. Tuviahu) who was the muqqdam of Bilbays (1170's - 1218), including the Arabic phrase muqaddam al-yahūd Bilbays. AA
Letter probably from Abū l-Surūr al-Shāmī to Umm Abū l-Faraj, in Fustat, Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, since it mentions the ashrafī currency. Mentions Farajallāh; a teacher; various goods; the house of Avraham; Elʿazar; Zayn al-Dīn. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Judaeo-Arabic text with many Hebrew phrases; possibly a copy of a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Salāma b. Ibrāhīm (aka Shelomo b. Avraham) to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: end of 11th century. Only the opening and greetings are preserved. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #767) VMR
Beginning of a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Minute fragment in a poetic Hebrew. Might ne from a letter, but too little remains to identify. AA
Probably a letter with marginalia and jottings. (Information from CUDL)
Damaged fragment from an Hebrew letter mentioning Rabenu son of Our Master רבינו בן אדוננו. Too little remainsץ AA
Letter; document (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th century. Mentions: Yehuda; a boat; Abū Mūsā. Written at the beginning of Sivan. Holiday blessings to the addressee in the margin of recto. On verso mentions the hope that something will sell; the dīwān; a funduq; Abū Zikrī; and travel to al-Shām (written in the margin, very faded).
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the right side of recto). Either to or from Abū Isḥāq Avraham. The sender arrived safely somewhere. Mentions brazilwood and 10 dinars; Ibn Bʿ[...]; and Abū l-Faḍl. (Information in part from CUDL)
Probably two fragments from the same document, but too dark to read. Seems like a letter. AA