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Probably a letter, mentioning Egypt. (Information from CUDL)

Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on a reused scrap of Arabic-script accounts. Mentions that "we demanded the oath from Abū Saʿd... he said that he lost the document... I went to Abū l-Khayr 20 times and didn't find him." (Information in part from CUDL)

Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

Personal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, quoting Genesis 34:7; 31:27. Begins "there is no doubt that you are the one who has wronged me," then "I would not have tried to travel [if ...]." On verso it mentions somebody's death; how this was difficult for 'the venerable elder,' who subsequently fell sick; a legal opponent; and a fight between a man and his relatives. Might be in the handwriting of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu; the belligerent tone would fit, and the hand is extremely close to JRL SERIES A 191, which he signs. (Information in part from CUDL)

Letter addressed to Yeshuʿa b. Zekharya the judge (with many grand titles, including החזק הפטיש). Same addressee as T-S 13J21.16. Mentions someone's arrival from Alexandria to Bilbays. (Information in part from CUDL)

Part of a letter, referring to the Head of the Yeshiva (ראס אלמתיבה). (Information from CUDL)

Recto: note in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew that appears to pertain to the letter in Arabic on verso. Verso: letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: letter fragment in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting of flattery and praises for the addressee. Verso: unidentified text in Hebrew; very faded; written at 90 degrees to the text on recto. (Information in part from CUDL)

Business letter, referring to the purchase of commodities and their prices, e.g. almonds and top quality Coptic sugar, mentioning Yaʿaqov b. Khalūf. (Information from CUDL)

Part of an official letter, mentioning Farīj b. Abū l-Faḍl. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Abū Sulaymān. Verso: accounts in Arabic with Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: unidentified text, possibly a letter. Verso: probably part of a rabbinical work. (Information from CUDL)

Letter from Yosef b. ʿEzra to 'my brother' Avraham b. ʿAṭāʾ (probably the same one as in Bodl. MS heb. d 66/36). In Judaeo-Arabic. Few details are preserved; mentions various small transactions and asks for news. Very faded. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. On verso, "I your father greet you..." (Information in part from CUDL)

Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Riḍā. Verso: addressee followed by a letter in Arabic script. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: part of a letter from the daughter of Hillel to her brother ʿEli b. Hillel the cantor. Verso: addressee; notes and accounts in Arabic and Coptic. (Information from CUDL)

Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, conveying gratitude to various people, the ships of the westerners (? marākib al-gharbiyya), and 100 dinars. (Information in part from CUDL)

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address on verso in Arabic script ("al-ḥazzān"?). Mentions being preoccupied, then, "your mother went to convey your greetings to the wife of Sibāʿ, and his wife said to her that Musāfir behaved with us this year in a reprehensible way..." (Information in part from CUDL)