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  1. 9801LetterT-S 13J13.13 + T-S 13J27.5

    Shemarya was indeed still alive when the letter was written (his active dates are ca. 1007–1055 CE). […] Shemarya concerning a dream of Yosef al-Sijilmasi.

    1. שלום שפ|[ו]ת ככוכבי שחקים וברכות מוצקות כעפרות ארקים
    2. וטוב נעימ|ות כצמחי ירקים וישועות והצלחות זו לזו //שלום שפות//
    3. נדבקים וחן ו|חסד נפגשים ונאבקים ו…

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  2. 9802LetterT-S 13J21.6

    Mentions people such as: Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā al-Fāsī; Ibn Rajā; Abū l-Khayr Ṣedaqa al-Kohen; and Abū Yaʿqūb Yosef b.

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  3. 9803LetterT-S 13J22.12

    He informs the addressee, whose name is lost, that he had made a wakila (וכאלה) against Yusuf b. Ibrahim al-Iskandarani, to whom he had sold something and quotes a document. Ibn al-Kuhli, Futuh b. ‘Azun, and the city of Damsis are mentioned.

    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם עז[ה
    3. נת ללערב ען סלאמה ואלחמד ללה ו[
    4. ומן אללה אסל אלאגתמאע במנה ואן כאן [
    5. ען אכבאר מולאי פיצלני מא יסרני וי[

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  4. 9804LetterT-S 13J22.26

    Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 3:161, 462) EMS On verso another inscription, in different hand and ink, with a date (only the day of the month), also mentions Yosef the beadle (in Judaeo-Arabic)

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    1. לק"י                           
    2. אשי"ב סעי"א               
    3. בינ"ו                           
    4. שלום שלום לרחוק וג'    
    5. שלום רב לאוהבי וג'       

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  5. 9805LetterT-S 13J36.2

    He asks for money to travel to Alexandria where he is promised work (it seems for the government) without being obliged to pay the tax.

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  6. 9806Legal documentT-S 16.51

    Yaʿaqov (known as Sayyid al-Kull), whose father was known as Abū l-Munā al-ʿAṭṭār b.

    T-S 16.51 1v

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחת[א 
    2. הזקן הידוע אבו אלמנא אלעטאר בן דאוד סט וקאל לנא אשהדו [
    3. אלמחכמה ואלמעאני אלמוכדה ובכל ל…

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  7. 9807LetterT-S 16.266

    Letter from Isma’il b. Barhun al-Taharti probably from al-Mahdiyya, to Yosef b.

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    1. [                  ] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ואתם נעמתה עליך מסתהל אלול 
    2. [                                          ] ולם תדכר פיה וצול אל…

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  8. 9808Legal documentT-S 18J1.8

    Moshe Ibn Ṣughmār received money that Menashshe b. David al-Madini, the money exchanger (al-Ṣayrafī), owed Yehuda’s uncle.

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    1. בשמ רחמנ

    2. [ישה]דו אלשהוד אלמסמון פי אכר הדה אלבראה חצר מר יהודה אלמכני

    3. אבו זכרי ביר משה נבע הידוע אבן צגמאר וקאל לנא טאיע גיר כארה ולא

    4. מ…

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    1. (1–2) יעידו העדים הנקראים בשמותיהם בסוף כתב הפיצוי הזה, כי בא מ"ר יהודה המכונה 
    2. אבו זכרי בי"ר משה נב"ע הידוע אבן סגמאר, ואמר לנו מרצונו בלא …

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  9. 9809LetterT-S 20.15

    From other documents we know that Hodaya spent a lot of time in Alexandria, and this letter may have been sent to him there.

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    1. לכבוד אשר . הכבוד [ח]לק לו מכבודו וקדושת מי שהקדוש ספק לו מקדושתו וגדולת אשר לו הגדולה ... לו מ....
    2. ושמו חטיבה אחת בע נט רח[ב] לב כ...ו שלאולם…

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  10. 9810Legal documentT-S 20.147

    Right side of a legal document. a A barter of 2.5 pieces (thawb) of Indian red silk (ליניס/lēnīs = lānas) against two pots (burniyyatayn) of rose preserve (ward murabbā). Also mentions 10 manns of myrobalan. The parties include Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya ha-Kohen, Elʿazar ha-Kohen, Tamīm, Ḥalfon, and [...] b.

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  11. 9811Unknown typeT-S Ar.20.18

    Three documents in Arabic script, probably unrelated except for the fact that they were all reused for piyyuṭ on the other side. Fol. 1: Private letter from a son to a mother. […] to the house/wife of the physician (ilā bayt al-ṭabīb) Fol. 2: Drafts of legal or official text, mentioning a dīwān.

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  12. 9812Legal documentT-S Ar.29.33

    However [4]23 AH or [6]23 are also possible. On verso there are lists of the Islamic months and Coptic months, and prognostications for the coming year based on the Hebrew calendar.

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  13. 9813LetterT-S Ar.30.260

    There are business instructions, perhaps dealing with jewellery (anillos + las dos piedras). The sender may also mention his daughter once or twice. Mentions the currency 'ducado' (last line of the margin).

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  14. 9814List or tableT-S Ar.34.123

    MS heb. c 27/87 (PGPID 19319). See also: JRL B 2773 (PGPID 28489). Requires further examination.

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  15. 9815Legal documentT-S Ar.38.27

    The other side: Remnants of another legal document (two witness statements) and, in large letters, a pious statement and a note mentioning the daughter of al-Sharīf Ibrāhīm b. Ṭāhir al-[...]. The document seems to be repurposed for something, perhaps in a clothing item given the remnants of stitching-like holes on its edges.

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  16. 9816Legal documentT-S Ar.39.189

    In Arabic script. The deceased is ʿAlāʾ bt. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Bū Saʿīd (Khan suggests this is the same Bū Saʿīd as in T-S NS 297.1, another report of the death of a Jewish woman).

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المماليك ينهوا وفاة علا بنت بو العلا بن بو سعـ[ـيد فى]
    3. يوم الخميس تاسع وعشرين ذو القعدة سنة اثنتين وثمانين وستمائة
    4. وترك…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
    2. The slaves report the death of ʿAlāʾ, daughter of Bū al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Bū Saʿd [on]
    3. Thursday, t…

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  17. 9817List or tableT-S Ar.40.39

    Most of the other names are also unusual for the Geniza and may be Coptic (or Byzantine?)

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  18. 9818LetterT-S Ar.40.81

    Somebody told the writer that their custom is to keep dogs and falcons which they find, which has distressed the writer from yesterday till today. Mentions 'al-mawlā al-kabīr' and different breeds of dogs including Salūqiyya.

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    1. وادام تاييده و سعادته وسلامته ونعمته
    2. على هذه الاحرف يقدم حضوره
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .واهل الجيزة
    4. الى حيث . . . . يشتروه و . . . . .
    5. . …

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  19. 9819Legal documentT-S Ar.42.107

    His brother Avraham, living in Alexandria (اورهام اليهودي الساكن في ثغر اسكندرية من جماعة بورتغال), attests to having received a sum of 50 gold dinars from Menaḥem Amarillo b.

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  20. 9820Legal documentT-S Ar.53.73

    The property is located on Darb Ṭirāz al-Dawla. There are at least 8 additional entries in different hands including concerning subsequent sales, one dated 750 AH = 1349 CE. Already at the time of the first sale the upper story was in ruins and the staircase removed.

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  21. 9821LetterT-S AS 145.195 + CUL Or.1081 J14

    The 'triple' coat could not be sold for more than 13 dirhams. All the money Moshe previously sent arrived. They have paid all the capitation taxes.

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    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאך וגמע
    3. שמלי בך על אסר חאל ואמא
    4. קולך אנך מא וגת לי כתאב
    5. פקד וגה לך כם מן כתאב
    6. וערפתך פיהם אן אלשקה אלמתלתה
    7. מא גאבת אכת…

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  22. 9822LetterT-S AS 146.147

    The community previously sent messengers to Patras, but the community there was also impoverished and unable to help. There are seven signatures, including Gershon b.

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  23. 9823Legal documentT-S AS 147.27

    The wife of the speaker had given a share in a house to the widow of Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Amadī (אלאמדי), stating that the ground rent (ḥikr) was to be paid by [...].

    1. ]הא זוגתי אלמתופאה פלונית נע
    2. ]אלמנת אלשיך אבו עלי חסן אלאמדי
    3. ] כתאב אלמתנה אלדי בידהא מנהא אלדי
    4. אלעש]ר אלאכיר מן אדר שנת אתכח לשטרות
    5. ] אלחכר לאזם לל…

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  24. 9824LetterT-S AS 147.217

    At 90 degrees there are a few cryptic words in Arabic script (al-wayl ʿalayhim?). AA. ASE.

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  25. 9825LetterT-S AS 148.35

    After copious blessings ("until the sky is empty of stars and the sun rises in the west") the sender conveys his apologies for not bidding farewell to the addressee (al-majlis al-karīm) after his departure from Sayyidnā.

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    1.  סעידא ומגדה מחסודא וגנאבה . . . . . .
    2. ועדוה מכמודא חתא תכלו אלסמא מן
    3. אלכואכב ותטלע אלשמס מן אלמגארב
    4. לאטנב ואטאל וכאן מקצרא פי אלמקאל
    5. פדלך ממא…

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  26. 9826Legal documentT-S AS 149.13

    Legal document/note testifying that a certain Baqā' b. al-Surūr the [indigo] merchant will operate the tax farm (ḍamān) of Tamīm, the ḍāmin of al-Burqāniyya (location unidentified), for a payment of 4 dirhams a month, as long as he has that tax farm and the tax farm for Qalyūb.

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    1. שהדנא עלי אלשיך בקא בן אבו אלסרור תא[גר אלניל
    2. אן ענדה לתמים צאמן אלברקאניה ארבעה אלדר
    3. פי כל שהר טאלמא הוא צאמן וטאלמא צמ[ן
    4. קליוב פי צמאנהם אול…

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    1. A testimony that the elder Baqā b. Abū l-Surūr [the indigo] me[rchant]
    2. owes Tamīm, ḍāmin of al-Burqāniyya, 4 dirhams
    3. per month, as long as (th…

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  27. 9827LetterT-S AS 149.206

    Might be related to the India trade. On verso there is also mirror image text (imprinted from another fragment or potentially the same fragment folded over).

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  28. 9828LetterT-S AS 151.149

    There is a ḥamdala in Arabic script in the right margin (might belong with the separate document on verso, but might also belong with this note).

    1. וצלת רקעה [אל]שיך אבו אלמגד אדאם אללה
    2. סעאדתה ואמת{ת}ל אלממלוך אמרהא
    3. וסיר צחבה חאמלהא סתה דר ונצף
    4. מעפץ ודר קרמז ורבע אביץ
    5. ובן רזיק מא סאפר אלי אסעה ל…

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  29. 9829Legal documentT-S AS 153.119

    The case concerns Ḥayyūn b. Ḥūt(?), Sitt al-Wuḥūsh the wife of [...]ā b. Jannūn al-Maghribī, and how Sayyidnā took an oath that he wouldn't take an oath until after a certain week(?).

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  30. 9830LetterT-S AS 155.15

    ; conveying gratitude to Abū ʿAlī; again urging patience until someone arrives from traveling; Abū Manṣūr Ibn al-QYJ; and Yosef.

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  31. 9831LetterT-S AS 156.42

    The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the presence of the relatively uncommon blessing "min dār al-fanā' wa-l-shaqā' ilā dār al-naʿīm wa-l-baqā' (from the abode of perdition and woe to the abode of blessing and immortality)."

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  32. 9832LetterT-S AS 168.319

    Letter addressed to Abū l-F[araj Yosef] b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusī Ibn ʿAwkal. Written on parchment. Small fragment. […] The portion of the letter preserved here refers once to Avraham Ibn al-Zarbī (cf. T-S 12.251 for this family name) and twice to "Avraham," probably the same person.

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  33. 9833LetterT-S AS 185.210 + T-S AS 185.211

    ." = second-person form of address and, more importantly, the common phrase of endearment "te beza las manos// I kiss your hands" (T-S AS 185.211, l. 5). Also contains phrases such as "kriaturas" and "del mundo" and "de korazon."

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  34. 9834Legal query or responsumT-S AS 221.306

    Maimonides responds that the offender should be lashed. The document also contains mirrored text, imprinted from a colophon on T-S AS 221.307 (PGPID 40128) over the course of centuries of adjacent storage.

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    1. עליה ובדר מנה עליהִ וִעלי ואלדִה
    2. אלמתופא בלשון קללהִ [יורינו] רבינו
    3. מא ילזמה חק עלי תגריחה (?) בלשון
    4. הרע ושכרו כפול מן השמים
    5. אל…

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    1. […] against him and in his anger he assailed him and his late father
    2. with a curse. [Instruct us,] our master,
    3. to what penalty is he liable for…

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  35. 9835Legal documentT-S AS 222.233

    There follow several dozen lines of elaborate release formulae. Also signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. AA

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  36. 9836Literary textT-S C2.209 + T-S F13.1 + ENA 4045.2 + JRL B 5446 + T-S F13.20 + ENA 3751.5

    Before 1055 (death of Efrayim). See also Mosseri VI.117.2, which may belong to the left side of this decree.

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  37. 9837LetterT-S G1.1

    Ketubba for Sitt al-Banāt. In the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (1125–50). […] The identification of the scribe as Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen allows us to tentatively date the letter to the last years of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1138–39) when there was a mutiny against the government, and Maṣliaḥ picked the wrong side, so that many Jews were jailed and Maṣliaḥ himself was executed in 1139.

    1. דנן אחריות כתובתא דא על ירתוהי בתרוהי למגבא לה מכל
    2. בביתא ובברא ממקרקעי וממטלטלי ואפילו מגלימא דעל כתפיה
    3. שטרי כתובאתא דתקינו רבנן ונהגין בעלמא מן יומ…

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  38. 9838LetterT-S H6.20

    One of the pages contains a brief petition-like note addressed to a woman (al-sitt al-jalīla) with a taqbīl and a request to send the writer a codex of Jeremiah: עבד חצרה אלסת אלגלילה אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם עזהא ונעמאהא וכבת חסדתהא ואעדאהא יקבל אלארץ בין ידי חצרתהא ויסל תפצלהא אן תוגהי לעבדך מצחף ירמיה.

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  39. 9839Paraliterary textT-S K1.18 + T-S K1.30

    Several powerful spirits, both good and evil, are identified in this text, which also invokes the biblical matriarchs Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah.

    Translated by Avi Steinhart.

    In the name of Him who was, is, and will be, I have adjured and decreed upon you—you, the constellation of Leo—that you …

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  40. 9840Legal documentT-S K22.27

    (Document #34) Real estate rental transaction document for two upper-story apartments that also deals with improvements/renovations to the properties.

    Right side of bifolio 5r (Documents 34, 13):  

    1. זמן ההטבה הנ׳ בו עכשו בעח׳׳מ הודה הר׳ משה הנ׳ שהוא הוטב להר׳ ישראל
    2. הנ׳ משכירות העליות הנ׳ עד כסף חדש …

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  41. 9841Legal documentT-S K22.27

    (Document #29) Investment partnership between Yehuda Roditi and Levi [Roditi] with Avraham Roditi, who is listed as the brother of Yehuda. Avraham Roditi may also have been Levi's father based on document entry #17 (PGPID 40956) under the same shelfmark.

    Left side of bifolio 4r (Documents 28-29):

    1. הנ׳ כל ימי חייהם וזה לא יקרב אליהם והאיש אשר בזבון(?)
    2. לפרוץ גבה של תורה לעדוה על ארור מסיג גבול רעהו (דבר…

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  42. 9842LetterT-S K25.196 + T-S Ar.47.233

    Yeshaʿya which Avraham apparently inclined to accept: "Do not think that he is a great man and a great sage and that we are ignoramuses...." The letter also includes information about Shemuel's contact with rabbis in ʿAkkā.

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  43. 9843LetterT-S Misc.11.45

    Recto (secondary use): Letter from a father to his son ʿImrān, to the shop of ʿAllūnal-Sharābī. In Judaeo-Arabic. This might be a response to the other letter (e.g., the son could have been named Abū ʿImrān Mūsā like many Mūsās and gone by both names).

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  44. 9844Legal documentT-S Misc.25.89

    Saʿadya makes a declaration concerning a quarter of a house on Mīkhāʾīl alley belonging to Abū Isḥāq b. Eliyya al-Rūmī. A sum of 10 dinars is exchanged.

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  45. 9845LetterT-S Misc.28.258

    Late business/family letter in Hebrew from Shelomo Binyamin to his brother-in-law, also named Shelomo. He reports that ships from Messina and Ancona have arrived, but not yet the ship from Venice.

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  46. 9846LetterT-S NS 225.103 + T-S NS 225.113

    Dating: 11th or early 12th century. Concerning Mūsā Ibn al-Majjānī; bringing letters to the ḥaver; sending something with Ibrāhīm; "brown (people) or a slave" (sumr aw raqīq) but the context is missing; and quantities of rubāʿīs (quarter-dinars). Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  47. 9847LetterT-S NS 226.164

    Mentions people including Abū l-Mufaḍḍal, Ibn al-Muqaddasī, and a woman who died. On verso mentions a Maghribī animal driver (mukārī); and a certain Yaʿqūb, who along with the sender, is very grateful to Eliyyahu.

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  48. 9848Legal documentT-S NS 264.27 + T-S AS 145.360 + T-S NS 224.181 + T-S 12.537

    The bride agrees to live wherever (in Egypt) her husband chooses, to observe the laws of menstrual purity, and to free her husband from the obligation to provide her with clothing on the condition that all she earns be her private property. Signed: Seʿadya b. […] (Information in part from Med Soc III, 455 n. 86 and Goitein's index card.) Joins: Alan Elbaum.

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  49. 9849LetterT-S NS 264.80

    Recto: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic asking Bū l-Ḥasan to purchase 2.5 raṭls of pepper, 1 raṭl of almonds, and 1 raṭl of "bustaj lubbān ṣāliḥ" = good-quality olibanum incense(?). Ṣāfī will do something with the almond oil and the myrtle (marsīn). Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century.

    1. יתפצל אלשיך בו אלחסן יאכד
    2. לכאדמה הדה אלחאגתין והי
    3. פלפל רטלין ונצף לוז רטל
    4. בסתג לבאן צאלח רטל וצאפי
    5. הו יאכד דהן אללוז סער סתה אל
    6. . . . . .] רבע רטל מ…

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  50. 9850LetterT-S NS 264.83

    The smaller piece is probably a letter, referring to 70 dinars, someone known as Ibn Kaḥla/Kuḥla (בן כחלה), Zikrī, a ghulām, and the Muslim courts. the larger piece is probably also a letter, in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen? Refers to Yosef b.

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