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  1. 51Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 250

    Some loose and not very legible words in Arabic script. Probably pen trials. Needs examination.

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  2. 52State documentJRL Gaster ar. 264

    Fiscal document, with an unusual thick pen, in Arabic script. The text has faded and difficult to read. Begins with a basmala and the next …

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  3. 53LetterJRL Gaster ar. 265

    Leter fragment, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  4. 54LetterJRL Gaster ar. 269

    Formal note, in Arabic script. Probably in answer to a question "innaka saʾltanī". Mentions a strong vow "bi-akhaṣṣ al-yamīn".

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  5. 55List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 271

    Document in Arabic script, probably accounts. Formal letter or official correspondence on verso. Needs examination.

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  6. 56List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 248

    Recto: Grid filled with diagonal Arabic script. Some readable words include - dirham, aswad, aṣfar and kitāb. Could be an inventory or accounts. Verso: Faded …

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  7. 57List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 32

    List of commodities like saffron and names of individuals. Coptic numerals on verso.

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  8. 58Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 338

    Fragmentary document, with a drawing of the face of a baby dragon.

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  9. 59Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 339

    Two sides of a medical text, in Arabic script, mentions spleen (tiḥāl). Needs examination.

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  10. 60Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 303

    Note in Arabic script, or a verse of poetry. "مررت بهم دهرا قالها وحزبي....".

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  11. 61List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 304

    Table in Arabic letters, might be astronomical.

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  12. 62Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 306

    Unidentified document type, in Arabic script. Mentions a date 24 Ramaḍān, the year is cut-off. Could be literary.

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  13. 63Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 292

    Al-Shaykh Abū Sahl pays his dues to ʿAlī al-Rīfāʿ on 10 Rabīʿ II 603 H. Registration mark at the top.

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  14. 64Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 293

    Probably a medical recipe, "wa-yuḍfī ʿalā ūqīyyatayn sharāb". Needs examination.

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  15. 65Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 310

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  16. 66List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 301

    Accounts.

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  17. 67Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 312

    Medical document, or recipe. Mentions the flower violet (zahr banafsaj) and the oil of violet (duhn banafsaj).

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  18. 68Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 320

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  19. 69Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 321

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  20. 70Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 326

    Arabic grammar text, in Arabic script. Discusses the difference between a metaphor and simile.

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  21. 71Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 332

    Receipt of payment, or accounts in Arabic script. Saʿīd b. Ibrahīm pays ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Dated 14(?) Dhū l-Qaʿda 700(?). Needs examination.

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  22. 72Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 37

    List of commodities or recipe. Mentions the dish mulūkhiyya, pepper and saffron. Also contains Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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  23. 73Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 351

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions animals like elephant, ostrich, snake, probably discussing the permissibility of its eating. Needs examination.

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  24. 74List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 357

    Accounts, in Arabic script with Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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  25. 75List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 390

    List of individuals, probably accounts. Needs examination.

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  26. 76Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 397

    Unidentified text in Arabic, but looks like literary.

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  27. 77Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 401

    Pen trials, in a chancery hand, in Arabic script. Contains terms like "al-mamlūk", "nāʾib" and a name "al-shaykh al-ajall abū saʿīd."

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  28. 78Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 403

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  29. 79List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 404

    Accounts, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals.

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  30. 80Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 408

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions categories of kharāj(tax) in dirhams. Needs examination.

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  31. 81Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 424

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Mentions Mawlāya l-Qāḍī (letter?).

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  32. 82Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 399

    The book of Ruth in Arabic, written in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  33. 83LetterJRL Gaster ar. 45

    Letter, fragment, in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Faraj. Needs examination.

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  34. 84List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 430

    Accounts. Needs examination.

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  35. 85Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 476

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  36. 86Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 432

    Literary text, fragmentary, probably medical, in Arabic script. Mentions spleen "tiḥāl".

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  37. 87List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 436

    Accounts, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  38. 88List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 437

    Accounts, mentions days of the week and some sums in silver (wariq).

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  39. 89List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 444

    Accounts. Needs examination.

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  40. 90Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 447

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Probably magical due to the humanoid figure at the side. Needs examination.

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  41. 91Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 473

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  42. 92Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 475

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  43. 93Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 481

    Literary text, probably medical, in Arabic script. New chapters written in red ink, sneeze "al-ʿiṭās".

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  44. 94Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 445

    Unidentified fragments, in Arabic script.

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  45. 95LetterJRL Gaster ar. 453

    Typical letter formula "وادام تاييدك", in an elegant hand, most likely a draft or writing exercise. Pen trials can be seen interspersed between the two …

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  46. 96LetterJRL Gaster ar. 51

    Letter fragment, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  47. 97List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 510

    Accounts. Needs examination.

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  48. 98Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 513

    Literary text, probably. Needs examination.

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  49. 99List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 518

    Accounts. Needs examination.

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  50. 100List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 519

    List or accounts, in Arabic script.

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