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  1. 19001LetterT-S AS 208.190

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Damaged letter in Hebrew, with only a few lines preserved. Dating: 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Based on the honorifics in the letter's …

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  2. 19002Unknown typeENA NS 85.712

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  3. 19003Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 196

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Prayer, probably. In Arabic script.

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  4. 19004LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 526

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter(s) in Arabic script. The section on recto has formal language and resembles a petition.

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  5. 19005LetterT-S AS 145.83

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called 'my brother.' Unusual handwriting and wide space between the lines.

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  6. 19006LetterT-S AS 148.170

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): End of a letter or note in Judaeo-Arabic. Includes greetings and mentions Sitt Rayḥān.

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  7. 19007List or tableENA 2348.2–5

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    Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

    Sums of money donated by members of the Jewish community in Cairo. ENA 2348.4 mentions Ibn al-Abraṣ, who may be the grandfather of the physician …

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  8. 19008Legal documentMoss. VII,121.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of a legal document. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. Describing the location of a house, so probably a deed …

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  9. 19009Legal documentENA NS 50.7

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    Hebrew

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: first decade of Ḥeshvan, 5488 AM = October 1727 CE. Involving three gabbayim and property in the qodesh …

    1. בעהי׳׳ת
    2. בפנינו עדים חותמי מטה הודו שלשת בני היצהר(?) טובים לשמים ולבריות הגבאים המפוארים של הקדש
    3. ארגז המסתערב יצ׳׳ו ה׳׳ה החכם השלם והכולל כמה׳׳ר חיי…
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  10. 19010Legal documentT-S NS 226.24

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Draft of the qinyan formula of a legal deed. Seems to be in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. AA

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  11. 19011LetterT-S 8J41.11

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Ascalon to the Nagid in Egypt concerning a dispute in the community over synagogue expenditures, 1st half of the 12th century.

    1. [ ]נא לא מא יעמר בהא אלא [י]שתרא מנהא חצר [לל]כניסה
    2. יקעדו אלגמאעה עליהם (!) פכאן גואב אלגמאעה לה מן אראד
    3. יקעד עלי חצור יוגמע תמן אלחצר מן אלגמאעה כמ…

    Translated by Dora Zsom

    . . . not for renovations, but to buy mats for the synagogue on which the congregation can sit. The answer of the congregatio…

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  12. 19012Legal documentT-S NS 320.55 + CUL Or.2116.10

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB IV, 61a. Recto: Legal testimony. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Kislev 4917 AM, which is November/December 1156 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי נעלם בה מואלי אלדיאנין שמ צו | נואב הדרת יקרת צפירת
    3. תפארת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו שמ|ואל הנגיד הגדול נגיד עם ייי
    4. צבאות שר השרים ונגיד ה…
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  13. 19013List or tableMoss. IV,130.2

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    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Dense account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Reused on verso for seliḥot.

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  14. 19014LetterT-S NS 306.5

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Letter from Yosef b. Nadiv ha-Ḥazzan(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the arrival of al-Shaykh Asad on Sunday, sums of 10 and 3 dirhams, …

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  15. 19015LetterENA 4045.16

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    Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino

    Letter (ending only) addressed to David Ben-Naʿim and Moshe Ben-Naʿim in Alexandria ( נא אמון) presumably from their father, Meʾīr, who only signs with his …

    Verso (final section of letter)

    1. וצהרכם קאעד בטרפנא מוקים הוא וורחל וב׳׳ה רחל טייבה
    2. בכ'יר תסאל עליכם וני׳׳ק ולם תאכ'ור עליהא מן גיהת אלעראקי
    3. לאן לם ר…
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  16. 19016LetterT-S 12.501

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly sent from Alexandria to an unidentified dignitary in Fustat (though Goitein suggests that the sender is in Fustat and the addressee …

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  17. 19017List or tableT-S AS 149.7

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    An unusually long bill of lading sent from Fustat to al-Mahdiyya, listing the goods of at least eight merchants. In Arabic script at the bottom, …

    1. מערפה שרא אלרחל אלמבארך כתב אללה סלאמתה
    2. מן דלך חמלין פלפל וזנהא י קנאטיר כ רטלא
    3. מגרבל אלתמן בעד אלדלאלה ואלסמאחה קנו דינ
    4. סתה קנאטיר ה ארטאל לאך אלתמ…
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  18. 19018LetterAIU VII.E.42

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Menahem b. Yosef is named in the first line. ASE.

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  19. 19019State documentT-S NS 305.42

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    Arabic

    Tax receipt? - needs examination.

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  20. 19020LetterMoss. IV,58.4

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Approximately 6 lines from the middle are preserved. Narrating a conflict between 'the Nasi' and 'the Rayyis' and …

    1. ] וכון אלנשיא זה[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . א ענד וצולה אלי ענד אלחצרה סאלה [
    2. ] . . ן פיהא יצלח מכאתבתהא אן אלחצרה אכברתה באן מא פי אל…

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  21. 19021State documentT-S 8J34.1

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso (original use): Fragment from the lower left corner of a petition in Arabic script. Refers to the amīr Rifʿat? al-Dawla; a dīwān; and includes …

    1. وعبده يسل انعامه[

    2. ثبوته على يد الامير رفعة الدولة ادام الله عزه

    3. ا]ستخراج رافعها في سورة الديوان

    4. ]بيده الراي //الاعلى// في الانعام علي فيما سا…

    1. His slave asks for his benefactions [
    2. Registering it at the hands of the amīr Rifʿat al-Dawla, may God perpetuate his glory.
    3. ]extraction of its conv…
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  22. 19022Literary textT-S H7.43

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto contains piyyuṭ. Verso contains instructions in Judaeo-Arabic for certain prayers to be said in the synagogue. May mention jinn in the bottom line.

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  23. 19023State documentENA 3924.5

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    State-issued receipt for al-Muʿallam Salmūn Iskenderānī who is listed with the administrative title "عامل" (financial intendant or collector of revenues). Dated: "in the end of …

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  24. 19024Paraliterary textT-S Ar.21.109

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Bifolium. One folio is a Judaeo-Arabic translation of Exodus 21:1-17, 27:20-28. The other folio is magical instructions in Arabic script. The first few lines of …

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  25. 19025LetterT-S 24.47

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB ח92. Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel, probably in Fustat, to Yehuda ha-Levi, in Alexandria. Extremely faded and damaged. Dating: September 1140 CE. Written shortly …

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    1. מגדל עוז שם יי וג'
    2. יאמולאי ומאלך נפסי וגאיה אמלי ומנאי אִןִ ..לִלִ.....אה יִגִדהא פי חאלה
    3. ואחואל לא יצלח לה ולא יתפק לִיתקִ[ן] מִכא[טבה ...] ה…

    Translated by Amir Ashur.

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower (Proverbs 18:10).

    My lord and master of my soul, and the object of my hopes and long…

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  26. 19026List or tableT-S AS 167.181

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of business accounts. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions Hilāl.

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  27. 19027LetterMoss. IV,33.3

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter, possibly intended to be sent from Fustat to Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 1039 CE, since the content is related …

    . . . .

    1. ]מן אלעין אלמדכור [
    2. ]קבל וצול אלכתאב קד כוטב הדא [
    3. ] ואלעלה פיהא בספתגה מן אלשיך אבי [נצר שלמה בן]
    4. [סעדיה אלמערוף] באבן צגיר ומבלגהא יד דינא…
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  28. 19028Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.30

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, R. Yiftaḥ, the 12.5 dirhams due …

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  29. 19029Legal documentCUL Add.3422

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    A leaf from a court register. Contains four different entries, dated to Nissan and Sivan 1409 Sel. (Spring 1098 CE). On left hand side of …

    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא שיתה יומין בירח ניסן דשנת אתט לשטרות
    2. חצר למושב בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים מ יפת בר משה
    3. הידוע אללואז ואדעי עלי מ שלמה בר אברהם הידוע …
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  30. 19030LetterT-S 12.493

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a woman to the Head of the Jews, in Fustat. Dating: Early twelfth century (see explanation below). The writer asks the addressee to …

    1. לנצח אן [
    2. סתהם קד [תופית וליס מן]
    3. ידברהם גי[רי ] אן הדה אלדינארין אלדי תוכד
    4. פי מאונת[הם מא יחצל] מנהא גיר כסרה כבז פקט עלי
    5. מ]וצע אלאמור ואיצא אן הונ…

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    [ ... May your rule last] for ever. 

    The grandmother [of the orphans so-and-so and so-and-so has died and there is now no one] who looks after …

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  31. 19031LetterDK M75

    Fragment of an opening to a letter to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal. The letter was written in Jerusalem. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, …

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    1. ] אחלי שלום ונחלי חכמות וחוסן ויקר ושלות השקט 
    2. וזר]ע נכון ועטרת צבי וצפירת תפארת וחיי בשרים 
    3. ] ורנה ותשועת אלד'ים ועז ותעצומות יהיו ליקירנו 
    4. ]…
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  32. 19032List or tableJRL A 477

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    Hebrew

    Late list of names, including many women.

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  33. 19033Unknown typeENA NS 85.1406

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  34. 19034Legal documentT-S AS 151.156

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document concerning a partnership, mentioning Ṣedaqa and Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Basūṭī (?); signed by Abraham b. Saʿadya, Shelomo b. ʿAdaya, Shemuʾel b. Judah and …

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  35. 19035Literary textT-S Misc.8.39

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  36. 19036Unknown typeENA NS 79.208

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  37. 19037Unknown typeENA NS 79.64

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  38. 19038Legal documentT-S 12.718

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal deed. Opening lines only; abandoned mid-way through the fifth line. Dated: Sunday, 1 Sivan 1539 Seleucid, which is 1228 CE, under the jurisdiction of …

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  39. 19039Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.253

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Order of payment or similar sort of document. In Arabic script, but with a Hebrew אמת at the top. Dated: Tuesday, 7 Rabiʿ II of …

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  40. 19040Legal documentBL OR 10118.10

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    Hebrew

    Legal document. In Hebrew with one phrase in Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 16 Av 53[3]7 AM, which is 30 July 1577 CE. Reconciliation of …

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  41. 19041LetterENA NS 41.5

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic and an erratic scribal hand. The address is to a certain David Medina. The final letter looks more …

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  42. 19042LetterT-S 13J31.7

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    Hebrew

    Fragment of a letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1040 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the …

    1. ליקר פאר [ ] אפר[ים
    2. [ ]ת היסודות [ ] פ[
    3. [ ]רא[ ] ראש //קושרת// [ ] ויועצת [
    4. הוא שמן [ ] מן ה[
    5. לא ב[ ] וברוב מתגברת פן ת[
    6. ברבי שמריה נוחו עדן שלו[ם
    7. ו…
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  43. 19043Legal documentT-S AS 167.103

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Legal document. Likely in the hand of Eliyyahu the Judge. Involves Yefet and al-Bahāʾ(?). Verso: Legal document likely in the hand of Shelomo b. …

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  44. 19044Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 178.149

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Credit instrument (?). Needs examination.

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  45. 19045Legal documentMoss. VII,27

    Legal record of the same case on the recto, which offers us an alternative vantage point against which we may evaluate the narrative imposed on …

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  46. 19046LetterT-S 20.127

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya (Gil)/ Sicily (Ben-Sasson) by Ismail b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi to his nephew, Yeshua b. Natan in Fustat, dealing with goods sent to …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאולדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם איאם סלאמתן וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך
    2. וצל אלי כתאבך ודכרת לי פיה ממא אתפצ'ל בה עלי אלשיך אחיאה אללה מן אל…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, בני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את ימי שלומך ואושרך וישלים את חסדיו לך;
    2. קיבלתי את מכתבך. כתבת לי בו על המקדמה שהואיל האדון…
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  47. 19047LetterMoss. IV,157

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal from Yeshuʿa b. Yosef to an unknown addressee. The first 2/3 consists of rhymed Hebrew praises for the addressee. In the body …

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  48. 19048LetterT-S 8J17.6

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    Letter from Yeshuʿa ha-Melammed b. Avraham, in Minyat Zifta, to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1236 CE (Iyyar 4800+196 = 4996 AM, …

    1. בשמא
    2. לכבוד גד קד הד יק צפ תפ מר ור אליה הדיין המשכיל
    3. נזר הדיינין יחיהו שוכן מעונים אדאם אללה סעאדתה
    4. ועלא מגדה ולא יפגע ישראל פיה אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ
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  49. 19049Paraliterary textT-S AS 177.227

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    Grocery list and/or recipe in Arabic script. The first row consists of nearly all the same items as the second row, except that there are …

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  50. 19050State documentMoss. VIII,319.1

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    Arabic

    Provincial fiscal account. Provincial because the scribal hand is less sophisticated than the documents produced in the capital. Mentions "dīwān bi-rasm" and maybe "al-muqṭaʿyn". Could …

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