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  1. 33551State documentT-S NS 327.2b

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Likely an official report. Mentions al-Amīr ʿAfīf al-Dawla Mutawallī al-Bāb (=Ṣāḥib al-Bāb = al-Wazīr al-Ṣaghīr = 'head chamberlain'). The document is written in a very …

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  2. 33552LetterT-S Ar.39.396

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    Arabic

    Recto: Letter in beautiful Arabic script. Dating: ca. mid-11th century based on the dating of verso. Many of the phrases are legible but the overall …

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  3. 33553Legal documentT-S AS 145.164

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    Aramaic

    Minute fragment, extremely damaged. Only few words can be read מגלימא דעל כת[פיה] so this is probably a fragment from a ketubah. The shape of …

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  4. 33554LetterDK 223.8

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    Arabic

    Letter (or petition or report) in Arabic script. Mainly the formulaic beginning is preserved with the sender's prayers for the addressee's longevity.

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  5. 33555Legal documentT-S 12.842

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). On parchment. Fragment (long vertical strip from the left side of the …

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  6. 33556Unknown typeENA NS 78.63

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 33557LetterT-S NS J298

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB VII, 40. Letter sent from an unidentified man, in Alexandria, to his brother, possibly in Shayzar (Syria). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has recently returned …

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  8. 33558Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 34

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    Arabic

    Prayer in Arabic script. Contains Quran allusions such as قل هو الله احد (r1) and ولا الاه الا الله. Needs examination.

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  9. 33559LetterJRL L 17

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    Letter from Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm in Cairo to his son Moshe Ben-Naʿīm in Alexandria. Dated 1 Kislev 5583 AM which is 1822 CE. Mentions Se[nyor] Pinto, …

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  10. 33560LetterT-S NS 324.44

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    Hebrew

    Letter either to or from a Nasi. In Hebrew with some Aramaic. Dating: probably 13th century. The sender rebukes the addressee or his secretary for …

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    1. ימחול אדוננו על כבודו צריך הכהן שיכתוב
    2. פל הכהן או פל הלוי וכמו כן זרע המלוכה
    3. צבי ריש גלותא מעלתם לכל מעלה אי
    4. איפשר שלא כתוב פל הנשיא וכרובא
    5. לא…

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  11. 33561Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/83

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    Court record in the handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dated: Thursday, 21 Ṭevet 1357 = 2 January January 1046 CE. Manṣūr b. Mukhtar and his …

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    1. חצר פי בית דין הקבוע במצרי[ם] פי יום אלכמיס כא יום
    2. מן טבת סנה אלף ותלת מאיה כמסין וסבעה סנין למנין שטרות
    3. מנצור בן מכתאר ומעה ולדה אלחלל אלדי לם יע…
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  12. 33562LetterDK 238.4 (alt: XIII)

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    11th century letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq near Tripoli to his son Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabra. See Oded Zinger’s dissertation, which mentions this letter …

    Verso:

    1. אלי סיידי ורייסי אטאל אללה בקאה מן מחבה ווא>ל<דה אברהם בר יצחק נע
    2. מבו/ר/ך בר אברהם אבן סברה נע בלג תוגר

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    1. אלי ולדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אלל…

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  13. 33563LetterT-S 13J20.22

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe's wife, in Fustat, to her brother Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel, probably in Bahnasa (based on T-S 13J21.18). In the …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. לו דהבת אן אשרח לך יא אכי וסידי ואתירי ומולאי מא חאלנא מן אלוחשה
    3. לפראק חצרתך אלכרימה ל[מא] וסע דלך ביאן ולא חמלתה מכאתבה ואלי
    4. אלכאלק …

    Recto

    1. In your name, O merciful one

    2. If I were to begin to elaborate for you, my brother, my lord and favored one, and he who [...] those longings …

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  14. 33564State documentT-S Misc.6.5

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    Arabic

    State document that begins "waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr."

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  15. 33565Literary textBL OR 10578D.8

    Literary. The book of Numbers with targum.

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  16. 33566Literary textT-S AS 182.77

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    Arabic

    Recto: part of a text on dentistry and oral hygiene, discussing dental caries, dentifrice powder (sanūnāt) prepared from gigantic swallowwort and burnt snails. Perhaps Ibn …

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  17. 33567Legal documentHalper 340

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    Legal document written and signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 21 Elul 1404 Seleucid = 15 September 1093 CE. In which Saʿadya …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרין וחד יומי לירה אלול דשנת
    3. אלפא וארבע מאה וארבע שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה
    4. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה חצר אלי…
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  18. 33568LetterT-S NS 163.84 + T-S Ar.7.14

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Two fragments comprising the upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to "al-ḥaver al-jalīl" (misspelled אלחבר אלגיל). The writer also uses the letter sin …

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  19. 33569Legal documentT-S 16.51

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    Recto: Acknowledgment of debt. Dated: Heshvan 1440 Seleucid (1128 CE). Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov (known as Sayyid al-Kull), whose father was known as Abū l-Munā al-ʿAṭṭār …

    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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  20. 33570LetterJRL B 5442

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only formulaic phrases are preserved.

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  21. 33571LetterT-S 13J22.4

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Mashā'il (=Misha'el?) b. Natan, location unknown, to Khalaf b. Barakāt b. al-Dayyān, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer has had no news of …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי וסידי וקרה עיני
    3. וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    4. עזך גמע אללה ביננא קריב אן שאללה
    5. וממא אעלמך אן מן יום כרגת מן
    6. ענדכם מא סמע…
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  22. 33572Unknown typeENA NS 85.276

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  23. 33573Legal documentT-S AS 154.470

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal fragment in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Mentions sums of money and an agent (al-wakīl). No names clearly preserved. There …

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  24. 33574LetterENA 2805.2 + ENA 2740.3

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Shela b. Mevasser, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, probably in Fustat. (Frenkel previously identified the addressee of ENA 2740.3 as Mevorakh b. …

    ENA 2805.2, upper fragment (likely edited by Udovitch with emendations by Elbaum)

    1. בש רחמ
    2. כאן וצל כתאב רבינו נה[וראי] הרב הגדול אדאם אללה חראסתה ופסח…

    recto (upper fragment)

    1. (2-1) בש' רחמ', הגיע מכתבך, רבינו נהוראי הרב הגדול, יתמיד אלוהים את שמירתו עליך ויאריך את
    3. ימי חייך, לפני המועדים, על ידי מב…
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  25. 33575LetterT-S AS 204.273

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi, in Jerusalem, to an unknown addressee, probably in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 1525 CE. Concerning a debt and …

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  26. 33576Literary textT-S NS 342.45

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    Spanish

    Literary text at least partly in Castilian Spanish, mentioning the words and phrases: (recto) "pobres" "todas las" (verso) "la ſydad" (=ciudad?) "de la ley David". …

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  27. 33577Legal documentT-S J3.22

    Primary language
    Aramaic

    A formula of bill of gift, written on parchment. Seems early- no later than 11th century

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  28. 33578LetterT-S 8.69

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB VI, 22a. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to an unknown recipient (the address is cut off). Deals with the Indian Ocean trade. Includes commercial …

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  29. 33579Literary textT-S NS 163.57

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    Judaeo-Arabic, Judaeo-Romance

    Glossary of Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Romance in the hand of Maimonides. Originally published by Shivtiel, "Judaeo-Romance and Judaeo-Arabic Word-list from the Genizah" (2007). Identification of the …

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  30. 33580Legal documentT-S Ar.38.130

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    Arabic

    Recto (original use): Deed of sale of a house. Dated 15 Ramaḍān 5[..] H (1107-1203 CE). In Arabic script. Verso (secondary use): Legal document in …

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  31. 33581Paraliterary textENA NS 45.23

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Medical prescription in Judaeo-Arabic. Using saffron and different kinds of fat.

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  32. 33582LetterJRL B 7662

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (upper right corner). Mentions someone or something arriving in אלתסלך(?). Needs examination. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ on verso.

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  33. 33583List or tableENA 4020.60a

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Inventory of the goods belonging to the judge in Sunbāṭ, Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe. Dated: 26 Tishrei 1462 Seleucid, which is 1150 CE. T-S K3.32 (listing …

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  34. 33584Literary textENA 1267.4

    Halakhic works of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov rosh ha-seder. דף טיוטות # יוסף בן יעקב ראש הסדר, נספחות לחיבור # טיוטות של חיבורי הלכה שונים צד …

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  35. 33585Paraliterary textT-S K6.185

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    Hebrew

    Maimonides, Mišne Tora, closing paragraph of Sefer Zemanim (recto) and beginning of Sefer Našim (verso). A colophon in Judaeo-Arabic at the end of Sefer Zemanim …

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  36. 33586List or tableJer Ben Zvi 3436.97

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni.

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  37. 33587LetterT-S AS 152.320

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Beginning of a letter sent to Nahray b. Nissim. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 33588Legal documentCUL Add.3430

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    Hebrew

    Karaite ketubba (marriage contract) from Jerusalem, January 1028. Bride: Sarwa bt. Ṣedaqa b. Jarīr. Groom: Ḥizkiyahu b. Benyamin. Early: 5 dinars plus 50 silver coins. …

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    1. בשם אל חי ויבנו ויצליחו     ביי יצדקו וית' וג' ושבי יהודיא בנין ומצליחין
    2. ביום ששי בשבוע בששה ועשרים יום לחדש שבט בשנת אלף ושלוש מאות ושלושים ו…

    Recto

    1. In the name of the Living God. They built and prospered (II Chron. 14: 6). In the Lord they shall be justified and praised etc. (Is. 45: 25). …
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  39. 33589LetterT-S NS J38

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, fragmentary and calligraphic, regarding business. Mentionins dealings in corals, storax, and zaituni (silk), and merchants of the second half of the eleventh century (Joseph …

    Recto:

    1. ] אלשיך אבו [
    2. ]תקצא עלי צחה דלך ואמא מא דכרתה מן אלמזאיר
    3. . . . צחבת אלשיך אבי סעיד אידה אללה פסאלתה אנא ען דלך וקאל תרכתהא
    4. ענדך לאן לם יתמכן …
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  40. 33590LetterT-S K25.240.30

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Not much of the content is preserved.

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  41. 33591Legal documentT-S 8.169

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    Aramaic, Hebrew

    End of a ketubba with very little text preserved, signed by the scribe, Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066-1108 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 33592LetterAIU VII.E.65

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Avraham Haman and Avraham ha-Levi to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 24 Elul (Raḥamim) 5568 AM, which is 1808 CE. …

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  43. 33593Paraliterary textENA NS 36.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Palimpsest. The earlier text is extremely faded; it is in Judaeo-Arabic and at least partially deals with recipes or prescriptions. The later text is also …

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  44. 33594Literary textAIU VI.C.3

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    Hebrew

    Bifolium from a book of segulot.

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  45. 33595Legal documentENA 957.10

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    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Marriage document. Long a narrow fragment from the left side of a ketubba, with only a few words surviving. The hand is by Mevorakh b. …

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  46. 33596List or tableAIU VIII.E.52 + BL OR 5565B.7

    Consecutive bifolia on the calendar in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi spanning the years 1204-07 and 1209–09 respectively.

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  47. 33597LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/16

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    IB II, 53. Letter of thanks from Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe to Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq. Fustat. Dating: ca. 1120s or, more broadly, ca. 1100-1138 CE …

    recto

    בשמ' רחמ'

    1. מה טובו אהלי משכנות ישרים. המצויינים בארחות מישרים. ובמעגלי צדק
    2. התקועים כאוהל בל יצען במקום נאמן. הנטועים כאהלים נטע יי' להחסו[ת] בצ…

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    22. כבר נשלח מכתב עבדך אליך, ישמרך צורך, שבו הודעתי להדרתך שהגיע מה שהואלת
    23. להעניק לי לשם שמים, היינו מה …
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  48. 33598List or tableENA 3922.8

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Account in Arabic script. Maybe an official/state document. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the use of the currency ashrafī which was first …

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  49. 33599Paraliterary textT-S AS 173.423

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    Twitch divination (palmomancy).

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  50. 33600LetterT-S 12.839

    Letter from Isma’il b. Barhun al-Tāhartī to a relative (probably his sister’s son, his nephew). The writer protects and supports one of his brothers. Asks …

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    1. [                                                            ] ובאמת [ 
    2. [                                                              ] ווקף …

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