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The names of the tribes of Israel transcribed into a cipher based on the alphabetic equivalents of Greek/Coptic numerals.
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Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a cipher. The cipher was cracked by Gideon Bohak in 2025 and the document will be published by Bohak, …
Magical spell in Hebrew, written in a cipher. Khatun the daughter of Qatzur adjures the jinn in her house to tell her where the gold …
Aggressive and erotic magical spells. Formulary. In Judaeo-Arabic, written in part with a cipher. Information from FGP
Magical fragment, perhaps. Unidentified alphabet or cipher.
Business letter from Khalaf b. Ḥammād(?) b. Hiba to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn (?) b. [...]. In Arabic script. Mentions various sums in the hundreds of …
A miscellany. On recto there are very elaborate praises for God in Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are three different keys to Hebrew ciphers. The first …
Recto: Letter from a son, in Qūṣ, to his mother, presumably in Fustat. Written in Judaeo-Arabic and a cipher (lines 7-12; noticed by OZ; probably …
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Both sides of this folio are filled with miscellaneous jottings mainly in Judaeo-Arabic written in an idiosyncratic (unique?) cipher. Dating: no earlier than mid-13th century, …
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