Colophon on a commentary of Saʿadya Gaʾon on the Eighteen Benedictions. The colophon was written in Ashkelon, 1061 CE.Condition: Badly tornLayout: 14 lines (recto); 11 lines
Recto: part of a lease agreement in which Solomon ha-Zariz b. Ḥalfon agrees to lease a property in Ashqelon from the Heqdeš (charitable institution). The lease is dated Iyyar 488[.] (= 1120-29 CE). Witnessed by Ṣedaqa b. Saʿadya, Mevoraḵ b. Saʿadya, Aaron b. Joseph, and Jacob b. Elʿazar. Verso: record of the yearly rent paid to the elders of the Heqdeš. The yearly rent is a quarter of a dinar or 8.5 waraq dirhams. The yearly records are witnessed by the elders Nathan ha-Kohen b. Mevoraḵ and Yefet b. Yešuʿa. During the course of the records Nathan ha-Kohen b. Mevoraḵ dies and is replaced by his son Mevoraḵ ha-Kohen b. Nathan ha-Kohen ‘the Adept, the excellent judge’.Condition: Badly torn, holes, fadedLayout: 9 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Recto: letter from Jacob b. Joseph b. Ismaʿīl al-Aṭrābulsī, in Ashkelon (ca. 1060 CE), concerning trade and sums of money owed by Abū Yaḥyā Nahray b. Nissim to the writer. Verso: Arabic address.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, stainedLayout: 19 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter from Nathan ha-Kohen b. Mevoraḵ of Ashkelon to ʿAllūn al-Parnas b. Yaʿīš, of which the beginning and the address is written in Arabic, whereas the margin and parts of the address are in Judaeo-Arabic. It mentions Mevasser Segullat ha-Qahal and Hillel ha-Levi, and ‘our lord, the head of the diaspora’.Condition: torn, holesLayout: 2 lines + marginalia (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Recto: postscript of the letter on verso, asking the recipient to take care of the bearer of the letter, Ṣedaqa b. Saʿadya, known as Abū ʿAsar al-Ṭahhān (the miller). In a different hand is greetings to the community from Šela ha-Kohen b. Ṣadūq b. Maṣliaḥ b. Z[...], Samuel b. Ḥalfon the doctor, David b. Isaac b. ʿEli and Musallam b. Barakāt b. Isḥāq. Verso: letter from Ashkelon, reporting the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 10 lines + marginalia (recto); 12 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter from Nathan ha-Kohen in Ashkelon to ʿUlla ha-Levi ha-Parnas b. Joseph in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1110 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā Taherti, apparently in Ashkelon, probably to his brother (possibly Joseph b. Mūsā Taherti) in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1045 CE).Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); jottings (verso)
Letter from Ibrahim b. Ṣedaqa the perfumer in Ashkelon to Abū Saʿīd Nathaniel b. Ṣedaqa the perfumer in Fusṭāṭ. Dated Elul 1457 of the Seleucid Era (= 1116 CE).Condition: tornLayout: 18 lines + marginalia (recto); 4 lines (verso)
Letter from Nathan ha-Kohen b. Mevoraḵ in Ashkelon to ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ḥayyim in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1090 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 19 lines + marginalia (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Ḥalfon b. Naḥum in Ashkelon to ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Ḥayyim (c. 1090 CE).Condition: holesLayout: 26 lines + marginalia (recto); 2 lines (verso)