Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Ḵayr Ḵiyyār, instructing him to pay Abū l-Faḍl 7 dinars. Dated Av 1451 (= 1140 CE).Condition: HolesLayout: 5 lines (recto; verso is blank)
The fragment is a palimpsest. The upper text consists, on the right-hand side of the leaf, of a children’s writing exercise of the alphabet with the various different Tiberian vowels signs. The left-hand side holds a list of substances in Judaeo-Arabic, including gum, sugar and other commodities, with some irregular spellings. It is possibly a portion of a medical prescription. Verso contains some pen trials in Hebrew. The under text on recto, written transversely in relation to the upper text, is in Bohairic Coptic, and is probably a liturgical text.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbed, stainedLayout: upper text: 10 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso); under text: 26 lines (recto)
Recto: piyyuṭ in Hebrew. Verso: commodities with prices in Judaeo-Arabic and Coptic numerals.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stainedLayout: 14 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Piyyuṭim in Hebrew with Judaeo-Arabic postscript; two names in Arabic with Coptic numerals.Condition: torn, holes, stainedLayout: 12-14 lines + marginalia
F. 2v: piyyuṭim by Judah ha-Levi, יחלץ לבבך ומועדך יחלי and אחלי יכונו לפני אל ארחי, with Judaeo-Arabic heading. The other folios contain a list of names in Arabic, including Muḥammad al-Maghribī b. Yaḥyā and Abū ʿAlī b. Abdallah; the nisba al-Ismāʾīlī occurs frequently. There are several Coptic numerals at the bottom of f. 1v.Condition: holesLayout: 5–27 lines
Recto: unidentified treatise, in which the author explains the principles of his work. Verso: Hebrew alphabetical jottings; unidentified Arabic text, with Coptic numerals in between the lines.Condition: torn, holesLayout: 7 lines (recto); 4 lines (verso)