Geniza Lab

Late accounts.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic by Moshe [...].

Letter from Yoshiyyahu the grandson of Yoshiyyahu Gaon (Gil's identification). Dating: ca.1030 CE. Quite faded and damaged. Refers to correspondence with notables of Fustat and Palestine, including Shelomo b. Ṣemaḥ, and to the sender's profession as a copyist.

Renderings of modern amulets.

Modern writing exercises with corrections in purple ink.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

Among the few shelfmarks in this folder that probably comes from the classical Genizah period. There is a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, some writing in Arabic, and several other blocks of writing (parts of the letter?) at different angles on both sides of the leaf. Needs further examination. ASE.

Mysterious fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions several names (Yehuda; [...]n al-ʿAmmānī; Abū ʿAbdallāh).

Legal fragment. Portions of 13 lines are preserved, but it's unclear if any details of the case or document type are preserved.

Ketubba, small fragment. The hand may be known. Looks 13th century.

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves a deceased person named Bū l-Riḍā and someone named Elʿazar. There are at least two lines crossed out.

Legal document. In Hebrew. Involving a claim of Salāma b. Zurayq and a loan of golden coins. Someone says that something 'is [written?] in his barnāmaj' (l. 5).

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like small expenses for foods (fava beans, lentils, etc.). Needs further examination.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Likely from a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century.

Letter from a certain Yehuda. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. Small piece.

Legal document or letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. First-person narrative. Mentions a sick woman and not knowing something.

Ketubba, probably. Bride: Sitt al-Sharaf. The part preserved here consists mainly of the dowry list.

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Accounts or letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Needs further examination.

Ketubba fragment. Groom: ʿEli ha-Kohen ("ʿEli Kahna"). Dated: 1357 Seleucid, which is 1045/46 CE.