Geniza Lab

Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on lined paper.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic fron Nissim Masos (?) to Shimʿon Frances.

Legal document. Testimony in court, between Moshe Sofer and Yitsḥak Sofer. Late.

Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

Letter discussing communal matters, especially income derived from the market place by religious dignitaries. Mentioned are levies imposed for the purchase of new mats (see Gil, Palestine, 2: 743, doc. #400) and oil for the synagogue (notice mention of prayers), an estimate of income which the writer cannot calculate, a weekly revenue of eight dinar, and the market where animals are slaughtered. Avraham b. David, 'the joy of the yeshiva', might refer to Avraham b. David b. Sighmar mentioned with this title in ENA2804.11 (Goitein, Med.Soc.3:183). The letter also mentions the Nasi and ends with profuse expressions of submission. Goitein suggests that the references to the Nasi and the Yeshiva indicate that the letter originated in Fustat (Goitein, Med. Soc., 2:543 note 3). On the verso, there are four lines of greetings possibly in a different hand. This is probably a draft and unconnected to the contents of the recto. Similar expressions are found in other Geniza letters, such as T-S NS 320.9 (Gil, Palestine, 2:388, doc. #211).

Bifolium of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including for the years 1760–62 CE (1174–75 Hijri).

Recto: The end of a legal document dated February 1821 CE (middle of Adar I, 5581), Fustat, scribed and signed by Yaʿqov ha-Kohen. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

List of parshiyot.

Fragment of a letter in Ladino.

Upper part of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

Accounts in Ladino.

Short business letter in Ladino that appears to be dated 25 Shevat 5582 (16 February 1822), but this was a Shabbat, so perhaps the date needs reexamining. The writer is Shemuel Rubino (?) and the addressee is Yiṣḥaq de Curiel. The letters "C" and "SR" appear in the margin (the writer's initials?). ASE

A qinna for Tisha b'Av dated 5535 (1775 CE). There may be a faded signature that includes the name Yaʿaqov.

Letter in Ladino. The signature looks like אברהם שיאונו. Needs further examination.

Document in Arabic script dated January 1824 CE (Jumāda al-Awwal 1239). Needs further examination

Legal document dated 23 August 1797 (1 Elul 5557), in which the brothers Yeshuʿa and Daniel ha-Levi acknowledge an investment by Me'ir ben Naʿim.

Document in Arabic script from the year 1823/4 CE (1239). Needs further examination.

End of a letter comprising greetings to various acquaintances. Mentioned are Sitt Naim, Abu al-Ḥasan son of the judge (ben [ha] shofet), the European Shealtiel (ben?) Yosef \'the interpreter\' (al-turgeman), and Nahman. Verso is blank. No date. (Information from A. Franklin and S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:22, 315-6, 198, 213)