Geniza Lab

Petition, Fatimid(?). In Arabic script. Last 9 lines. With hamdala and hasbala at end. Needs further examination.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably late.

Calendar in Judaeo-Arabic. Including the date 1429 Seleucid, which is 1117/18 CE.

Calendar in Judaeo-Arabic. Including the date 4924 AM, which is 1163/64 CE.

Genealogical list from Ezra to Adam. On verso there are pen trials, including the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and a basmala in Arabic script.

Fiscal account beginning with the words waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr. Mentions several amount in dinars

Letter in Arabic script. Maybe addressed to [...] al-Ḥakīm. The writer twice says "wa-ḥaqq al-Tawrā" ("by the Torah!").

Business accounts in Arabic script.

Tables in Arabic and Coptic, divided into rectangular boxes. Needs further examination. See also Halper 487 (PGPID 32516).

Tables in Arabic and Coptic, divided in rectangular boxes. Needs further examination. See also Halper 485 (PGPID 32515).

Medical recipes. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is probably known.

Lists of names in Judaeo-Arabic. Bifolium. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century.

Account in Arabic script (information from Marina Rustow). On recto there is Sa'adia Gaon's translation of the Pentateuch, Leviticus 11:13-20 (information from Penn Catalog).

Ephemeris from 983 CE, the earliest known datable ephemeris in the geniza and one of the earliest in Arabic. Currently being published by Johannes Thomann (2022).

At least two documents across two fragments (which belong together). In Arabic script. Two of the documents look legal/administrative. A third text-block is an extended discourse on practical vs. theoretical medicine; possibly literary, but requires further examination (Alan Elbaum). One of the administrative documents is a receipt or income statement/account related to al-Maḥallā dated Muḥarram 628 (1230). (Marina Rustow)