Geniza Lab

Legal document/testimony within a letter (from one judge to another?). Introduced by Psalms 40:12. The witnesses are David b. Yosef, Abū l-Faḍl, and Abū l-ʿIzz. The substance of the case is missing, but it involves a sum of money. (Information in part from CUDL)

Fragment of a letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tahirti. Mentions business with pearls and the coming travel of two people to Ladikya. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #351) VMR

Bottom of a rental contract concerning a certain Sheʾeriṯ. On verso Hebrew text, probably pen trials or exercises. (Information in part from CUDL)

Letter fragment (lower right corner of recto). The subject matter is obscure. The writer writes, "I have witnesses for that, and before me. . . . until today, and they said he would not pay it to me. . . ." ASE.

Letter in the hand of a member of the Maimonides family, mentioning the elder Yosef. Mentions a package of letters including one from "the judge to Sayyidnā" and another from al-Shaykh al-ʿAlam to his mother. (Information in part from CUDL)

Fragment of a legal document in which Saadya b. Shelomo is appointed as a power of attorney by Abu Sa'd. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions shipments and prices and the names Abū l-Faraj and 'al-shaykh' and Marwān and al-Sīrajī.

Letter fragment mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Minyat Zifta; blessings that God rescue someone from their enemies; the sender spending Shabbat in Malīj; and the news that the government (dīwān) in the addressee's location opposed or got in the way of 'some of our friends' (baʿḍ aṣḥābnā). (Information in part from CUDL)

Draft of the opening lines of a letter to R. Elazar. AA

Fragment from a late ketubah. The groom agrees to deposit a conditional get. AA

Only few words. Might be from the end of a legal deed, but too little remains. AA

Small fragment from a letter to 'Moshe Hakohen the great Sar splendor of the kohanim ...' AA

Magic Recipes (fgp)

Bottom part from a legal document written under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon (although his name does not appear) by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, so can be dated to 1127-1138. AA

Seems to be an homily, but might be part of a long letter

Divorce document of Sitt al-Fakhr bat Berakhot (husband's name not preserved). Signed by Moshe b. Sadoq and Moshe b. Yehuda. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Order of payment of three dirhams for the price of paper to אלשיך אלנזר. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document dated but much of the date is lost. Mentions Mukarram al-Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

Commercial letter. (Information from CUDL)

Bottom part of a letter. No further details preserved.