Geniza Lab

Documentary; recto: legend of Eldad the Danite; verso: letter, possibly of the geonic period (Data from FGP)

Order of payment by Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of oil.

Order of payment by Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of oil and ounce of soap.

Minute fragment from an Arabic document - needs examination.

Minute fragment from am Arabic document - needs examination.

On verso few numbers and a letter to Elya Prianty from his brother Arye(?). Late

Recto: Draft contract. Dated: 1845(?) CE. In which ʿAfīf and Avraham Abū Aharon receive an ʿisqa investment of 40,000 arayot from Yaʿaqov Raḥamim known as Bunduqī. Verso: Another draft document involving the gabbay Moshe Mosseri, mentioning a sum of 19,250 arayot. There is also the draft of a beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and sundry other jottings.

A very faded late letter in a cursive script

Minute fragment of an Arabic document - needs examination.

specimen letters for various occasions, in a late hand. (Data from FGP)

Probably from an Halakhic monograph relates to marriage. On verso a draft of a ketubah which contains the immersion clause, so can be dated after 1176.

An order of payment from Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of olive oil.

Minute fragment. Discussion on sacrifice (recto); document referring to a goldsmith and quantities of materials (verso) (Data from FGP)

Monograph; probably from a formulary of legal documents (or related discussion), including the passage: ואלב׳ אגראצ׳א תכתץ בהא אלשמושין דון גירהא... (Data from FGP)

Very damaged letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The text is rubbed and hard to read, but the letter seems to be of a private or family nature. The hand has some Maghrebi features. Various reports are given. Mentions al-Fuqqāʿī, al-ghilmān, Abū l-Maʿānī. Greetings to the sender's mother-in-law. At the end, "my longing for you is a fire that scorches... the heart from the intensity of the pain." There is an address, but it is almost completely rubbed out.

See PGP 4281

Two fragments from a letter, which is still not complete. Mentions setting sail from Alexandria. Involves the shipment of 100 jars of oil from Alexandria, the associated expenses, and the writer's diligence and setbacks. בן כושך is mentioned. This was a famous Karaite family, see Goiten, Med. Soc. III, p. 11, 428 n. 64. India Book IV/B p. 355. On verso there is Hebrew literary text. .

Arabic: personal letter (recto) - needs examination; Judaeo-Arabic: part of a letter (verso) (data from FGP)

A late commercial list. The prices are written in Florins.

Glossary of Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Romance in the hand of Maimonides. Originally published by Shivtiel, "Judaeo-Romance and Judaeo-Arabic Word-list from the Genizah" (2007). Identification of the scribe was made by José Martínez Delgado and Amir Ashur in 2022. See https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-maimonides-hiding-plain-sight-jose-martinez-delgado.