Geniza Lab

Very damaged list of items, probably a dowry list. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Meir signs only his first name on verso. He received Abū l-Fakhr's letter reporting that Abū Manṣūr's wife was still owed 7.5 dinars and that Abū l-Fakhr had sent the money with [...]. The continuation of the letter is damaged (and partially lost), so it is not clear what happened next. AA. ASE.

Fragment of a letter, in a familiar hand from Avraham Maimuni's circle (who might be sayyidna mentioned in the margins). Mostly sending regards to Abu al-Faraj, al-Kohen Ya'aqub and his brother, al-Rasuy, R. Hananel (probably b. Shemuel) and syyidna. AA

Small fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed signed and written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (Whose name is not preserved, but few words from his title), so can be dated to 1127-1138. AA

Small list of items, mostly textiles

Minute fragment, contains only the the name of Sitt al-Tina

Mirror imprint of the name Elya ha-Haver b. Aharon

Bottom part of a legal deed written under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (Date: 1127-1139)

Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document. Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Halfon b. Menashse ha-Levi (dating: 1100–38) between a Rabbinate husband named Nathan ha-Levi and a Karaite wife, the daughter of Arah the elder. The wife is permitted to leave the house only for the well-known places (that is, the bathhouse and to visit her family). See Ashur, Engagement and Betrothal, p. 69, 120. 364. AA

Bottom part of a legal deed written under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (Date: 1127-1139)

Business accounts. For the sale of an unspecified good (the unit is qiṭʿa). Names: Ibn al-Fawāris al-ʿArīf; Sālim al-Ḥajj; Abū ʿAbdallāh; his brother Ibn Yāsīn; Ṣibyān.

A private letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.

Very damaged and faded letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon

Few lines from a draft of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Manshshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Fragmentary letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon informing on various business transactions including one to Damuh. AA

Minute fragment, related to marriage agreement of some kind, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Minute fragment with only few words.

Faded and damaged letter written by Yefet b, Menashshe