Geniza Lab

Very damaged, long strip of paper, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The actual content is unclear, but there is a reference to the people who are sitting in the majlis.

Minute fragment from a legal deed. Name: Shabat. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Sate: 1100-1138)

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

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

Long strip of paper containing a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi, dealing with a partnership. Ibn al-Sabagh and b. al-Tankarani(?) are mentioned. AA

Three much damaged columns, containing about 60 names of male persons, all of low professions. The list contains no numbers and was obviously drawn up in connection with the payment of the capitation tax. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 453)

Three, much damaged columns, seemingly in the hand of the scribe of App. C 1, 2, containing about sixty names of male persons, recipients of alms. The first four are styled 'elder'; among the others: 4 dealers in olive oil, zayyat, 2 dyers, 2 packers, a cook, a gravedigger, a ghulam, servant or employee, of the (senior) Tustari brothers, all people of low professions. The list, which contains no numbers, was drawn up in connection with the payment of the capitation tax (Goitein) (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 453, App. B 53 [dated 1040-1080]).

An agreement between Sasson b. Yefet and another person whose name is not preserved. Dealing with possession of a deceased. Abu al-Surur is acting as a guarantor. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Haelvi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Fragment from a legal deed. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). An agreement involving Abu al-Faḍl Shela b. Elʿazar and his wife Malīḥa and [...]fiyya b. Aharon. Malīḥa grants the rights to selling a house to her husband. AA. ASE.

Very damaged fragment from a list, but the text is too damaged and faded to figure out what it is. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Small fragment of an agreement between Ya'aqov and Yehuda written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Minute fragment with the name Mansur b. Salman

Small fragment with few words from a legal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Small fragment with few Arabic words - needs examination.

Small fragment from a court record, contains few entries, but the text is only partially preserved. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Legal record. Only the very end is preserved. Dated: 1429 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE. Signed: Avraham b. Shemaʿya; Yiṣḥaq b. Ghālib; ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen. NB: T-S NS 226.9–11b are all bifolios in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, probably from the same court ledger. The righthand page of T-S NS 226.9 in fact has the mirror-image imprint of T-S NS 226.11a.

Legal fragment (lower left corner). Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Signed by [...] b. Shelomo. Mentions a maṣbagh (dyeing workshop?) in Fustat.

Letter? Fragment with text in Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded.

List of names and sums of money, up to 24 dirhams. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. The one name preserved is Bū Naṣr.