Geniza Lab

Small fragment of a letter. The address in Arabic script - needs examination.

Verso (earlier use): Deed of sale for a house in New Cairo. In Arabic script. Recto (later use): Deed of acknowledgment, likely related to the original deed. Needs further examination.

Letter in Arabic script. Small fragment. Written on parchment. Mentions "40 dirhams... every dinar... he said, 'I cannot be patient....'" On verso mentions someone called [...] al-Dawla.

Minute fragment. Few words in Arabic - needs examination.

Minute fragment. Few words in Arabic - needs examination.

Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. Fragment (upper right piece). At least three people make the acknowledgment (Abū l-Riḍā and Abū l-Faḍl and Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū l-Riḍā), at least one of whom is Jewish. Mentions a Muslim further down: al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Shaykh al-Ṣafiyy Abū l-[...]. Involves a sum of money and a portion of that sum which is 62 dinars. There are a few more lines, very faded, on verso.

Minute fragment. Few words in Arabic - needs examination.

Minute fragment in Arabic - needs examination.

Minute fragment from the end of a legal query written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Dating: 1100-1138). AA

Small fragment from a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

Small fragment from legal document or letter mentioning Abu al-Surur.

Small fragment from a legal deed regarding a deceased woman. A refernce is made that 'he shall not marry a second wife' but the text is fragmentary. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Minute fragment from a list of items and amounts written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Small fragment. Both verso and recto containing legal documents, each written by a different scribe. On recto marriage and betrothal are mentioned, but only little text is preserved. On verso another legal document, probably written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138) but only little text is preserved. AA

Small fragment, probably from an agreement regarding a debt that should be paid after 3 years. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.

Minute fragment. Only few words including the name bar Yequti'el. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment from the beginning of a legal deed between the son of the Sofer and Abu Kthir.

Faded fragment from a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.

List of contributions to the poor and the needy written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)