Geniza Lab

Few sentences in Arabic in the blank spaces of a page contains piyyut - needs examination.

Draft of a letter (or writing exercise) in Arabic script in a crude hand. The name Shelomo appears in between the lines in Hebrew script. On recto there is Hebrew poetry.

Fragment with four different text blocks in Arabic script in different handwritings: (1) al-ruʾasāʾ: al-shaykh Abū Naṣr al-shaykh Abū l-Faḍl al-shuyūkh Abū l-Ḥasan ... b. Musāfir.... (2) al-Qāhira al-shaykh Abū l-Ḥasan.... (3) Mentions a woman known as Umm Abū l-Faḍl... then Abū l-Manṣūr Yūsuf... (4) And at 90 degrees, there is some accounting in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. In addition, Efrayim b. Shemarya reused it for an unidentified document in Hebrew script on both recto and verso. (It is also possible that the Hebrew script came first.)

Two petitions in Arabic script, which have been glued together. Reused for piyyuṭim on verso in a beautiful hand (one has the refrain El Melekh). Upper petition: From a group of merchants disgruntled about a wicked man (Sālim b. Abū X) who has somehow made traveling unprofitable for them. May be addressed to al-Malik al-Nāṣir (=Saladin?). Lower petition: Only the beginning is preserved, including the name of the petitioner: الشمري.

Two lines from an official letter in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ. Needs further examination.

A few words from an Arabic state document (ʿalayhimā wa-law...). Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.

Very faded Arabic legal document - needs examination. Reused on verso for a piyyuṭ of Yiṣhaq ibn Ghiyath.

Jottings in both Arabic script and Hebrew script, on the back of a Hebrew piyyuṭ. One of the Arabic sections is dated: end of Rajab 64[.] AH, corresponding to the range 1244–51 CE. The section at the bottom is from Mulḥat al-Iʿrāb, al-Ḥarīrī's poem on Arabic grammar: ونوّن الاسم الفريد المنصرف إذا اندرجت قائلاً ولم تقف...

Torn fragment of fiscal accounts, probably. Mentions either "dyeing" (al-ṣibāgh) or "the villages" (al-ḍiyāʿ) and a sum of 500 dirhams. This has been torn and reused for a brief informal letter in Arabic script, instructing the addressee to do something with the bearer and something about "the market tonight." Needs further examination. On verso there is piyyut.

Fragment of a dowry list, written on top margin of a literary text

Few Arabic sentences on margins - needs examination.

Few Arabic words on verso - needs examination.

One side: Rhymed text (-hū) in Hebrew. The other side: Rhymed text (-hū) in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.

Fiscal accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Numerous distinct entries; one may refer to "fustuq." Lists prices or sums of money. Needs examination. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.

Accounts in Arabic script. Mentions Abū Mūsā Hārūn. Occupying one page of a tall/narrow bifolium, of the kind seen in account books. The other three pages have Hebrew literary text.

A few lines in Arabic script, very faded. The rest of the bifolium is occupied with Hebrew literary text of various kinds.

Document in Arabic script. On verso there is Hebrew literary text. The same scribe reused numerous Arabic-script documents (e.g., T-S NS 111.63; see Joins Suggestions).

Document in Arabic script. On top there is Hebrew literary text. The same scribe reused numerous Arabic-script documents (see Joins Suggestions).

Letter. In Arabic script. Wide space between the lines. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.

Document in Arabic script. Ends of a few lines. Wide space between the lines.