Geniza Lab

Unable to make sense what it is. On verso remains of a date. Recto seems like a poetical text, but will need more time to decipher it correctly. AA

List of names, probably contribution the poor.

A business account

Mostly empty except for the name b. Sai'd

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Munā complaining about something, perhaps his isolation or a lack of letters (inqiṭāʿ). Abū l-Munā may be the sender's son or a younger relative ("...if I heard an enemy make such a complaint I would [...], so how much the more from my son"). The addressee had previously asked for a sorrel syrup (sharāb ḥummāḍ) in a container (barniyya). The sender offers various blessings for God to reward the addressee and for him to have a male son. AA. ASE.

An account for people named 'Azarya and Husan

Letter from a man, in an unknown location, to his son Abū l-[Rabīʿ?] Sulaymān, in Fustat. To be delivered to the shop of Abū Naṣr al-Sharābī in the Berber market (? sūq barbara). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. The handwriting is familiar but does not seem to be the handwriting of Abū Zikrī Kohen (who also had a son named Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān). The letter is quite damaged. The sender complains about having sent eight previous letters and receiving no response. He has heard that his son is doing business in a shop. Either the sender or his wife is "perishing" (halaktu or halakat), presumably from anxiety over the lack of news. The addressee's mother is mentioned in the penultimate line. AA. ASE.

Account, probably income or expenses for each day. Written randomly on the oage

Fragment of a court record, probably a quarrel between partners about amount of money. Seems
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be written by Hillel b. Eli (Date: 1066-1108)

Business memorandum, giving prices and weights. Among the items we can find cloves. AA

Small fragment from a late family letter, sending regards to some people and mentioning Alexandria.

Fragment of a private letter, sending regards to a certain man and his son Yosef.

Fragment of a legal deed concerning monthly payment of 1 and 3/4 dinar, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The month referred is Jumada al-Akhira. AA

Fragment of a private letter. The writer is referring to some danger, but the text is too fragmentary.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting almost entirely of business accounts. The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing a foreigner (? gharīb) and possibly a deposit. Someone obtained for someone 1 dinar minus 1 qirat from al-Baghdādī al-Qabas (? this cryptic phrase also appears in T-S K15.14, where it refers to a person). The sender is also owed 20 dirhams by one of the people already mentioned. In the margin, greetings to Abū Naṣr and Umm Abū l-Faraj. AA. ASE.

Fragment of a letter, mentioning two stores that were locked, but the context is unclear.

Small and faded fragment of a legal deed regarding a lawsuit by the 'great elder, the haver' of a shipment of musk held by Tahir b. Ibrahim from the wakil in Alexandria Khalaf b. Rabi'

On recto opening lines of a letter, probably a practice. On verso remains of an Arabic document. Needs examination.

Damaged fragment with remains of both Hebrew and Arabic letters. Needs examination

A court record written by Avraham b. Nathan, from Elul [14]24 era of documents (= 1113) between two partners: Mevorakh and Abu al-Muraja Hakohen b. al-Naqid, regarding amount of 3 dinars less qirat to be paid to Abu al-Muraja. AA