Geniza Lab

Awaiting description

Fiscal (or other?) receipt. Arabic writing, Coptic numbers.

Recto: Letter, or possibly a legal document. In Arabic script. Fragmentary (lower right corner). Mentions a collector of funds of some kind (jābī l-muwāzana).

Verso: Receipt. In Arabic script. For Ibn Mazhar(?) the Jew. The scribe's name appears at the bottom: Abū l-Majd b. ʿAlī. Dated: Either 506 or 560 AH, which means either 1112/13 or 1164/65 CE. The payment was 4.5 (dinars?) cash, which is written both in words and in Greek/Coptic numerals. The payment seems to be for the ground rent (ḥikr) for a property (...al-dawra alladhī fī sūq al-[...]...).

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination. Recto preserves the basmala and prayers for Muḥammad. Verso has jottings in both Arabic script and Hebrew script.

Document in Arabic script. A lot is preserved, but it is faded. Needs examination.

Letter fragment, it seems. In Arabic script. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Awaiting description

Accounts in Arabic script for the sale of cotton. Dating: Late, probably 19th century. Very neat. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Legal document in Arabic script. The name ʿAlī b. Khālid appears in Hebrew characters in the upper left corner, and the name Yehuda in Hebrew characters appears in the middle of the Arabic text of the document. Needs examination.

List of mercantile goods (foods, spices, materia medica, metals) and their quantities, mostly given in pounds/arṭāl. In Arabic script.

Accounts in Arabic script.

Document in Arabic script. Mentions al-amīr al-ajall. Needs examination.

Arabic poetry: a close variant of this poem, praising the tongue/speech over other forms of beautyرأيت العز في أدب وعقل وفي الجهل المذلة والهوانوماحسن الرجال لهم بحسن إذا لم يسعد الحسن البيانكفى بالمرء عيباً أن تراه له وجه وليس له لسان

Awaiting description

Letter, probably. Written in Arabic script. Needs examination.