Geniza Lab

Legal document. In Hebrew. Involving a claim of Salāma b. Zurayq and a loan of golden coins. Someone says that something 'is [written?] in his barnāmaj' (l. 5).

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like small expenses for foods (fava beans, lentils, etc.). Needs further examination.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Likely from a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century.

Letter from a certain Yehuda. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. Small piece.

Legal document or letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. First-person narrative. Mentions a sick woman and not knowing something.

Ketubba, probably. Bride: Sitt al-Sharaf. The part preserved here consists mainly of the dowry list.

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Accounts or letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Needs further examination.

Ketubba fragment. Groom: ʿEli ha-Kohen ("ʿEli Kahna"). Dated: 1357 Seleucid, which is 1045/46 CE.

List of foods and amounts: taro, egg, onion, chard and cilantro. Shopping list? Omelette recipe? ASE/MR

Legal fragment. None of the body of the document is preserved. Witnesses: Zekharya b. Sar Shalom; Natan ha-Kohen b. Ef[rayim].

Legal fragment. Deed of gift of sacred books (מצחפין אלתורה אלכבאר ואלכתיב אלכאמל... אלמצאחף).

Legal document. Mentions something or someone small (הקטנה) and possibly a name. Hard to discern any specific details of the case. Mentions the year 146[.] Seleucid, which corresponds to the range 1148–58 CE. Witnesses: Nissim b. Avraham; Shel[omo b. ....].

Legal document, small fragment.

Ketubba, small fragment. Location: Fustat. The bride is [...] bt. Berakhot.

Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi (named int he penultimate line).

Document in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Type and significance unclear.

Document in Arabic script. Possibly a letter or legal document. Faded and damaged.

Legal document, small fragment. The beginnings of 6 lines are preserved. Possibly in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably of a Maghribī trader of the 11th century. The last three lines are in a different ink and different hand. The sender opens with sympathy for a distressing event. On verso, mentions the departure of a boat (iqlāʿ hādhihi l-qārib) and names such as Abū Zikrī and Abū l-Faraj.