Geniza Lab

Address of a letter to a dignitary. Some parts of the name may be legible. There may also be additional text on verso, which was not photographed. אמונה אומן וברית מות(?!)

Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Elʿazar ha-Zaqen and Yosef ha-Kohen and 30 dirhams. Witness signature: Shemuel b. Yefet.

Marriage contract, fragment. Dating: Probably 19th century. The bride may be named Goya Tama(?). There is a colorful illustration of a bouquet of flowers.

Calendar. Late. Colorful floral illustrations, with the text in circular medallions. The surrounding fragments are either from the same calendar or very similar ones.

Deathbed will of Turfa bt. Shemarya ha-Zaqen. Draft. Needs examination.

Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Looks 11th century. Testifying about what happened between Is[ḥāq?] b. Yaʿqūb al-Fāsī and [...] b. Yūsuf b. Khalīl al-Fāsī.

Informal note. Mercantile. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Asking the addressee to arrange for one of the writer's representatives or colleagues in Alexandria or Tripoli (Libya) to purchase something Shirazi either instead of or in exchange for flax.

List of names and households with numbers. In Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script

Bill of divorce, probably. Very small fragment. Location: Fustat. Husband: David ha-Levi b. Natan.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the Rīf and Alexandria. Regards to many people.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Eloquent, sometimes rhyming. Appeals to ʿaṣabiyya, perhaps as a preface to asking for help.

Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very vague; mentioning a "tadhkīr."

Brief account submitted to somebody "before you travel." In Judaeo-Arabic. in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentioning Abū l-ʿAlā and Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf.

Letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic. One line only. No names preserved except "Abū l-"

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing the purchase of skins (julūd). Mentions Abū Naṣr. Needs further examination.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Ḥasan in which the writer reminds him to come and bring him the book know as Razim. Verso was not photographed.

Fragment of a legal document in which Elazar b. Shelah makes a declaration. Verso was not photographed.

Fragment #1: From a letter to Avraham ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad ha-Mefo'ar ba-Soharim. Fragment #2: Printed text in Greek, perhaps the Lord's prayer. Probably not Geniza.

Perhaps accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso was not photographed.

Fragment (lower part) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with two large words in Arabic remaining from an earlier document. The subject matter is difficult to discern; it mentions "going down to the sea/water" and the blessing "may God not make you needy" for someone whom you ask for money. Some phrases rhyme. Verso was not photographed.