Geniza Lab

Informal note from Yeshuʿa to a Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Faraj and the bearer of the note and a court case.

Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Cryptic. Mentions a blazing fire.

Fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like instructions for something, possibly medical or alchemical.

Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Amshāṭī (here spelled אלאמשטי).

Letter fragment addressed to Moshe ha-Sar. Only the introduction is preserved.

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions Avraham b. Shemaʿya.

Document about the shipment of a purse containing 113 dinars to Nahray b. Nissim and Yaʿaqov b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. NB: Gil transcribed the document from the microfilm at the National Library of Israel that has the number 16152. The Rylands shelfmark is listed on the microfilm as 1860—4. The current shelfmark is JRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/17.

Recto: Formulary for a legal testimony. Verso might be more of the same; there is additional text written between the lines at 180 degrees.

Informal note addressed to Abū Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. Wishing him good morning and reminding him to send the money for the megilla.

Letter from Eliyyahu b. Zekharya (=Eliyyahu the Judge?) to Abū l-Ṭ[āhir?]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the content remains.

Legal fragment/draft. One line only. Involves Khibā' bt. Menashshe.

Magical fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic.

Legal fragment. Signed: ʿEli ha-Levi b. ʿAmra; Faraḥ b. [...].

Legal document. In Hebrew. Dating: 11th century. Involving a partnership between Faraḥ b. Yosef known as Ibn Bānūqa (who also features in CUL Or.1081 J30) and Nissim b. Shemarya. A copy (of this deed?) will go to each of the two. Signed: Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov; Natan ha-Levi b. Yeshuʿa; Yiṣḥaq b. Eliyyahu; Moshe b. ʿAmram; Tammām.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Lāzuwardī mabrūm... qirmiz mabrūm... qirmiz laʿāliʿ... aḥmar shadīd... laʿāliʿ lāzuwardī... akhḍar... abyaḍ laʿāliʿ abyaḍ... [...] aṣfar

Bill of divorce. Calligraphic. Signed: Yeḥezqel b. Gavri[el?]; Shelomo b. Yaḥyā.

Letter fragment from a certain Sasson. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. But the surviving phrases are very cryptic; needs further examination.

Letter fragment addressed to a Nagid. ʿAmram? [...] b. ʿAmram? Only a small sliip from the introduction is preserved.

Popular literature or poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting may be known.

Letter addressed to a dignitary. Only the introduction is preserved. No names.