Geniza Lab

Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions spices such as cinnamon, pepper, and mahlab. AA. ASE.

Minute fragment. From the bottom part of a late letter or legal document. Only part of a fancy signature survived title סופר ועד. AA

Minute fragment. From the bottom part of a late legal document. Signed by Yaaqiv […] and Avraham Sarfati. AA

Small fragment from the top of a late letter to Yosef Ya'betz יוסף יעבץ dated 17 of Nissan (no year preserved). Judeo Arabic and Hebrew. AA

Small fragment from a letter addressed to a dignitary (תפ]ארת השרים [...]ת הנשיאות]). Seems to be in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Only a few words (conveying greetings) have survived. Mentions "their mother (sitthumā)" and Saʿd al-Mulk. AA. ASE.

Fragment with overlapping Hebrew and Arabic writing at right angles, hard to make out any words.

Very faded. Seems literary.

From a literary rabbinic work. A haggada?

Informal note addressed to 'the father.' In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to send with the bearer the 100 dirhams that are with Maymūn for the construction expenses on the wind catcher (bādhanj). Dating: Probably early 13th century. Might be in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. AA. ASE.

Recto: Fragment of a prayer in Hebrew. Verso: Jottings in Hebrew and Arabic script including the word "al-yahūdī."

Minute fragment from a list. Only partial names survived. AA

Damaged fragment with poetical Hebrew verses. Can be from a literary piece of an opening of a letter. 13th century hand. AA

Minute fragment from the end of a legal deed. AA

Minute fragment from a dowry list. Only few items survived, all are commonly found in dowry lists. It is impossible to say if this list was a part of a ketuba, or a list for itself. AA

Minute fragment from a list or account. Too damaged to decipher. AA

Minute fragment from a list. Only partial names survived. AA

On recto a late engagement deed. The groom .שבתי בכר ישועה the bride the daughter of David Mizrahi, from the year 1845. On verso a calendar. AA

Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the synagogue and Ibn al-Siqillī. Ends, "And God knows" (ואללה אלעאלם).