Geniza Lab

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. No names preserved. Release from legal obligations in a business relationship involving a store in which one party was present during the absence of the owner. Verso blank.

Letter from a son to his mother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urging her to come, and if not, he will neglect the shop and come to her. The handwriting may be known.

Document in Arabic script. Very faded. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.

Document in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentions Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. List of names (e.g. ʿAbd al-Salām) and numbers.

Release from legal obligations in a business relationship, mentioning one Abu Nasr, possibly an India trader, as the epithet is very common in the India Book documents. Likely continued in JRL SeriesA337-2. (Information from S. D. Goitein and M.A. Friedman, India Traders of the Middle Ages, 409-10 note 2). Handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?

Release from legal obligations in a business relationship, mentioning one Abu Nasr, possibly an India trader, as the epithet is very common in the India Book documents. Likely continuation of JRL SeriesA337-1. (Information from S. D. Goitein and M.A. Friedman, India Traders of the Middle Ages, 409-10 note 2).

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. What remains is mostly formulaic. Quite deferential.

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In which [...] b. Yosef acknowledges receipt of a debt from [...] b. Netanel ha-Levi. Little else remains.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment.

Letter from Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ to Confrada Khumsa Kharja(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 18th or early 19th century.

Accounts or inventories in Judaeo-Arabic organized in entries associated with days of the week. Based on the handwriting this fragment is likely from the 16th-19th centuries. A wide array of items are referenced such as lemon, carrot, fish, pepper, ginger, soap, olive oil, and bread (or possibly meat because "לחם" is ambiguous between JA and Hebrew). MCD.

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: 1 Elul 5579 AM, which is 1819 CE. The widow of Avraham Yerid(?) invests 9000 medins with Yeḥezqel Ḥefeẓ.

Accounts in Ladino with Western Arabic numerals that label transactions with relevant names such as Suleymān "סלימן", Raḥman "רחמן", and Moshe. In one of the entries toward the upper edge of the fragment the adjective or surname "Mughrabi" also appears. On occasions the word "corto / "קורטו is also in use in labeling specific entries. MCD.

Letter fragment in Ladino. Dated: 11 Elul 5501 AM, which is 1741 CE.

Business letter in Hebrew. Dating: 16th c? On a consignment of semolina. Information from JRL online catalogue.

Blessings upon the birth of a daughter? With sundry other jottings. Late.

Accounts? In Judaeo-Arabic. Late. With geomancy castings. Mysterious notes on verso mentioning the Sultan of Istanbul and a Basha.

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