Geniza Lab

Letter addressed to Avraham ʿAmram. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Draft, abandoned mid-line.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. 3 folios.

Fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Appears to be a biblical concordance and dictionary.

Literary work: Migdal Oz.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning apples (tafāfīḥ) and myrobalan.

Mysterious fragment mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 16th century. Recto might be a collection of pen trials (tajrīb al-qalam ʿalā al-qirṭāsila(!)) and aphorisms. At the lower left there is a quotation from Galen about asking dead people (ahl al-maqābir) how they died. The first two lines of verso might be a medical prescription.

Am account of merchandise and lands, late. Judeo Arabic and Hebrew. AA

Late. Recto, left folio: Arabic numerals. AA

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dating: First decade of the 19th century. Involving Shabbetay Skandarī and Yiṣḥaq [...]. Signed by Yeḥezqel Ḥefeẓ.

A late letter from Yosef, asking to addressee to write a bill of permission to give a loan (שטר עסקא). In Hebrew. AA

A list of names with Arabic numerals- probably an account of debts? Late. AA

A list of names with Arabic numerals- probably an account of debts? AA

Ketubba fragment with an elaborate floral border pattern that was recorded in Fustat/Cairo (the location appears with the customary title "Fustat Mitzraim on the Nile River" (l.3). The bride's name is lost but her father's is Haim (l.5) and the name of the groom is Menahem al-Wārīs "אלואריש". Although the dowry's currency label has been lost, it appears to have been quite large given the remaining words "forty thousand". MCD.