Geniza Lab

List of parshiyot.

Fragment of a letter in Ladino.

Upper part of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

Accounts in Ladino.

Short business letter in Ladino that appears to be dated 25 Shevat 5582 (16 February 1822), but this was a Shabbat, so perhaps the date needs reexamining. The writer is Shemuel Rubino (?) and the addressee is Yiṣḥaq de Curiel. The letters "C" and "SR" appear in the margin (the writer's initials?). ASE

A qinna for Tisha b'Av dated 5535 (1775 CE). There may be a faded signature that includes the name Yaʿaqov.

Letter in Ladino. The signature looks like אברהם שיאונו. Needs further examination.

Document in Arabic script dated January 1824 CE (Jumāda al-Awwal 1239). Needs further examination

Legal document dated 23 August 1797 (1 Elul 5557), in which the brothers Yeshuʿa and Daniel ha-Levi acknowledge an investment by Me'ir ben Naʿim.

Document in Arabic script from the year 1823/4 CE (1239). Needs further examination.

End of a letter comprising greetings to various acquaintances. Mentioned are Sitt Naim, Abu al-Ḥasan son of the judge (ben [ha] shofet), the European Shealtiel (ben?) Yosef \'the interpreter\' (al-turgeman), and Nahman. Verso is blank. No date. (Information from A. Franklin and S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:22, 315-6, 198, 213)

Judaeo-Arabic translation or paraphrase of the story of Avraham and Avimelekh in Genesis.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 28 Sivan '85, probably 5585, corresponding to 14 June 1825 CE. The writer is Nissim Sabbāḥ and the addressee is Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ. The letter contains news about someone who has died, and about someone else who has asked after the addressee.

Fragment of a deferential letter in Judaeo-Arabic preserving only the beginning and the address in Arabic script. The writer seems to be Abū l-Ḥasan and the addressee may be named Abū l-Faḍl al-[. . .].

Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter mentioning Abū Yaʿqūb and [...]b al-Ḥakīm.

Late account in Judaeo-Arabic.

Most of a late legal document in Hebrew in which Seʿadya Amaryo known as Simana (?) acknowledges that he owes 18 reales, equivalent (?) to 90 silver muayyadis, to his sister Tehila bt. Raḥamaim Amaryo.

Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic, and western Arabic numerals.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, a fragment preserving only the margin of recto and part of the address on verso. The writer may be named [...] b. Meshullam.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. There is also a fragment of a text mentioning Kitāb al-Īmān by Rabbenu Hayya.