Geniza Lab

Strip from the right side of a letter, probably regarding business. Signed by Menashshe. AA

Promissory note ordering the delivery of fruit (including lemons, apples, and pomegranates) by the elder Abu al-Ḥasan to the bearer of the document. The verso contains seemingly unrelated jottings in Arabic script.

Rabbinic text.

Document in Arabic script.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentioning somebody's property and whether certain items pertain to the qodesh.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning various foodstuffs and natron.

Letter or legal query/responsum. Fragment. In Hebrew. Late. Concerning a theft or somebody accused of a theft.

Either a letter or a prayer. In Judaeo-Arabic. Bi-raḥmatika ʿalayhim. . . wa-ʿalā faḍlika al-ʿaẓīm. . .

Either a letter or a legal query. In Hebrew. Late. Describing the legal arrangements following somebody's death.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business matters. Surrounded by later writing in Arabic script, some of which may be magical: min nār al-[...] bi-l-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm . . . But needs further examination.

Note addressed to al-Talmid al-Jalīl. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that exactly what a certain ḥaḍra knew would happen with Abū Saʿd and his divorcee has happened. Namely, Abū Saʿd had committed to paying his divorcee a certain sum of dirhams every week as maintenance payments. But now two weeks have passed, and he has not paid a penny. The addressee is to obtain the amount that Abū Saʿd owes for the last two weeks and to bring it with him. ASE.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the concluding greetings are preserved. Abū l-Riḍā; Aharon the cantor; Ḥalfon ha-Zaqen and his son.

Letter fragment sent from Jerusalem. The body is in Judaeo-Arabic and the address is in Arabic script. Dating: Possibly 11th century, based on the hand and overall appearance. Little of the content remains.

Document in Arabic script. Reused for what looks like a Hebrew literary text.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Alexandria and silk.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's name is not preserved. The handwriting may be known. On recto, there are opening greetings. On verso, there are holiday congratulations addressed to the holy community. Recto and verso may not be part of the same letter.

Accounts in Hebrew script.

Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps a bill of sale, describing in detail a house and its surroundings.

Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Yoshiyya ha-Kohen. . . Abū l-Khayr. Dated: The year is given as '21. Probably 1421 or 1521 Seleucid, meaning 1109/10 or 1209/10 CE.