Geniza Lab

A few words in Arabic script, probably a chancery document. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.

Hebrew piyyutim.

Judaeo-Arabic poetry.

Letter of appeal, possibly. In Hebrew. Late. The writer seeks help against the evildoers who persecute him.

Accounts of a fishmonger? In Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mentions the fish arriving from [...] and from Abū Qīr.

Letter from a certain Efrayim to a dignitary ([...] ha-Yeshiva). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Sammanūd.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unusual handwriting: blocky, calligraphic. The writer bemoans that he has lost all his money and merchandise. "The reason for the debt is that my work is with ... the Shaykh Abū Saʿd known as Abū [...]." The fragment ends around here. Probably he is going to ask for help.

Letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions preparations for the holiday. Reports that Abū l-Murajjā is healthy; wishes health to the shaykh Abū l-Bayān; rebukes the addressee for failing to send news of Sitt Qawām.

Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentions the arrival of people by boat. The scribe uses final ה for א, eg יומנה הדא.

Letter fragment in Hebrew. What remains consists solely of praises for the addressee.

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Letter of appeal in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks for something to cover himself with (ilā l-ghulām yataghaṭṭā bi-hi).

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Ending only. Some names appear at the bottom: [...] b. Yefet (ZL). And Yefet b. [Yeshuʿa?] ha-Meʿulle ha-Dayyan—this is the writer, as he prefaces his name with 'the one who prays for you.'

Document in Arabic script. Perhaps a letter. Remnants of four lines.

Letter addressed to a Gaon, possibly. Small fragment.

Accounts in Ladino and Judaeo-Arabic(?). Mentions the ship of איסטיפאני. Needs examination.

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (with a single word in Arabic script, هذا). Mentions a certain Avraham and silver.

Legal testimony, fragment. Mentions the young ʿEli b. Ḥalfon and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (but not in his handwriting).