Geniza Lab

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated Tammuz, but the year is missing. Signed by Ḥananya b. Shemaʿya and Menashshe b. Yosef.

Notes for the drawing up of a deed of sale for a slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? One of the parties is the divorcee of Abū l-Bayān al-Kātib. Like other such documents, it specifies which party will have to pay potential government taxes (in this case the buyer). Here this clause is prefaced with the intriguing phrase, "if there is anyone who tattles to the government" (wa-ʾin kāna thumma man yaghmiz lil-sulṭān), implying that such transactions were conducted under the table. Cf. T-S 13J36.11, which describes the significant losses incurred by a slave owner after he was denounced to the government.

Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sephardi hand. Small fragment. Dating: Perhaps 15th or 16th century, but that is a guess. Mentions Christians, Venice, an ounce of something, sieving something (yugharbiluhu).

Small fragment from the beginning of a communal letter. In Hebrew. Reporting that the addressee's letter was read to the congregation. The rest is missing.

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Small fragment of a legal document. Refers to "his wife Sitt al-Maʿānī."