Geniza Lab

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a rescript (tawqīʿ).

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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. Refers to a request from al-Shaykh al-Jalīl to hasten something... someone's honor... someone's safe arrival... and not much else is preserved.

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Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Declaration by a woman connected to Evyatar ha-Kohen the Palestinian Gaon (likely his daughter Sitt al-Sāda) and [Abū l-Riḍā Shelomo] b. Mevorakh. Cf. T-S Misc.28.79.6 and T-S NS J11 + T-S 10J4.16 + T-S 16.158 + T-S 10J4.17.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals.

Colophon in Judaeo-Arabic. The work (...ʿalā madhhab al-[???]...) was completed in Rabīʿ I 1023 AH, which is 1614 CE, in the synagogue of al-Ḥakham ʿAṭiyya. There are several additional text blocks.

Legal document. Entirely in Hebrew. Headed זכרון עדות. Dating: Likely 11th century. Abū [...] and a woman are involved, gold coins, and a payment. Unclear if any of the specifics are preserved.

List of names with quantities of money. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Contributors list or distribution list? Names include: Zayn b. Q[...]; Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllān; Abū l-Faḍl b. al-Qamḥa; Abū l-Munā b. Qashqūsh.

List (fragment), apparently of donors to charity. On one side, names, the first one 'min Abu...' and the last readable line begins 'the Alexandrians]'; the other side, names and numbers and also measures of wheat (waybas). This is unusual in that it combines cash and wheat together in the same list.

Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves sustenance payments (mezonot).

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Fragment, Arabic script, four lines in a chancery hand. Starts with a basmala and ḥamdala and mentions al-Najm al-Yahūdī. " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله كثيرا ..للنجم اليهودي" . Recto has one line of not very legible Arabic script, reused for Hebrew script.

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Small fragment from the end of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.