Geniza Lab

Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

Petition to a state official. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). All that is preserved is some of the titles of the addressee.

Fiscal accounting. [Waṣala] ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr bi-taʾrīkh [...]. Needs further examination.

Possibly a promissory note. In Arabic script. "I owe the shayh [...] X dinars... in the year...." Needs further examination.

Legal document concerning the rent of a qāʿa in Ḥārat Zuwayla. In Arabic script. Dating: ca. 16th–18th century. Involves Ibrāhīm b. Ḥūr al-Yahūdī and a qāḍī (Aḥīd al-Dīn al-Fūnawī(?)). The note on verso may be the receipt for the payment described in the document on recto. Needs further examination.

Writing practice in Arabic script with a drawing of a horse on verso. Looks late.

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Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Legal? Late?

Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. A scribe-in-training has traced over every word.

Fiscal accounting, possibly. Needs examination.

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Fiscal accounting, possibly. Needs examination.

Letter in Arabic script. Faded and damaged. Needs examination for content.

Brief note in Arabic script. Beginning with the glyph. Likely an order of payment, but it is difficult to read a single word.

Accounts in Arabic script. One side mentions a qāḍī in the header.

Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, as the accounts on verso mention the ashrafī. Mentions appointing an agent (tawkīl).

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Magical invocations of angels and possibly even the devil (!) (Abū Murra, cf. BL OR 5566B.30). In Arabic script. One section seems to be for countering the evil eye ("kadhālika tatafaqqaʿ al-ʿayn wa-l-naẓra").

Document in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. "Their capital: [...]. Their [...]..." Might be notes for drawing up a partnership agreement, or might just be accounts.

Petition from Muḥammad b. [...]. Small fragment (upper left corner). In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era based on the hand. Striking calligraphy.