Geniza Lab

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

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination. On verso there is Hebrew poetry/piyyut.

Letter or legal text in Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century or later. Discussing a widow and the sale of a house for 5 or 7 peraḥim.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half). The hand may be known. Dating: likely 12th century. Mentions the difficulties of the time, a single dirham, and mostly contains greetings. The sender reminds the addressee 'to obtain a kitāb' concerning the shop, for the year is ending and perhaps the sender will be able to relieve himself of duties and come to Fustat. Regards to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Mufaḍḍal.

Accounts, late. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated with a month (Shaʿbān) and a year that is difficult to figure out.

Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic.

Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded. Mentions 'al-mamlūk' (so probably a letter), but also mentions two witnesses, so perhaps dealing with a legal matter.

Document in Arabic script. Small fragment. Needs examination. On verso there is mirror image text, probably from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic (presumably the imprint of another fragment).

Legal document, probably. Faded/damaged. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions sums of money, the paternal uncle of a wife, Abū l-Bahā' (or Abū l-Baqā'), and a teacher.

Letter in Hebrew. Late. Small fragment. The name Avraham ha-Rav ha-Gadol b. Yisrael ha-Ḥasid appears in the address. There is faded text underneath the address, perhaps giving the names of the locations.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. May be a letter of appeal for charity.