Geniza Lab

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)

Recto: List of names with corresponding Greek/Coptic numerals. E.g., Ḥasan al-Raffāʾ. Verso: Greek/Coptic numerals, with a couple words in Arabic at the bottom.

Fragment of a family letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, possibly from the circle of Eliyyahu the Judge (based on the discussion of wine and the familiar but generic names). The sender reports that he still has four jars of wine; Abū l-ʿIzz took them to drink them; mentions Abū l-Ṭāhir; urges the addressee to have patience with a boy and his sister, "for by God the fire is in my heart for them." Greetings to 'the noble mother' (al-umm a-jalīla al-ʿazīza al-muwaffaq al-rashīda...) Umm Ibrāhīm Sitt [...] and to her sister and to [...] ʿUbayd(?). Then, "do not let your father tarry in obtaining the wine from his sister(?)...."

Tax receipt for Bū l-Makārim b. Bū Ishaq, possibly for the purchase of a house in Fustat. Contains one registration mark.

Small fragment from the lower right corner of a legal document in Arabic script. Needs further examination.

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)

Literary text in Arabic script.

Accounts in Arabic script.

State document in Arabic script. Refers to "the noble order" (al-amr al-ajall) and possibly the year 45[.] AH (=1058–67 CE). Needs examination.

Literary text in Arabic script, reused for another text in Arabic script on recto (literary? a letter? needs examination).

Probably writing exercises in Arabic script.

Recto: technical instructions in Arabic script? Verso: Might be an astronomical table in Arabic script.

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)

Arabic script (VMR)