Geniza Lab

Guarantee for a debt. Yūsuf b. Saʿīd agrees to cede 3/4 of a house and half of a ruin situated opposite it, to the orphan Hibat Allāh if he does not manage to pay him six dinars by Sivan 1461 Seleucid, which is April-May 1150 CE. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, 275.) On verso there is a list of copper vessels of a total value of 3 dinars in the possession of an orphan. (Information from Goitein's index card.) The bifolium bearing the shelfmarks Bodl. MS heb. d 66/110 and Bodl. MS heb. d 66/111 looks like it came from a court ledger. It is not immediately clear whether all the text pertains to the same case. ASE

Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Abū l-Faḍl al-Muḥassin b. Saʿīd b. ʿUthmān, the merchant, buys part of a ruined house (which he already owns the rest of) from Jumān b. ʿAbdallāh b. Ṣāliḥ al-Anṭākī, the miller. Dating: ca. 11th-12th century. Verso: ink transfer of a Hebrew text. (Information from CUDL and Khan.)

Legal testimony, Qaraite. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 17 Heshvan 5472 AM, which is 1711 CE. It has to do with the floor (ṭabaqa) that is across from the mill, above the house of Raẓon ha-Rofe. The floor belongs to the Qaraite waqf. Elishaʿ and his brother Avraham al-Sākit were living there, and it fell into a ruin. The miller Yūsur Muḥibb sued them to remove the hazardous ruin. They stated that they could not afford to do so, but agreed to vacate their rights to the dwelling and have it revert to the waqf, which would then be responsible for the repairs.