Geniza Lab

Minute fragment from a legal deed. The name b. al-Shofet is visible. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Minute fragment from a legal deed, signed by [...] b. Hananya and written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Very damaged, long strip of paper, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The actual content is unclear, but there is a reference to the people who are sitting in the majlis.

Minute fragment from a legal deed. Name: Shabat. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Sate: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment of a legal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

An agreement between Sasson b. Yefet and another person whose name is not preserved. Dealing with possession of a deceased. Abu al-Surur is acting as a guarantor. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Haelvi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Fragment from a legal deed. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). An agreement involving Abu al-Faḍl Shela b. Elʿazar and his wife Malīḥa and [...]fiyya b. Aharon. Malīḥa grants the rights to selling a house to her husband. AA. ASE.

Very damaged fragment from a list, but the text is too damaged and faded to figure out what it is. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Small fragment of an agreement between Ya'aqov and Yehuda written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Small fragment with few words from a legal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Small fragment from a court record, contains few entries, but the text is only partially preserved. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Many minute fragments, mostly of legal deeds written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (1100-1138).

Prenuptial agreement between a future husband and his prospective second wife, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Joined by AA.

Torn fragment of a court record written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). There is a detailed narrative of a quarrel over a house. There is text on both sides, and some lines are crossed out. One side: Refers to a woman; her son Abū l-Ḥasan; and someone upset that she wants to sell the house. They went to the Jewish court, then there was some sort of gathering outside of the court, but apparently not yet in the Muslim courts. The dispute involves 30-some dinars. The other side: Refers to a knife (? sikkīn), a declaration made by Abū l-Surūr, probably the same sum of 30-some dinars, and a threat to resort to Muslim courts. Someone then says, "My mother then said...." There is a reference to handing over a document as a pledge (rahn). The story will remain very confusing until some joins are found. AA. ASE.

Small fragment from a bill of release regarding a shipment of tamarind to (or from) Mahalla an-Kubra by Abu al-Hasan, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Fragment from a legal deed involving Abu 'Ali b. Avraham the elder and amount of 9 qirats, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. AA

Power of attorney. The son or daughter of Yeshuʿa the elder appoints Seʿadʾel as an agent to receive a gift. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE).

Bottom part of a torn court record involving a widow, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi dated Tishrei 1439 Era of documents= 1127