Geniza Lab

See PGP 24685

See PGP 25276

Torn fragment of a legal deed.

Arabic document - needs examination.

Letter. A letter from Yosef Ibn al-Ashqar to the treasury officials on purchasing a house. 16th century. Published: אברהם דוד, תעודות מהגניזה על בני קאשטרו במצרים במאות הט"ז-הי"ז, פעמים 54 (1993), עמ' 126-127. AA

See PGP 3597

Account - needs examination.

Talmud commentary written between the lines of an Arabic official document- only few lines are preserved- needs examination. Joins with T-S Ar.47.55

Small fragment, probably from a letter in Hebrew mentions Barukh b. R. Ishaq (Info from FGP)

See PGP 25322

On verso remains of Arabic document- needs examination

Court record. A husband is approving in the Jewish court a gift he gave to his wife in a Muslim court. Written by Avarham b. Nathan Av (Date: 1098-1114).

Medical. List of simples (materia medica), including unripe grapes, pomegranate, zinc, pearls, sandalwood, saffron and camphor (FGP) Judeo Arabic

See PGP 25544

See PGP 8817

See PGP 7257

Fragment on geometry, with several figures. On verso also Arabic script. (FGP)

Ornamented Colophon of Bible. AA

Small fragment of a legal query sent to Maimonides about Reuven who passed away and left a house and tow sons. Also mentioned Bu Shiyya (as Friedman's and Blau's reading) or BOSHEYYA (= convert to Islam. Zinger's reading) who received a quarter of a house. Also Mahalla is mentioned and a big brother who passed away. Friedman pointed out some similarities between this query and T-S 10 K 8.7 (Blau, Maimonides' Responsa, no. 282, p. 532-533). Same scribe wrote also TS NS J 485+ TS 8J20.16 + TS NS 283.96 (published Zinger, One Hour He Is a Christian and the Next He Is a Muslim!” A Family Dispute from the Cairo Geniza, Al-Masāq (2019), vol. 31)

See PGP 26023