Geniza Lab

Bill of divorce (geṭ). Written and signed by Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active 1165–1203). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tishrei 14[..] Seleucid, which corresponds to the range 1088–1187 CE. Husband: Abū l-Ḥasan b. A[...] al-Kohen. The wife's name is missing, but she is from Alexandria. There is no note on verso indicating that the geṭ was delivered, but this might have been written on the missing half. On verso, there are a few lines of what look like accounts in Arabic script.

Bill of divorce (get). Location: New Cairo. Dated: Nisan 1[.]83 Seleucid. Husband: [Mu]sāfir b. Avraham.

Fragmentary bill of divorce (get). The husband name [... b.] Halfon. The wife's name 'Aziza. Signed by [... b.] Yeshu'a Hakohen and [...] b. Ishaq. On verso approval that the bill was given to the wife, one of the signatories is Hiyya Hakohen.

Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Minyat Zifta. Husband: Yeshuʿa b. Yosef. Wife: Bita bt. Shelomo (ביתה בת שלמה). Dated: Thursday, 5 Nisan 1446 Seleucid, which is 1135 CE. Signed by Shabbetay b. Avraham, and Yeshuʿa b. Shemuel. On verso the attestation that the bill of divorce was given to the wife, signed by Meshullam b. Natan and Yeshuʿa b. Shemuel. AA

Bill of divorce (get), from Mahalla al-Kabirah. The husband's name is Mu'amar b. Tuviah. The wife [Ma]l[ih]a? d. Ma'ali. Signed by Nissim b. Shiloh (signed also on TS 16.140 from 1121) and Yehuda b. El'azar, who also wrote the document. On verso an approval that the get was delivered to the wife, sigend by Yehuda b. El'azar and Shelomo b. Zedaqa. AA

Bill of divorce (get). Location: Fustat. Husband: Evyatar.

Bill of divorce, Fustat, 1248. (Ashtor incorrectly cites shelfmark as T-S NS 324.)

Bottom part of a bill of divorce (get) from Shelomo b. Moshe Halevi. Written and signed by Aharon ha-Memune b. Efraim. AA

Qaraite bill of divorce. Location: apparently Baghdad, but it is not clear how this is known. Dated: 6 Iyyar 5571 AM = 30 April 1811 CE. Husband: ʿAṭāʾ b. Murād ha-Levi (spelled מרייד with imāla, so maybe Murayyid). Wife: Sharḥ or maybe Seraḥ bt. David known as Davida ha-Levi .There are three witnesses, two of whom have elaborate signatures and "Sason" somewhere in their names.

An agreement between a betrothed couple. Yosef b. David known Fairouz b. Zemah is taking upon himself to write a conditional bill of divorce to his wife-to-be (described here as deflowered- probably a divorcee from previous marriage) Esther known as Badra d. Ishaq b. Elisha known as Naqash. The bill of divorce will become valid if he will not return on a set date. Dated Tuesday, 8th Elul 5549 Era of creation. See also Yevr. II A 1267. AA

An agreement to write a conditional bill of divorce to his future wife if he will fail to return home in a set date. The groom is 'Aziel b. 'Aziel b. Yeshu'a and the bride Esther known as 'Aziza d. Yehuda b. Menashshe. Monday 29th Tishrei 5560 (1799). See also Yevr. II A 1254. AA

Karaite bill of divorce (get)

A Karaite bill of divorce. Yosef b. Mordechai Levi is divorcing his wife Sultana d. Elya Kohen. In Haskoy, Istanbul. The date is given according to the destruction of the Temple: 1762 (= 1831)

Bill of divorce (get). Location: Cairo. Dated: Tevet 1744 Seleucid, which is 1432/33 CE. Husband: Shemuel b. [...] b. Shemuel. Wife: Sarah bt. [...]. The blanks in the date were never filled in, and there are no signatures, so this document was never actually used.