Geniza Lab

Letter to a judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he has sent a copy of a power of attorney (nuskhat al-wakāla) involving al-Shaykh al-Ajall al-Nafīs [with?] Abū Isḥāq and instructed him to give it to the addressee. The addressee is now asked to show it to the judge Rabbi Yeḥiel (likely Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim, active 1213–33 CE) and look into it and help extricate the sender from some legal dispute. On verso there are also some legal formulae in Aramaic. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Letter. (Information from CUDL)

Letter, apparently sent to Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL)

Probably a letter, possibly a draft, mentioning the elder Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Maʿālī. (Information from CUDL)

Letter. (Information from CUDL)

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: Mentions 1444 of the Seleucid era (= 1133 CE). Involves two people reaching an agreement over monthly payments. Mentions Avraham al-Wakīl, [...] b. Khallūf and Abū l-Ḥasan. (Information in part from CUDL)

Recto: probably a legal document, mentioning Abū l-M[...]. Verso: Hebrew prayer. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. Involving appointing an agent; Abū l-[...]; Sitt al-Kull bt. [...]; and demanding maintenance (mezonot). There are a few words in Judaeo-Arabic on verso, including "danānīr." (Information in part from CUDL)

Probably a legal document, mentioning a certain Yefet. (Information from CUDL)

Letter from Salmān b. [...] to [Abū Sa]ʿīd Khallūf b. Zikrī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Dating: Probably first half of the 11th century, if the addressee is identical with the Khallūf b. Zikrī mentioned in T-S Ar.18(1).101, who is probably the Khallūf b. Zekharya who sent T-S 13J17.11. Mentions "the merchants and "from the Sultan and from the Wazīr." (Information in part from CUDL)

Recto: unidentified. Verso: legal document, mentioning Ḥiba b. Sulaymān. (Information from CUDL)

List, mentioning names such as Manṣūr and Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document mentioning Cairo. (Information from CUDL)

Letter. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document from al-Maḥalla, dated 1[.]70 of the Seleucid Era, mentioning Abū l-Karam, Abū l-ʿAlā and Shemarya ha-Kohen b. [...]. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: letter from Yaʿaqov b. Joseph b. Ismaʿīl al-Aṭrābulsī, in Ashkelon (ca. 1060 CE), concerning trade and sums of money owed by Abū Yaḥyā Nahray b. Nissim to the writer. Verso: Arabic address. (Information from CUDL)

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing a woman who was possibly abandoned (dawwar/dawwir ḥawālayhā... wa-khallāha...). (Information in part from CUDL)

Letter mentioning Abū Isḥāq. (Information from CUDL)

Appears to be a letter, mentioning the Nagid, with citation from 2 Shemuʾel 3:39; on verso, however, the text is headed by מן שער הנשיאות. (Information from CUDL)

Letter concerning financial transactions. (Information from CUDL)