Geniza Lab

Trousseau list (taqwīm), small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso it is labeled as such and dated: 24 Heshvan 1337 Seleucid, which is 1125 CE. There are additional jottings on verso.

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Bill of sale for a female slave, probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Al-Rayyis Abū Saʿd Seʿadya sells a Nubian female slave ([...]da) and her daughter (Shamīma?) and her son (Rayḥān?) to R. Eliyya b. Ṣadaqa known as Ibn Ḥiyya(?) for [...] dinars with 'ṣarf of 40.'

Legal fragment. Mentions someone with a lot of titles; Netan'el ha-Levi; signed by [...]r b. Hillel.

Legal fragment. Mentions Mevasser; Ibn al-ʿAni; Shemarya ha-Kohen.

Legal fragment. Late. In Hebrew. Mentions Mardūk. There is an addendum in which Aharon agrees to all of the above.

Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the court of [the yeshiva of] Ge'on Yaʿaqov and a number of names, including Sitt al-Ahl, [...] b. Yehuda, Shelomo ha-Kohen, and Zakkay. Possibly in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Legal fragment. In Hebrew. A release. Dating: Late, based on the hand.

Legal fragment. Only a few words remain from the end of the document, and then 11 signatures. Location: מדינת נביל(?). Witnesses include: Ḥalfon ha-Kohen b. Shela; Yefet ha-Kohen b. Avr[aham]; Shelomo ha-Levi b. Yiṣḥaq; Yosef ha-Kohen b. Shela; Tamīm ha-Levi; and several more.

Legal fragment. Location: Fustat. Dated: 13[..] Seleucid, which is 988–1088 CE. Needs examination to determine if any of the substance is salvageable.

Rent receipt in Judaeo-Arabic documenting that Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ has paid three years' rent for his ṭabaqa in advance, from July 1819 through July 1822 (Av 5579 through Av 5582). The total comes to 8360, half of which is 4180. The scribe is Yehuda Pietro (?).

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Probably Cairo. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century. Mikha'el b. Moshe appoints Refa'el b. Shuʿa Berakha as his agent for giving a bill of divorce to his betrothed Ruḥama bt. Moshe. On verso there are sums including with western Arabic numerals

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Kislev 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Partnership agreement for a sarraflık business. On verso there are sums.

Marriage document, bottom 4 lines only. No signatures are preserved.

End of a legal document from Egypt dated Adar 1742 CE (5502).

Late marriage-related legal document.

Partnership agreement. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 16 Shevaṭ 5567 AM, which is 25 January 1807 CE. This is a more complete copy of the same document as in AIU VII.E.116. (The following description is based on both documents.) There are three different groups of merchants. The first group is based in Alexandria, and the other two groups are based in Fustat/Cairo. (1) Shelomo Cesana, Ḥayyim Cesana, and Ḥayyim's son Avraham. They contribute 600,000 medins. (2) Merkado Karo, Avraham b. Menaḥem ha-Levi Jarbūʿa, and Ḥayyim Nuṣayrī. They contribute 900,000 medins. (3) Shimʿon Frances, Khalīfa Pinto, Yaʿaqov Bibas, and Meir ben Naʿim. They contribute 900,000 medins. The total capital is 2.4 million medins. The duration of the partnership is 12 months. It encompasses trade in goods (סחורה) and currency (sarraflık) and עמולה(?) and פאתוריה(?). The first group has another preexisting partnership with Moshe Bibas and Khalīfa Pinto in Rashīd. The profits will be distributed according to the entries in 'the great ledger' (הפנקס הגדול). It seems that 40% (400 medins out of every 1000) will be distributed in accordance with each group's original contribution. Of the remaining 60% (600 medins out of every 1000), 50 will go to the first group, 250 to the second group, and 300 to the third group. Any losses will be distributed in the same way. AIU VII.E.116 was abandoned around this point, and there are many additional stipulations in JRL SERIES L 18, which is completed and signed by one representative from each of the three groups (Merkado Karo, Shimʿon Frances, and Shelomo Cesana). There is a correction to one of the contract's clauses in the right margin, apparently in the hand of the same scribe. It is not immediately clear whether this correction is legally valid, or if the document had to be restarted and re-signed. MCD. ASE.

Legal document dated 1760 CE (Tammuz 5520).