Geniza Lab

End of a legal document signed by Mevorakh b. Sar Shalom and Seʿadya b. [...] (Seʿadya's name is torn away). Underneath there is a validation, including the formula יהא היא בגופה ובממונה, signed by David ha-Paliṭ ("the refugee") b. Yosef and Ḥiyya b. [...]. (Information from CUDL.)

Legal document. Bū l-Majd b. Thābit, known as Meir b. Yakhin, appoints his brother Hilāl/Hillel as his attorney for all his claims and in particular those resulting from the estate of his deceased wife Sitt al-Dār bt. Bū l-Faḍl. Information from Goitein’s index card.

Awaiting description - see Goitein notes linked below.

Legal document from the time of Avraham Maimonides (1205-1237) regarding a debt of 96 dirhams. Written by Shlomo b. Eliyyahu. AA

Legal document concerning the community in Alexandria sending a sum of money to help repair an old synagogue in Jerusalem. There are five signatures on the document. Dated 4971 of the Era of Creation (= 1211 CE). (S. D. Goitein, Palestinian Jewry, 334-335) VMR

An Egyptian Jew traveling to Sicily testifies that he owes money to an Italian Jew called Ser Mishael from Trapani. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, p. 256)

Draft of legal document; the merchant Nahrir b. Mawhub appears before the rabbinical court of Fustat in the fall of 1127. (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, 553)

Legal document concerning financial matters, an orphan, and Abū Isḥāq. (Information from CUDL)

Part of a legal document dealing with inheritance, mentioning debts and an administrator. Dated 479[.] (= 1030-39 CE). The body of the text mentions Saʿīd b. [...]. Signed by Shelomo [b.] Ṣedaqa, Isaac ha-Kohen and Shelomo he-Ḥaver b. [...]. (Information from CUDL)

An halakhic discussion, might be from a responsum, written by Samuel b. Yaaqov, the French Rabbi who was active during Abraham Maimonudes' period. It appears to address ‘my lord’ and the verso is written upside down in relation to the recto. It seems to discuss halakhic or legal issues. It mentions various rabbis, including Moses (Maimonides), Hai Gaon, Joseph Halevi (Ibn Migash) and Yeḥiel (probably Yehiel b Elyaqim.) (AA)

Lower part of a court record concerning a sum of money (150 dinars) and a house. Dated: Ṣafar 523 AH (= January/February 1129 CE). (Information in part from CUDL.)

Legal document(s) with testimony concerning property and huge sums of money. Recto: "I said that she owes me a great deal of money and there are קבאלאת I have written in her name and an account for 23,000 dirhams, and a testimony (? ishhād) for 9,500 dirhams, and household items she acknowledged, and it was written in the shimmush (court ledger).... that which I owe her, in the name of Yosef b. Ibrāhīm... he should collect it from me and return it to her..." Verso: "..written that which was paid by Yosef b. Ḥasan... to Yosef b. Avraham from the money of this document... 3,000 dirham... and he still owes [...]... and there is against him a testimony from two trustworthy people that... And we said to Yosef b. Ḥasan, this document is valid, and on its back (it is recorded that) he repaid some of the total..." The format and content are unusual for a routine legal document. The handwriting is similar to some bifolios from books of responsa, such as T-S Ar.48.53, T-S Ar.48.89, and T-S NS 164.175. Needs further examination. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Two fragments of a legal document concerning the rent for a property located in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ on the Nile bank. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel or Natan b. Shelomo. The lessor is al-Shaykh al-Raḍiyy. The lessee (al-mustaʾjir) is Ibn Wahbān. Dating: Mentions the year 1542 Seleucid, which is 1230/31 CE. The rent is 25 dirhams a month, which comes out to 2100 dirhams over the period of the 7-year lease. There will also be a new storey constructed overlooking the Nile. Join: Moshe Yagur. (Information from Goitein's index card and CUDL.)

Legal document mentioning a certain Efrayim; mirrored script. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from the beginning of a legal document concerning Shemuel b. Eliʿezer. (Information from CUDL)

Three leaves, all of which belong together. One side of each fragment contains an elaborate trousseau list, with values given in both Hebrew numerals and Greek/Coptic numerals. (It is not immediately clear if all this is for the same marriage vs. distinct marriages.) The versos contain different documents. Verso of fol. 1 contains notes for the drawing up of.a marriage document between the groom [...] b. Yefet ha-Levi and the bride Sitt al-[...]. A note at 90 degrees reads, "The wedding of the son of the Rayyis, Monday 10 Nisan 145[6?]." If the date is read correctly, that is 1145 CE. Verso of fol. 2 contains the beginning of a draft of a ketubba drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel. b. Ḥananya. There are also some large, ornate red letters and a few words in Arabic script. Verso of fol. 3 contains more of the draft of an ornate ketubba header as well as part of a legal document (perhaps the ketubba itself). The scribe is probably well-known from other legal documents of this period. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Legal document concerning a debt between Abū l-Manṣūr al-Ṣabāwī, known as M[....], Makārim b. Saʿīd and the orphaned children of his brother Abū l-Surūr. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a legal document mentioning a certain Moses. (Information from CUDL)

Responsum on the division of property, with citations from the Palestinian Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. Possibly a product of one of the French rabbis who immigrated to Fusṭāṭ in the 13th century. (Information from CUDL)

Liturgy for the marriage ceremony, along with part of a copy of a Karaite ketubba for Muʾammala bat Ḥayyim. Dated: 1324 Sel. (= 1002 CE). Witnessed by Bahlūl b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq b. Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel ha-Farā, ʿEli b. Muʿammar, Yosef b. Yaʿaqov, Yiṣḥaq b. Yaʿaqov, Saʿadya b. Yosef, Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq, David b. Shelomo, Hiba b. Khalaf al-Shīnīzī, Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq, and Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq. Written by the scribe Menashshe b. Mahūb from ʿAkkā (Acre). (Information from CUDL)