Geniza Lab

Possibly a court record. (Information from CUDL)

Report of the death of a Jewish woman. In Arabic script. Dated: Monday, 13 Shaʿbān 657 AH, which is 5 August 1259 CE. The deceased is Sutayt bt. Mufaḍḍal. Her heir is her father. The witnesses are Hilāl b. Bū ʿAlī and Bū Saʿīd b. Sālim. There is a validation—stating that the witnesses are trustworthy elders of the Jews—written in the hand of the Nagid David I Maimonides, who signs his name "Dāʾūd the son of the ḥākim Ibrāhīm b. Mūsā, Head of the Jews (Rayyis al-Yahūd)." (Information from Khan.)

Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, mentioning 20 dinars. Aaron ha-Zaqen and Shilo ha-Zaqen are also mentioned. (Information from CUDL)

Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, mentioning Shaykh Abū ʿAlī and Meshullam (known as Musallam). (Information from CUDL)

Legal query in Judaeo-Arabic, with a few words written in Arabic script. Concerning a poor man who may wish to break an engagement. On verso there is piyyuṭ. Needs further examination. (Information in part from CUDL)

Fragment of a (state?) document in Arabic script. Signed by al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-[...]. On verso piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)

Responsum of Hai Gaʾon; discussion of the dietary laws in Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic; poem יודעי יגוני by Judah ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL)

Probably a legal discussion, referring to portions of land. (Information from CUDL)

Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe stating that Abū l-Karam pays to the orphan Abū l-Ḥasan a certain sum. Dated [...] Adar 1432 Sel. (= 1121 CE). Also mentions [...] b. R. Maʿā and Abraham b. R. […]. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, probably a legal document. Mentions Abū l-Najm Ṣāliḥ. (Information in part from CUDL)

Small fragment from a prenuptial agreement written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1442 Seleucid, which is 1130/31 CE. There is an even smaller fragment from another document on verso. AA

Legal fragment, probably. In Arabic script. On verso there is Hebrew piyyut.

Bill of divorce (geṭ). Torn fragment (lower right piece). The location, date, and husband's name are missing. The wife's name is [...] bt. Nisim. Signed by: Yosef b. Elʿazar; Menashshe ha-Levi b. [...]. On verso there is documentation of receipt.

Legal document in Hebrew. Dating: Late (c. 16th century?). Mentions a R. Yeshuʿa and a store and contains legalistic language at the bottom

Testimony regarding a freed female slave who was betrothed to a kohen, Aleppo, 1191.

Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower left corner). The bride is a virgin. Includes some details of the trousseau. One signature: [Yeḥezqel?] ha-Ḥaver b. ʿEli ha-Kohen. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)

Legal document signed by Abraham b. Shemaʿya. (Information from CUDL)

End of a legal document signed by Shlomo b. Yishay the Nasi (mid-13th century) and probably written by him. One of the parties is [...] b. Sheʾerit. Mentions heirs. AA

Am uncomplete bill of divorce (get) from Fustat 1366 to the Era of Documents (1055 CE). The husbands name is Nasir b. Ya'aqov. The wife's name remains blank and no signatures. AA

Late legal document from the year תקסב=1801 probably regarding a debt, but most of the text is too faded to read. AA