Geniza Lab

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably a bill of release between Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi and his brother Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi. Should be included in the addenda to India Book IV. (Information from CUDL and AA.)

Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Bahāʾ. He sends payment of 3.5 (probably dirhams) for sugar and orders mūminī(??). This may be the 3.5 still owed according to T-S AS 145.77. On verso there is a note in Arabic script ("white sugar, 10 raṭls") and underneath a Greek/Coptic numeral. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card.)

Recto: Fragmentary legal document. (Information from CUDL. Join: CUDL.) Verso: Interesting letter or literary narrative in Hebrew. Contains phrases such as: "... to judge the holy congregations... decrees of his kingship (נשתוני מלכותו) and to bring us up to the land of Egypt. . . and we went up as he commanded us and we arrived in the capital city (עיר הממלכה = Cairo?) before the great king, "may his king be higher than Agag" (Numbers 24:7), and he spoke with us...."

Legal document, probably. Small fragment. Listing various items. Marriage-related?

Bifolium from a book of legal formularies.

Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Dated: 15 Ḥeshvan 1410 Seleucid, which is 1098 CE. Involves [...] bt. Nissim and her ex-husband M[...]. (Information in part from CUDL)

Legal document. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document, small fragment. Involves [...] b. Yūsuf and a certain Faraj. Signed by Yefet b. Yesh[aʿya?]

Legal document, small fragment. Ketubba? Involves [...]a b. Shabbat.

Recto: legal document, mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan and al-Maḡribī. Verso: alphabet, jottings. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment from a ketubah with few items from the dowry list. AA

Exemplars of legal documents or instructions for how to write them. (Information from CUDL)

Minute fragment form the top of a legal deed dated [1]598 = 1288 CE. AA

Minute fragment from a ketubah contains mostly part from the dowry list. AA

minute fragment. Bottom part of a legal deed, only some signatures preserved: [...]she b. Hillel, [...]el b. Berakhot, Sjlomo b. Berakot (spell ברכת), Yefet b. Hananya, [...] b. Nethanel. AA

Responsum, dealing with purchases; quoting Leviticus 25:14. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document; probably concerning a transfer of property. Mentions Malīḥa bat Joseph. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably a deed of gift. Signed by [Abraham?], a descendant of Shemaʿya Gaʾon. (Information in part from CUDL)

Legal document (includes divorce formula), mentioning Saʿadya. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. (Information from CUDL)