Geniza Lab

Short note written and signed by the judge Shemuel b. Saadya stating, “The administrators of the Compound of the Jerusalemites are advised to pay to the ‘Mother of Avraham,’ better known under the name ‘the Mother of the Little Calf’ 9 ½ dirhams, her share in the revenue from the Compound of the Jerusalemites for the year 1477 [of the Seleucid Era, A.D. 1165/6]. And Peace.” (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 3:324-5, 500) EMS

Small fragment from a legal query sent to Hai Gaon from Qabis, copied by Yosef Rosh Haseder. Parallel to Levin, Ginzei Qedem, 1, p. 1 (from Bodl. MS Heb. d.46, fol. 6). AA

Order of payment for an unnamed individual referred to by the title “al-Dayyan” and containing the expression “May my Master the judge, may God grant him long life, kindly pass on to the bearer seven dinars less one seventh,” (‘yataffadal mawlaya al-dayyan ahyahu llah yusallim li-muwassiliha sab‘at dananir illa sub). (Avihai Shivtiel, “Orders of Payment,” in From a Sacred Source: Genizah Studies in Honour of Professor Stefan C. Reif,” ed. Ben Outhwaite and Siam Bhayro, Brill, 2010, 337-8) EMS

Deathbed declaration of an 'attar (perfumer) entrusting his employee with the running of his store, fixing daily wages for him, and protecting him from future claims even by the declarant's own heirs. Dated Tammuz 1555/June 1244. (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, pp. 136, 543)

Legal document (witness statement), mentioning Abū [...] b. Sālim. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment of legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Almost all crossed out. (Information in part from CUDL)

Minute fragment, from the bottom of a legal deed. Only partial signatures are preserved one of those is [... ba]r Perahya Hakohen. AA

Minute fragment, from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. AA

Late. Minute fragment from a top of a legal deed, mentioning אדוננו הנגיד Our Master the Nagid. AA

Legal document mentioning [...] b. Ṣedaqa the elder. (Information from CUDL)

Verso: Judaeo-Arabic order of payment by David ha-Nasi to the communal officials, Maḥfūẓ and Sālim, to pay out 29 dirhams to the traders and 'shaddādīn.' (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Legal document in Arabic script. Some legible bits: ḥaḍrat sayyidnā al-sharīf(?) al-[...] al-mukhliṣ [...] al-mulk; someone renting something from someone; New Cairo; trade (tijāra); al-ḥāmī; the phrase "kull jawhar bihā khārij." Dated: Ramaḍān 455 AH, but this should be checked.

Legal document. (Information from CUDL)

Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen to pay the elder Khalīl a raṭl of olive oil. (Information from CUDL)

Responsum; apparently sent to Abraham Maimonides; on verso Abū ʿAlī is mentioned. (Information from CUDL)

Agreement that the physician Abū l-Ḥasan Joseph b. Josi[a]h al-Tunisī will pay 14 dinars to Hilāl b. Sahl al-Ṣahrajtī, the silk merchant. (Information from CUDL)

Damaged fragment from a legal deed of unidentified nature. There is a reference of appointing a proxy. Signed (in very untrained hands) by Eli b. Shelomo, Shelomo b. Zadiq. Also mentioned Ishaq b. Elazar. AA

Legal document from 1761. Bill of authorization is given to Ya'aqov al-Khalaf. Signed by him and by two other fancy signatures. AA

Small fragment with Halakhic discussion on debt waiver, might be from a legal query or responsum. AA

Deed of sale for a property. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Nisan 5338 AM, which is 1578 CE. Seller: Yosef מושודו. Buyer: Binyamin אלרייאש. Price: 10 Venetian ducats. The property borders that of Yosef Sultani and is across from that of Masʿūd al-Djerbi. One witness is משה אג'ימאן, the other signs his name in Latin script. There is a join somewhere, shelfmark not listed in FGP. (Information from Dotan Arad.)