Geniza Lab

Fragment of a marriage contract between ʿEzra b. Menahem and Jawhara bt. [...], a virgin. Dating: mid-11th century, since ʿEzra b. Menaḥem signed T-S 10J28.2 in 1052 CE. Marriage payments: 5 + 15 = 20 dinars. Grand total: 60 dinars (so the dowry was 40 dinars). (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 398.) See also T-S NS 327.146.

Fragment of a ketubba. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? The groom (or his father?) is named Yaḥyā/Yosef.

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

Minute fragment from the top of a bill of divorce (get) from Fustat. Written by the same scribe who wrote T-S AS 147.255. AA

Fragment from a bill of divorce of Hibba Hakohen from Fustat. Written by the same scribe who wrote T-S AS 147.254. AA

Small and torn fragment from a bill of gift from husband named Abu al-Mujd to his wife, probably the daughter of Saadia. AA

Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Minute fragmקמt from the dowry section of a ketubah. AA

Legal document- bill of compromise - in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. (Information from CUDL)

Small and faded fragment from a ketubah.

Fragment from a legal document, possibly a trousseau list section of a ketubah. On verso the name Abu al-Khayr Zedaqa is written. AA

Fragment from a legal document, possibly a trousseau list section of a ketuba. AA

Very damaged fragment of a bill of sale. Seems late 10th -early 11th century. AA

Legal document - probably bill of release - mentioning Moshe ha-Kohen, Yaḥyā b. Shemuʾel ha-Kohen the elder, and Abū l-Ḥasan. Dated to the middle decade of the month Av. First half of the 12th century. AA

Minute fragment from a legal document. Hardly any text preserved. AA

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. The wife of the speaker had given a share in a house to the widow of Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Amadī (אלאמדי), stating that the ground rent (ḥikr) was to be paid by [...]. Now the speaker asserts that the conditions about the ḥikr referred to a large house which he inherited from his wife after her death. The deed of gift was dated Adar 1428 Seleucid, which is March 1117 CE, so this document dates to some time later. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Small fragment. On recto probably a ketubah. On verso from liturgical text with Judeo Arabic instructions. AA

Recto: legal document, mentioning Mubārak b. Abraham. continues on verso, where Shelomo ha-Levi b. Kaleb is mentioned.

Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. (Information from CUDL)

Two words from an opening of a ketubah