Geniza Lab

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Deed of a gift, granted by the wife of Abū Saʿīd to her daughter. It might specifically be a wedding gift. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Legal document mentioning a bridal gift and the name Abū l-Faḍl. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment from the lower left corner of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Friday 21 [...] 1436 Seleucid = 1124/25 CE. No details preserved. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Involves Abū l-Qāsim, Maʿālī, and secret plottings. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, dated to the 10th Elul 14[.]9 Seleucid era (= 1128-38 CE). Signed by Abraham b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver, descendant of Shemaʿya Gaʾon and Abraham b. Mikhal. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Legal document, probably a deed of sale for a slave. This can be deduced because a seller certifies that something is free of defects (ʿuyūb), and a note at the end of the document indicates that the word "in slavery" (באלעבודיה) has been inserted in between the lines somewhere in the missing upper portion (see T-S 18J1.16 for the likely context of this word). The parties are Efrayim ha-Levi, Abū l-Ṭ[āhir?], and [...] b. Naḥman ha-Kohen the cantor, the father of Yakhin the agent (al-wakīl). On verso there is a commentary or learned discussion of the biblical prophets and kings of Israel, mentioning Iraq, Esther and the book of Daniel, and including Hebrew citations. (Information in part from CUDL)

Legal query. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary. Mentions that a shimmush (court record? or simply a contract?) was drawn up between Reuven and Shemuel.

Legal document mentioning the elder Abū l-Man[ṣūr] and [... b.] Ṭoviyya. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document with the witness statement of ʿEli ha-Kohen and mentioning 52 dinars. (Information from CUDL)

Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment of a legal document mentioning the elder Modaʿ (an unusual name also found in ENA 4011.40, T-S 13J2.10, and T-S 13J2.13). (Information in part from CUDL)

Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? No details preserved, except possibly the name [...] b. Natan. (Information in part from CUDL)

Fragment of a legal deed (or less likely from a halakhic discussion): ...jamīʿ mā... wa-min kull ḥaqq... shimmush wa-shahida fī... wa-qad istaqarra... qawl al-Mishna, "ʿEved..." AA. ASE.

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentioning the city of Maḥalla al-Kubrā; Abū l-Ḥasan; and Abū l-Munā Tiqva ha-Levi (possibly the same as the one mentioned in T-S 12.683 and Bodl. MS heb. c 13/1). (Information in part from CUDL)

Legal document mentioning the Nagid Yehuda b. Saʿadya and the witness’s son Abū l-Alā ‘at his mother’s’ (who is apparently penniless). (Information from CUDL)

Beginning of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentioning Alexandria (possibly drawn up there) and the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Dating: 1127–38. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Legal document mentioning Yaḥyā ha-Levi and the elder Abū l-[...]. (Information from CUDL)

Introductory formula of a responsum, directed at Abraham Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment of a legal document. Involves Yefet b. Sason. Includes release formulae.

Minute fragment, a few incomplete words, but from what is preserved we can tell it is a ketubbah, contains the dowry section and probably written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. AA