Geniza Lab

Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic.

Damaged fragment from a legal deed.

Small and damaged fragment. On recto few lines from a legal deed. On verso an identified list.

Bill of partnership, torn at top and bottom, issued in the 16th century regarding production of wine. 4 partners: Ya'aqov Ayu, Mas'ud Ibn Makhluf, Mansur b. Ishaq ans Shemuel. (data from FGP by Avraham David)

Legal document(s). In Arabic script. Recto contains the lower left corner of a document, with perhaps the remnants of a witness signature at the bottom. Verso contains a distinct record, with witness statements underneath. Needs further examination.

Dowry list, probably part of a ketubah, written by Mevorakh b. Nathan (Date: 1151- 1181). Much faded and damaged. AA

Minute fragment, an opening lines of a legal deed.

Legal document regarding business between a certain Yaʿaqov, Eliezer Kohen, and Moshe Ovadyah. The currency used is Venetian perahim.

Legal document dated 1553 CE (1 Shevat 5313). Reconciliation agreement between Yiṣḥaq and his wife, in which she agrees to not go out of the house without his permission. Signed by Yaʿaqov b. Ẓion.

A legal deed regarding division of money between partners involved in the silk industry. AA

A narrow strip probably from a dowry list in a ketubah.

Bottom of a legal document. Signed by: [...]q b. Netanel; Shelomo b. Yehuda; Sulaymān b. ʿO[...]. Validated by [Moshe b.] Ṣadoq and [...] b. Netanel.

Acknowledgment of debt. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Creditor: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Efrayim known as Ibn ʿUrs. Debtor: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Yakhin/Thābit the freedman. Abū l-[...] ʿOvadya b. Shemuel known as Ibn Baqāʾ apparently serves as guarantor. The total of the debt may be 6 dinars. Joins: Moshe Yagur.

Small fragment from the bottom of a bill of release(?) for a widow. Her name may appear in l. 2. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Dated: 1445 Seleucid, which is 1133/34 CE. AA

Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment (vertical strip from the right side). Probably concerning payments to a divorcee made or owed by her ex-husband Abū ʿImrān ha-Kohen. There is also someone named [...] b. Menashshe. A few additional lines, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, are written in various directions on the same page. Most seem to be accounting for communal expenses (grave cleaning, ground rent (ḥikr), guards (ḥarāsa), and possibly references to properties belonging to the qodesh).

A late engagement deed between Ishaq Halevi b. Ovadia and Simha d. Menahem Zarfati. The Marriage gift items are in Judeo Arabic while the deed itself in Hebrew. On verso two other legal deed not connected to recto.

Legal document. In Arabic script. A date is mentioned in ll.2–3, but it is difficult to read (maybe Muḥarram 511 AH). There are two witness signatures. It may be a debt contract involving a sum of 2.5 dinars (l. 3). Needs further examination.

Minute fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed from the year 1431 era of documents= 1130. Signed by Shemuel

Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Fragment (thin vertical strip). Writing on both recto and verso. Location: Fustat. It is very difficult to extract any meaningful information. Mentions a Gaʾon and a declaration made by a woman.

Minute fragment from a legal deed mentioning [Mo/Mena]she Halevi the elder. Might connect with T-S AS 214.263. AA