Geniza Lab

Enormous bill of release. Written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last 10 days of the month of Shevat 1445 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE, under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon. A woman named Ḥisān bt. Yakhin/Thābit acknowledges receipt of something (probably a substantial sum of money) from Yehuda/Shibl b. Natan. There follow several dozen lines of elaborate release formulae. Also signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. AA

Minute fragment, very faded, from the top of a legal deed dated according to the Creation, but no date is preserved.

Badly damaged and faded fragment from a legal deed mentioning Sitt al-Dar

Small and damaged fragment from a legal deed. The name Muhasin is preserved.

Testimony concerning ʿAwāḍ b. Elʿazar. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document dated 14[.]5 (Sel.), written and signed by Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document dated 14[.]5 (Sel.), written and signed by Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document concerning a transaction, written by Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Leviticus 13:1-2. Verso: indistinct text, probably part of the same legal document as T-S AS 28.170. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Leviticus 13:1-2. Verso: legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, signed by Judah b. Man[asseh]. (Information from CUDL)

Recto: Genesis 40:8-13. Verso: legal document regarding the welfare of orphans and mentioning Cairo. Witnessed by Judah b. Ṭoviyyahu (who may be the same individual who signs other 12th-13th century documents such as T-S 13J3.23), Ṭāhir b. David, and ʿAmram b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

Probably part of a responsum, mentioning the name [...] b. A[b]ishai. (Information from CUDL)

Legal query to the jurisconsult Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd Abū l-Fatḥ regarding liability for damaged property. The house of a Muslim had collapsed onto the house of a Jew, damaging walls, ceilings, timber, marble, columns and household vessels and pots. The question is followed by the legal opinion by al-Ṭūsī (possibly an autograph). Dating: ca. 12th century. On verso there is 1 Kings 7:51-8:11, most of the hafṭara for Pequde (Exodus 38:21-40:38). The title כי אפטרה is written at the top of the extant leaf. (Information from CUDL and Khan.)

Fragment from a bill of appointment to Hayyim b. Emanuel. Only few words are preserved.

Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed.

Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli, mentioning 75 [dinars] and the name Joseph b. David. (Information from CUDL)

Legal query concerning the shop of Abū l-Munā b. Ḥayyi[m], also mentioning Cairo (al-Qāhira). (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a late legal deed, only partially preserved.

Fragment from the beginning of a kettuba. The bride's father's name is Munaja and the groom is Yeshu'a Halevi

Small piece of a marriage contract (ketubba) containing the diaspora custom.