Geniza Lab

Legal document. In Hebrew. Fragment: upper left corner. Dating: Probably 15th–17th century, based on the handwriting. Contract of a debt between Yehuda Ṭali, Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Abū l-Khayr, and Yehuda Abū l-Khayr (unless this is the same person as the first Yehuda). The handwriting may be that of the sixteenth-century court scribe Yosef b. Meʾīr Somekh ha-Kohen whose documentary production in Cairo is widely attested and comparable in other shelfmarks (T-S 13J5.6, Moss. VII.20.1, T-S AS 145.222,T-S 13J4.23, T-S AS 147.159). MCD.

Late responsa regarding inheritance of the first-born. Data from FGP by Glick.

Very damaged and faded marriage agreement written by Mevurakh b. Nathan (Date: 1150-1181). Some lines from the dowry list is visible, and also few of the commonly found conditions such as the trustworthy and the monogamy clause. AA

Fragments of responsum by a Gaon, dealing with children of female slaves.

Fragment of a late legal deed regarding debt by Ya'aqov Kastro to be paid to Avraham in instalments. Signed by Ya'aqov Neriya

Fragment from the middle part of a late legal deed regarding partnership

Damaged fragment from a late legal deed, probably bill of appointment, not much is preserved.

Very damaged, small fragment from a legal deed regrading marriage of a freed slave girl. Few words from her dowry list are preserved.

Probably from a book of legal formulas, citing a legal deed

Very damaged and faded legal deed. Few names can be read: Moshe b. Mordechai, Salah b. 'Amar, Avraham b. Menahem, but the rest is hardly visible. Written of parchment

Fragment from a formula of bill of divorce (get)

Minute fragment probably from the bottom of a legal document, signed by Avraham b. Shlo[mo]. AA

Recto: Maimonides, Mishne Tora, Hilkhot Sheḥiṭa 6:6-8 with Judaeo-Arabic note. Verso: jottings in Arabic, including the name of a doctor al-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh Mufaḍḍal al-Yahūdī. (Information from CUDL)

One bifolium of a parchment quire containing both rabbinic passages (Berakhot 24b, 13b, and others) a and the beginning of a formulary for a partership contract. Dated 17 Iyyar 4635/875 CE. The scribe has used a parchment scrap from near one of the animal's limbs.

Part of a longer legal document, probably describing a gift or series of gifts made by a father, David, to his daughter. He is formally giving her sums of money in dinars and a house, which is described in some detail. Reference is made to the city of Tyre. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Appointment of a judge, listing all of his prerogatives. The handwriting is very familiar; late 12th or early 13th century? Needs examination. Below there are jottings, mainly Coptic numerals it seems. This shelfmark also includes three folios of Talmud.

Copy of a responsum of R. Semah Dayyana de-Baba (Judge of the Gate, active ca. 870 CE). The transcription below begins on line 14 of recto. T-S A26.136 and T-S Misc.25.6 may be related (per FGP).

Legal document. In Aramaic. Location: Fustat. Dating: Looks old, maybe 11th century, but that is a guess. Needs examination.

Legal records or notes for the drawing up of a document, or perhaps from a book of formularies and legal procedures. The hand seems very familiar. Needs examination.

4 late responsa about excommunication enforced on a banker who took a loan and refused to pay it back (data from FGP by Glick) .