Geniza Lab

Minute fragments with only few words

Very damaged fragment from a legal deed regarding the delivery of a bill of divorce. Name mentioned: b. Turyr (בן טריר). Signed by [...] b. Yoshia

Hardly readable.

Very damaged fragment of a legal deed concerning a house, written by Halfon b. Menashse Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Torn fragment from a bill of release between Ibrahim and Abu Muna in Cairo, regarding expenses for burial (shrouds). AA

Probably a bill of release from [Avra]ham b. Imran. Torn and faded. AA

Very torn legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138), regarding a house, probably as part of inheritance of the widow of Abu al-Tahir (?). Names mentioned: Nethanel, Abu al-Wafa. AA

Two copies of possibly the same legal deed. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Settlement of a dispute over a husband's support for his wife during his absence. The parallel text between the two fragments begins with אן יפרץ להא (line 10 of T-S NS 225.17b and line 3 of T-S NS 225.17a).

Torn fragment from a legal deed.

Torn fragment of a legal deed regarding a mount of money to be paid to Abu al-Faraj, The date is not preserved. Few words from the reshut formula are preserved, so we can date it to 12th century to the earliest. AA

Fragment from a bill of release granted to Abū l-Makārim Meshullam ha-Levi after compromise

Pen trial of a legal deed mentions Abu Ali, Avraham b. Zadoq and Barakat

Damaged fragment from a bill of release written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Verso: Order of payment from David ha-Nasi. Maḥfūẓ and Sālim are to pay two qirats to Ṭāhir the beadle of Dammūh. Dating: probably 2nd half of the 12th century (Gil, Pious Foundations, p. 101.) AA. ASE.

Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Abū l-Faraj Natan b. Shelomo the beadle is marrying the daughter of Berakhot ha-Kohen, who is a widow. The groom undertakes to support his future wife's daughter for 10 years. AA

Only the title of the pre nuptial agreement of the daughter of Ma'ali and Musa, written by Halfon b, Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment with few words from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menhashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 18 Shevaṭ(?) 1444 Seleucid, which is 1132/33 CE, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Seems like a bill of release of 20 dinars and a half by Abū Zikrī b. Yosef and Abu Kathīr and his wife Maḥfūẓa. Involves Umm Ṣabīḥ and another woman named Mudallala (based on the summary of contents - ikhtiṣār - to be found on verso). Signed by [...] b. Yosef. The join was made by Moshe Yagur in FGP

Fragment of a court ledger. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). One of the entries is a prenuptial agreement. Groom: Abū Saʿd. Bride: Sitt al-Sāda. Also mentioned are Avraham and Yeshuʿa, probably the fathers. Also mentioned are Abū l-Ḥasan and Ibn al-Baṭṭ, perhaps the representatives. Another of the entries is written with wider line spacing and involves a certain Sar Shalom. AA. ASE.