Geniza Lab

Small fragment from an unidentified text, mentioning Syria, possibly a letter or copy of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

Letter from (Yefet) b. David b. Shekhanya (بن داود بن شخنيا) to Abū l-Faḍl Hibatallāh/Netanʾel b. Ḥayyim(?). In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The addressee is told to send garments. Mentions Abū l-Khayr and the house of the addressee's female cousin (bint khāl). Also contains the phrases "I have not eaten" and "I ate," but the context is unclear. On verso there is also the draft of the opening of a Hebrew legal document. (Information in part from CUDL)

Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif. Fragment (piece from the left side of recto). Mentions a deposit (wadīʿa); goods for a judge; an oath; a young man; his annoyance about something; someone insulting him. (Information in part from CUDL)

Begging letter addressed to al-Kohen [...] Abū l-Bayān. (Information from CUDL)

Probably fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

Probably a Judaeo-Arabic letter, with last part written in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentioning flax and Nissim and Abū l-Fakhr. (Information in part from CUDL)

Letter or note referring to dowry negotiations and the meʾuḥar payment. (Information from CUDL)

Letter, mainly about business affairs, sent to Moses, Jacob and Abraham. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a letter about business affairs. (Information from CUDL)

Letter, first lines in a different hand, mentioning Abū Zakarīyā, Abū ʿImrān, Abū l-Ṭayyib, Saʿd b. Farrāj, Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿAlī, ʿAbdallah b. Yumr (?), Yaʿaqov b. Judah Burayh, Rabbi Joseph and Joseph b. Judah b. Joseph Burayh b. Jacob. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment, possibly from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

Small fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a letter, mentioning a certain Joseph and Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

Fragment from a business letter, mentioning Abū l-Munā. (Information from CUDL)

Official letter in Judaeo-Arabic, ordering somebody to appear before the court. Mentions al-Fayyūm. Dated: Elul 1505 Seleucid = 1194 CE. The handwriting resembles that of Avraham Maimonides, but the date is too early for him. On verso there is a similar text, possibly a draft of the same letter. At the bottom of verso there are marginalia in Arabic script, difficult to read, but one phrase appears to be repeated twice, and the last word is al-saʿīd. (Information in part from CUDL)

Address of a letter directed to a certain Elʿazar from the son of Meshullam the [...]. (Information from CUDL)

Probably fragment from a letter or a document, mentioning stores and a register. (Information from CUDL)