Letter: ENA NS 31.11

Letter ENA NS 31.11

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 31.11
Primary Language
Hebrew

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Letter from Shalom, in Egypt, to an unknown addressee, probably in Istanbul. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. Reports on a shipwreck outside of Beirut; the survivors had to make their way by land to Egypt. Turkish merchants arrived from סטליאש (David suggests Sitia, Crete, cf. שיטיליאש in Mosseri III,231 and שיטיליש in T-S 10J16.32). They reported that the ship of Sulaymān Kāshif had been shipwrecked but not before reaching land. The writer goes on to discuss the trade in tin. Information from FGP.

Related Places

Mentioned
Beirut

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 31, fol. 11; ENA NS 31, f. 11
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 31.11 1

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1

ENA NS 31.11 2

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2
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 31.11. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11145/ (accessed February 24, 2026).