Letter: ENA NS 7.74

Letter ENA NS 7.74

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Shelfmark
ENA NS 7.74
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer defends himself for having to refuse a request of the addressee (he cites a version of a couplet of Arabic poetry that some sources attribute to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib: אדא סאלת אלי כרים חאגה ואבא פלא תעתב עליה בח[אגב] | רבמא אמתנע אל[...] ומא בה בכל ולאכן סו חין אלטאלב), then expresses astonishment that the addressee would even ask such a thing. The letter becomes very faded at the bottom, but he seems to discourage the addressee from taking some matter to court, because the judge will not award the desired sum of money. ASE.

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 7, f. 74; ENA NS 7, fol. 74
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 7.74 1

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ENA NS 7.74 2

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 7.74. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11865/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11865/