Letter: ENA NS 8.23

Letter ENA NS 8.23

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 8.23
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century, but this is a guess. The sender bemoans his or her wretched fate: "My son died in a foreign land... my son-in-law was slaughtered... do not ask, my brother, about our debts... if I could have written this with my tears, I would have done so." The name Hārūn appears on verso.

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 8, f. 23; ENA NS 8, fol. 23
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 8.23 1

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1

ENA NS 8.23 2

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2
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  • ENA NS 8.23: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 8.23. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11909/ (accessed June 10, 2026).