Letter: ENA 2808.10

Letter ENA 2808.10

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2808.10
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a beautiful hand with wide line-spacing. Quite faded. Approximately 9 lines are preserved from the main text and another 8 lines in the right margin. Dating: Perhaps ~13th century. May be addressed to somebody whose name begins with Zakiyy (...al-mawlawī al-saʿīdī al-shaykh Zakiyy...). The addressee is asked to write a letter to the sender's father with his news. Mentions Alexandria. Reports that Abū l-Ḥasan is in Damascus. Mentions Moshe al-Ḥabashī (the same as in T-S Ar.54.24? That letter looks earlier, though). Regards to various family members and others.

Related Places

Mentioned
Damascus

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2808, f. 10; ENA 2808, fol. 10
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 2808.10 1

°
1

ENA 2808.10 2

°
2
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  • ENA 2808.10: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2808.10. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11985/ (accessed June 2, 2026).