Letter: ENA NS 39.4

Letter ENA NS 39.4

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 39.4
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Recto: Large fragment of a late (18th/19th c) business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A short note signed by Yisakhar Groso (?) and Yehuda b. (?) Nissim Masīs. In the section of text on the left side of the recto, Mensahe Aliyon (in Rashīd) and Yaʿaqov Raṣon are mentioned. The portion of the address that remains on the verso lists Cairo (מצרים) as the letter's destination.

Related Places

Destination
Cairo
Mentioned
Rosetta

Tags

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 39, f. 4; ENA NS 39, fol. 4
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 39.4 1

°
1

ENA NS 39.4 2

°
2
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA NS 39.4: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 39.4. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12130/ (accessed February 9, 2026).