Letter: ENA 2556.8

Letter ENA 2556.8

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2556.8
Primary Language
Hebrew

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Bottom of a communal letter in Hebrew. Written in Alexandria ca. 1030 CE (according to M. A. Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine, p. 380 note 5). The writer is Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen 'the Prince of the Diaspora.' Signatures include: Yehuda b. Moshe; Yaʿaqov b. Yosef; Ṭoviyya b. Elishaʿ; Sahl b. Yaʿaqov; Menuḥa b. Yosef ha-Kohen; Aharon b. Yehuda ha-Ḥazzan; Dāʾūd b. Avraham, and approximately 8 more partial signatures are preserved.

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2556, f. 8; ENA 2556, fol. 8
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 2556.8 1

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1

ENA 2556.8 2

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2
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  • ENA 2556.8: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL)
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2556.8. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12407/ (accessed June 8, 2026).