Letter: ENA 2808.1

Letter ENA 2808.1

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2808.1
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Family or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). Addresses somebody named Abū l-Riḍā and exhorts him to help somebody, "first because he is of your family, and second because you (pl.) ... on the strangers who come to you." There are further urgings to respond and to act. The letter closes with some praises/blessings in Hebrew.

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2808, fol. 1; ENA 2808, f. 1
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 2808.1 1

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1

ENA 2808.1 2

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2
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA 2808.1: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2808.1. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12456/ (accessed March 10, 2026).