Letter: ENA NS 77.165

Letter ENA NS 77.165

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 77.165
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the opening in Hebrew and the address in Arabic script ("to Fustat"). Dating: Maybe 12th century. Of the substance of the message that is preserved, the sender says that he prays for the addressee and wants the addressee to help somebody (maybe the bearer) with something.

Related Places

Destination
Fustat

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 77, fol. 165; ENA NS 77, f. 165
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 77.165 1

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ENA NS 77.165 2

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2
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA NS 77.165: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 77.165. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/13501/ (accessed March 10, 2026).