Letter: Moss. IV,48.1

Letter Moss. IV,48.1

Metadata

Shelfmark
Moss. IV,48.1
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Mercantile letter from Nissim b. Ismāʿīl, unknown location, to an unknown addressee, in Jerusalem. Fragment (upper right corner of recto) In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. There is additional Arabic script underneath the address (a postscript? instructions for the mail carriers?) which ends, "quickly, if God wills." The letter mentions Mūsā (or Nissi?) b. Qūqū al-Bahnasī (or rather al-Nafūsī). Not much more is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

Related Places

Destination
Jerusalem

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Input date
In PGP since 2018
Image
Transcription
Translation

Moss. IV,48.1 1r

°
1r

Moss. IV,48.1 1v

°
1v
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