Letter: T-S 12.356

Letter T-S 12.356

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Shelfmark
T-S 12.356
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (right side of recto and verso) from [Ya'qu?]b b. Bū l-Faraj, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-M[unā?] al-[ʿAṭṭār?], probably in Fustat. The writer is in difficult straits and has nothing left to sell except some drugs (ʿaqāqir), and requests the recipient's help. He also mentions the son of the deaf man (Ibn al-Ḥeresh Abū Ib[rahim?]) and Abū l-Makārim b. al-Amshāṭī. ASE.

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Translation

T-S 12.356 1r

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1r

T-S 12.356 1v

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1v
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