Letter: T-S 12.788

Letter T-S 12.788

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Shelfmark
T-S 12.788
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th century or later. The paper is well-preserved, but almost all of the text is extremely faded; might be legible with multispectral imaging. The margin of recto mentions the holidays of Tishrei, the sender's embarrassment among certain people (wa-ṣirtu nastaḥiyy min banī. . . ), several learned quotations, and some business matters. The address is partially written in Arabic script; the sender's name may be [...] b. Ḥassūn. AA. ASE.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 12.788 1r

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1r

T-S 12.788 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.788. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20079/ (accessed October 14, 2026).