State document: T-S Ar.3.5

State document T-S Ar.3.5

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.3.5
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Verso (original use): Small fragment of an official-looking Arabic letter. Parts of four lines are preserved. May mention Barqa (unless this is something like "bi-riqqihī"), "crossing" the lands (ويقطع البلاد), and telling the addressee to "inform them that the two excuses are [...]."

Related Places

Possibly mentioned
Barqa

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 3, fol. 5; TS Arabic Box 3, f. 5
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.3.5 1v

°
1v
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2023).

Verso

  1. ]علي بربـ[
  2. ]لى برقة ويقطع البلاد
  3. ]اث الله عليه محابة(؟)
  4. ـ]ـن فاعلمهم ان العذر (الغدر=alt) بين
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