Letter: T-S Ar.30.204

Letter T-S Ar.30.204

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.30.204
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter of appeal for charity from Sālim of Tyre to an unidentified addressee. The letter (in Judaeo-Arabic) is on verso, while recto is a poem (in Hebrew) by Yizḥaq b. Khalfūn (in the same hand as the letter). The content of the letter is brief and quite formulaic (misfortunes, want, illness). There is some unusual orthography: גזקי ומלי for רזקי ומאלי. Information in part from Baker/Polliack catalog.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 30, f. 204; TS Arabic Box 30, fol. 204
Input date
In PGP since 2020
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.30.204 1r

°
1r

T-S Ar.30.204 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.30.204. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20329/ (accessed August 24, 2026).