Literary text: T-S Ar.30.79

Literary text T-S Ar.30.79

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.30.79
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Fragment of a page in lovely handwriting mostly dealing with stories from the Bible. Deut 20:16 is quoted; Jericho is named, along with Sulayman ibn David, also Musa and Harun, and the king of the Ḥimrīyūn (?). Some of the writing is in larger letters. Possibly says "qata'if in honey" on the lower left of recto (?!). ASE.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 30, f. 79; TS Arabic Box 30, fol. 79
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.30.79 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.30.79 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.30.79. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20470/ (accessed June 10, 2026).