Letter: T-S Ar.39.171

Letter T-S Ar.39.171

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.171
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Recto: Informal note in Arabic script. "These are black ones (سودا) I have sent to my master.... increase or loss...." It is unclear what "black one(s)" refers to—maybe "black" dirhams (see Goitein, Med Soc I, p. 388)? But possibly a garment or another commodity or even a human. Underneath, in a different hand, probably the response: "...to increase... as for the kafiz (a unit of measure)...."

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 171; TS Arabic Box 39, f. 171
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.39.171 1r

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1r
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.171. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20793/ (accessed October 14, 2026).