Letter: T-S Ar.39.217

Letter T-S Ar.39.217

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.217
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter, probably, or a question to a jurisconsult. The writer complains about a debt he owes to the people of a town (qariya). The last word of the first line looks like it has Tiberian vowels underneath - a word in Hebrew written in Arabic script? Needs examination.

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 217; TS Arabic Box 39, f. 217
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.39.217 1r

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1r
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2025).

Recto

  1. الـ[   ] كان لرابينو(؟) دين في قرية يقال بها ببني دش.....
  2.   ]ما يقول في غرما في هولا ليواصل اليهم في حول السنة
  3. ]ين والان قد اجتمعوا في هذه القرية لمال العبد [ ]ـرى
  4. ]ثمن واقبضهم وان له بعد انك يخدمهم الا في هذه الايام
  5. ]تجارة يخاف عليها السلف اذ..ر اقبضي.. فان ذلك...حانوت
  6. ]يجوز لمن له دين على كونهم وهم يسمعون [  ] عبد لهم يجوز له ان
  7. ]وكلما باع(؟) ويقوم ويكتب لانه قبل

T-S Ar.39.217 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.217. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20819/ (accessed October 14, 2026).