Letter: T-S AS 158.83

Letter T-S AS 158.83

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 158.83
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is very cursive and very hard to read (and seems familiar from other 11th- or 12th-century mercantile documents). Refers to people such as Abū Saʿīd, possibly Ghālib ibn al-Rayyis, Abū l-Surūr, and al-ʿAkkāwī. Mentions several ships. On verso a list, in the hand of the same scribe, of names and commodities, such as pepper, nard, arsenic, and musk items usually associated with the India trade.

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Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Translation

T-S AS 158.83 1r

°
1r

T-S AS 158.83 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 158.83. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/22419/ (accessed October 13, 2026).