Letter: T-S AS 215.358

Letter T-S AS 215.358

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 215.358
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the last two lines in Arabic script. Elegant handwriting. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Fragment (right side only). Mentions "the house of the Jerusalemites" (Dār al-Maqādisa), Abū Khalaf, "your wife," and greetings from the sender's wife or mother (wa-sittī tusallim ʿalayk).

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

T-S AS 215.358 1r

°
1r

T-S AS 215.358 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 215.358. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/22889/ (accessed October 14, 2026).