Letter: T-S NS 304.38

Letter T-S NS 304.38

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Shelfmark
T-S NS 304.38
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter from Abū l-Faraj to his paternal uncle, expressing his longing for him. The continuation is either torn away or was never written. The sender, extremely unusually, calls himself the "master" (mālik al-riqq) rather than the "slave" (mamlūk) of the addressee.

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

T-S NS 304.38 1r

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1r
Alan Elbaum's digital edition (2023).

Recto

  1. מן מאלך רקה אבו אלפרג
  2. כתאבי אלי אלעם אלעזיז עלי
  3. וענדי אטאל אאלה(!) בקאה
  4. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וכבת
  5. בלדל אלמהין חסדתה ואעדה
  6. וסוא דלך יא עמי לא תסאל
  7. מא עלי קלבי מן פורקתך
  8. אאלה(!) תעאלי יגמע ביננא
  9. קריב ליס בעיד ואלדי נעלם

T-S NS 304.38 1v

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1v
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