Letter: T-S NS J531

Letter T-S NS J531

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS J531
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th century. Headed by the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Fragment (upper part only). The occasion of the letter is to inform the addressee that al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū Manṣūr has arrived. In the margins there are very faded jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. On verso there is Hebrew piyyuṭ.

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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 J531 1r

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1r

T-S NS J531 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J531. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26492/ (accessed October 14, 2026).