Letter: T-S NS J535

Letter T-S NS J535

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Shelfmark
T-S NS J535
Document Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). Dated: Elul 498[.] AM, which is the 1220s CE. In the portion preserved before the concluding greetings, the sender complains at least twice about the gloating of enemies (shamāta). At one point (s)he exclaims O Ḥawliyya(?), O my sister! There are some more strange names in the greetings section. Greetings to: the same Ḥawliyya and her husband; ʿEli; Maʿadd(?); Ḥusayna and her husband. Greetings from: ʿUmar; Sitt al-Hāl (=Sitt al-Ahl?); Ḥaqqūn(??); Makhlūf; "I, Kātib(? or Kātim? or Khātim?)"; and "my father גיתין.

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

T-S NS J535 1r

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1r

T-S NS J535 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J535. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26496/ (accessed October 15, 2026).