Letter: Moss. VII,205

Letter Moss. VII,205

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Moss. VII,205
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

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Enigmatic fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic describing what happened to the writer in front of the addressee's house; how people were appealing for help on account of the capitation tax; how the writer has lost 25 dirhams; and how there is 'ḥamas' in the country. Also, Abū l-Ḥasan has asked the writer for clay and/or bricks. Verso contains several crossed-out lines and the address in Arabic: to Fustat, to Manṣūr b. al-Ḥazzān (?) al-[. . .] from his brother Abū Saʿd.

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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Translation

Moss. VII,205 1r

°
1r

Moss. VII,205 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. VII,205. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27091/ (accessed August 6, 2026).