Letter: NLI 577.3/8

Letter NLI 577.3/8

Metadata

Shelfmark
NLI 577.3/8
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Recto: Letter from Yehuda to an unknown addressee. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Distinctive (Levantine or Iraqi?) handwriting. Deals with business matters, mainly produce (plums/prunes, dates, ḥashīsha, rose conserve (ward murabbā), sugar. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script, headed, "This is all of what Sulaymān left before he traveled." There is is some overlap with the goods on recto, e.g. the rose conserve.

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Collection
National Library of Israel
Historical shelfmarks
JNL 577.3/8; JNUL 577.3/8
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Transcription
Translation

NLI 577.3/8 Frag. 001r

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Frag. 001r

NLI 577.3/8 Frag. 001v

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Frag. 001v
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National Library of Israel, NLI 577.3/8. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27440/ (accessed November 13, 2026).