Letter: JRL B 5217

Letter JRL B 5217

Metadata

Shelfmark
JRL B 5217
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Torn vertically, so only the beginnings of the lines are preserved. Mentions Bilbays. The writer is a scribe/copyist. Regards to: Abū l-Surūr and to Tif'eret ha-Kohanim Abū ʿ[...], probably Abū ʿImrān Moshe (active ca. 1200 CE).

Related Places

Mentioned
Bilbays

Additional metadata

Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES B 5217;
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Image
Transcription
Translation

JRL B 5217 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL B 5217 1 / 1 leaf, verso

°
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • JRL B 5217: Image rights: The University of Manchester Library. Access rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 None
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL B 5217. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28748/ (accessed March 10, 2026).