Letter: T-S 12.55

Letter T-S 12.55

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 12.55
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter fragment (upper right corner). Addressed to the writer's father. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a young man from Aleppo and a medicinal syrup. The letter is written in rhymed prose, like many of Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu's letters, and the handwriting is actually quite similar.

Related Places

Mentioned
Aleppo

Tags

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S 12.55 1r

1r

T-S 12.55 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
  • T-S 12.55: No attribution or license noted.
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.55. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32780/ (accessed August 7, 2026).