Letter: ENA 2808.40b

Letter ENA 2808.40b

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2808.40b
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Lower fragment, recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, as the ashrafī is mentioned– a coinage type that was first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year. The sender orders a raṭl of cheese (last line).

Tags

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2808, fol. 40b;ENA 2808.40;ENA 2808, f. 40b
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 2808.40b 1

°
1

ENA 2808.40b 2

2
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA 2808.40b: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2808.40b. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/33941/ (accessed September 15, 2026).