Letter: T-S Misc.11.45

Letter T-S Misc.11.45

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Misc.11.45
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Verso, with the address on recto (original use): Fragment of a letter from Mūsā b. [...], unknown location, to his father, in ʿAsqalān. The introduction is in in Hebrew, and only a few words are preserved from the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The address is in Arabic script. Recto (secondary use): Letter from a father to his son ʿImrān, to the shop of ʿAllūn al-Sharābī. In Judaeo-Arabic. This might be a response to the other letter (e.g., the son could have been named Abū ʿImrān Mūsā like many Mūsās and gone by both names).

Related Places

Destination
Ascalon

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box Misc. 11, f. 45; TS Box Misc. 11, fol. 45
Input date
In PGP since 2022
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Misc.11.45 1r

°
1r

T-S Misc.11.45 1v

°
1v
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