Letter: T-S AS 169.263

Letter T-S AS 169.263

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S AS 169.263
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Communal letter. Maybe an autograph of David I Maimonides (וכ[תב] דוד). Might be a proclamation against certain popular forms of piety (the shrine of Dammūh/Dimwa?), referring to "worshipping in it . . . making pilgrimage (ziyāra) to a place where this applies . . .," then a reference to the biblical Moses (ורבן שלכל הנביאים עה), then "the people who frequent it. . . with merriment (lahw) and entertainment (ṭarab)." On verso mentions a period of 1.5 years and declares a ban of excommunication against naysayers (. . . אן יכאלף אחד הדא אלחרם ומן תעדא עליה פהו מוחרם ומובדל מעדת ישראל).

Related People

Scribe
David I Maimonides (uncertain)

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2023
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Transcription
Translation

T-S AS 169.263 1r

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1r

T-S AS 169.263 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 169.263. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/37673/ (accessed October 14, 2026).