Paraliterary text: ENA 2875.13

Paraliterary text ENA 2875.13

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2875.13
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Epistolary writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic. The dating is probably 18th- or 19th-century based on the paleography, The student Ya[ʿīsh(?)] Marzūq, whose name appears in the heading, has repeated the same opening formula throughout the recto and verso. The opening line of the verso is in a different scribal hand, presumably that of the unnamed writing instructor who provided Marzūq the phrase in model handwriting. MCD.

Tags

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Input date
In PGP since 2025
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 2875.13 recto

°
recto

ENA 2875.13 verso

°
verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA 2875.13: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2875.13. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/40447/ (accessed February 9, 2026).