Letter: ENA 2804.5

Letter ENA 2804.5

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Shelfmark
ENA 2804.5
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2804, fol. 5; ENA 2804, f. 5
Input date
In PGP since 2018

Description

Letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Natan b. Avraham. Dating: ca. 1034. Relates to the early stages of a conflict between Natan b. Avraham and Shelomo b. Yehuda. Efrayim b. Shemarya gives his support to Natan b. Avraham. Mentions regular correspondence between the writer and the addressee. Mentions a person who arrived from Babylonia, possibly Daniel b. ʿAzarya, who was elected to the Palestinian gaonate after Shelomo b. Yehuda. (Information from Bareket, The Jews of Egypt, p. 99.) On recto there is a document in Arabic script (see separate record).

ENA 2804.5 1

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ENA 2804.5 2

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