Letter: ENA 3788.7

Letter ENA 3788.7

Shelfmark: ENA 3788.7

Primary Language: Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Languages: Arabic; Hebrew

IB5
India

Historical shelfmarks: ENA 3788, f. 7; ENA 3788, fol. 7
Input date: In PGP since 2017

Description

Business letter from Yūsuf b. Ibrahim b. Bundār to Abū Zikrī Kohen (aka Yehuda b. Yosef Sijilmāsī). In Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew, with the address in both Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic opening and the address are preserved. Reused on verso for the text of the Shabbat Mussaf prayer. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card.)