Letter: T-S 12.421

Letter T-S 12.421

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T-S 12.421
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Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from the cantor Yosef b. Yaʿaqov, in a provincial town (Benhā is mentioned), to Abū l-Ḥasan Yefet b. Eli, in Malīj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1133 CE, based on the sender's signing of NLI 577.3/5 (PGPID 852) in 1133 CE. The writer asks the addressee whether he would agree to sharing one half of his functions in the synagogue with the son of another cantor. Information from Goitein's note card.

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In PGP since 2017
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T-S 12.421 1r

1r

T-S 12.421 1v

1v
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