Letter: T-S NS 324.142

Letter T-S NS 324.142

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Shelfmark
T-S NS 324.142
Document Date
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dated: Kislev 1497 Seleucid, which is 1185 CE. With a long, flattering Hebrew introduction, and the body of the letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's father's name appears at the bottom of recto, and Moshe is a plausible reading, though the מ would have to be very elongated. The community of Aden wishes for the visit of the addressee, and they congratulate him on something to do with Alexandria and somebody who was arrested. (Information in part from Goitein's index card. Identification of the sender and recipient by Amir Ashur.)

Related People

Sender
Saʿīd b. Marḥab
Recipient
Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Translation

T-S NS 324.142 1r

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1r

T-S NS 324.142 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 324.142. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/8697/ (accessed October 14, 2026).