Paraliterary text: IOM D 55.9

Paraliterary text IOM D 55.9

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IOM D 55.9
Document Date
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Record of a birth, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic (in two different hands) and Arabic script. The date is given according to multiple calendars, including 13 Iyyar 4909 AM, which is 23 April 1149 CE. Also dated 13 Dhū l-Qiʿda 543 AH (should be Dhū l-Ḥijja, as Goitein comments). There are a photostat and a transcription in Goitein's attached notes (to be uploaded).

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Collection
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences, IOM D 55.9. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9349/ (accessed June 8, 2026).