Paraliterary text: ENA 3936.4

Paraliterary text ENA 3936.4

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 3936.4
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Medical recipe or prescription, in Arabic script, in a very rudimentary hand. Ingredients include purslane seed (bizr rijla), bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr), a type of syrup (sharāb), and quince (written صفرجل).

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3936, fol. 4; ENA 3936, f. 4
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA 3936.4 verso

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verso

ENA 3936.4 recto

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recto
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  • ENA 3936.4: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL)
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3936.4. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/10379/ (accessed January 15, 2026).