Letter: ENA NS 77.158 + ENA NS 77.157 + ENA NS 77.156

Letter ENA NS 77.158 + ENA NS 77.157 + ENA NS 77.156

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 77.158 + ENA NS 77.157 + ENA NS 77.156
Inferred Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter/petition addressed to a high authority. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). He describes the details of a case in Alexandria, in which a man evidently lost a lot of money, and now he is crying (bākī) for help and reliant on charity. Verso is blank. AA. ASE.

Related People

Scribe
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 77, f. 158; ENA NS 77, fol. 158; ENA NS 77, f. 157; ENA NS 77, fol. 157; ENA NS 77, f. 156; ENA NS 77, fol. 156
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 77.158 1

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ENA NS 77.158 2

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ENA NS 77.157 1

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ENA NS 77.157 2

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ENA NS 77.156 1

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ENA NS 77.156 2

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Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA NS 77.156: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
  • ENA NS 77.157: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
  • ENA NS 77.158: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 77.158 + Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 77.157 + Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 77.156. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11258/ (accessed June 6, 2026).