Letter: ENA NS 77.181

Letter ENA NS 77.181

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 77.181
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham to [...]m b. Yehoshuaʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender opens with congratulations on the birth of a son to the addressee. He mentions a power of attorney from "our friend" David Ibn al-Gharbī for אבן אלכמ[...]. Various sums of dinars are mentioned and 2 Murābitī mithqāls. There are several lines in a different hand on verso, perhaps a postscript from somebody else or a draft of a response.

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 77, f. 181; ENA NS 77, fol. 181
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 77.181 1

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1

ENA NS 77.181 2

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2
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 77.181. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11890/ (accessed June 7, 2026).