Letter: ENA NS I.74

Letter ENA NS I.74

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS I.74
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter from a man, in Damietta, to his brother Abū l-Majd, in Damīra. (The sender's name may be legible in the Arabic address -- perhaps [Abū l-]Munā.) In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. The sender had sent an invitation with Hiba al-Kohen for the addressee to come celebrate the holidays in Damietta, and he is sad that he did not come. The sender mentions a house and his cousin (the daughter of his maternal aunt). He orders an item from Damīra that should be "blue, veiled with white," and price is no obstacle.

Related Places

Destination
Damīra
Origin
Damietta

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS I, fol. 74; ENA NS I, f. 74
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS I.74 1

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1

ENA NS I.74 2

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2
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS I.74. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11956/ (accessed June 2, 2026).