Letter: ENA 2727.9a

Letter ENA 2727.9a

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Shelfmark
ENA 2727.9a
Primary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from a certain Asad to a certain Avraham. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. He conveys his longing (including kissing the addressee's letter). He explains that he sent the quires (karārīs) for Sayyidnā with his father, and they were only delayed because he could not find a messenger. He wants al-Shaykh al-Makīn ('my teacher') to send the recipe for the collyrium (ashyāfa) known as al-maktūma (or al-makhtūma). On verso there are also some adages in Arabic script (also attested in literary sources), including "He who knows that he will be forgotten when he dies, let him act well and not be forgotten."

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2727, fol. 9a; ENA 2727, f. 9a
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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ENA 2727.9a 1

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ENA 2727.9a 2

2
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2727.9a. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11958/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11958/