Letter: ENA 1157.12

Letter ENA 1157.12

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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto). Written on parchment. Likely a Maghribī mercantile letter of the 11th century. Twice refers to "my master the Third (al-shelishi)." Refers to a bundle (ruzma) containing something with "the Seventh (al-sheviʿi)" written on it. On verso there is a list of names in a different hand: Saʿīd b. Mevorakh; ʿUlla b. [...]; Avraham b. Fahd; Yefet b. [...]; Maʿālī b. Yiṣḥaq Kohen; Yosef b. Ibrāhīm; Abū l-Ḥasan.

ENA 1157.12 recto

recto

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ENA 1157.12 verso

verso
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