Letter: ENA 2739.4

Letter ENA 2739.4

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2739.4
Inferred Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), who is named in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Mentions: dirhams; that Yaʿaqov has departed for Fustat; a Kirmānī commodity (indigo?); that Saʿīd b. Hiba will sell something for Ḥalfon; a commodity that is selling for 30 dinars a mann; and possibly cumin.

Related People

Recipient
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2739, f. 4; ENA 2739, fol. 4
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA 2739.4 2

°
2

ENA 2739.4 1

°
1
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2739.4. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12359/ (accessed June 2, 2026).