Letter: ENA NS 12.23

Letter ENA NS 12.23

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 12.23
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. It is not immediately clear if recto and verso are in the same handwriting or not. On recto, the addressee is a woman. The sender (presumably male) mentions something "red and white," and he hopes to come in person soon. He tells her not to worry. Mentions how "you know my love for you" (ואנתי תעל[מי] מחבתי לך), so probably a traveling husband to his wife back home. Mentions Abū l-Waḥsh and offers *(to bring with him?) anything the addressee desires. Verso: Also a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Urges a quick response, which should be sent to the goldsmiths' market (sūq al-ṣāgha). The sender swears by God "apart from whom there is no God" (billāhi alladhī lā ilāha illā huwa). Greetings to Abū l-Maʿālī(?) b. [...] and his son Abū l-Bahāʾ.

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 12, fol. 23; ENA NS 12, f. 23
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 12.23 1

°
1

ENA NS 12.23 2

°
2
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  • ENA NS 12.23: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 12.23. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/12455/ (accessed June 7, 2026).