Letter: T-S 8.80

Letter T-S 8.80

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 8.80
Primary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Asking a dignitary for help on behalf of a group of people, by loaning them money or sending them a small quantity of wheat or grain. Verso: Poetical Hebrew text, possibly intended for the beginning of a letter. At 180 degrees, a rhymed Arabic letter that consists entirely of flattery and good wishes ("may God guard your shoulders(?) and protect your middle and your flanks(?)"). Underneath there are some additional jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script (al-raʾīs al-[...]). (Information in part from CUDL)

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2018
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S 8.80 1r

°
1r

T-S 8.80 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 8.80. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/17186/ (accessed August 19, 2026).