Letter: T-S AS 146.134

Letter T-S AS 146.134

Description

Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a letter/petition addressed to the Nagid. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century. None of the substance is preserved. Reused on recto for popular literature in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic (-nī), mentioning purchasing a scrap, a shirt, possibly an undergarment (taḥtānī), being safe from the heat (min al-ḥarr fī l-amānī), being happy (wa-anā masrūr wa-farḥānī), sending something with Manṣūr al-Hānī, etc.

T-S AS 146.134 1r

1r

Transcription

Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2022).

Translation

T-S AS 146.134 1v

1v
  1. מן ענד . [
  2. ] מן מרינו ורבינו אדונינו ונג[ידנו
  3. צניף תפא]רתינו אור עינינו ומנ[היג] דור[ינו
  4. הו]דינו והדרינו מרדכי הז[מן
  5. ] לא אלמן יהי שמו לעול[ם
  6. וינהי כ]תרת שוק[ה אלי]ה וארתיאחה נ[חוה
  7. ] . דתה . מ[
  8. ] גמיע . . [
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