Letter: T-S AS 151.193

Letter T-S AS 151.193

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 151.193
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Fragment of a business letter from an unknown sender to his brother Abū l-Durr (אבו אלדר), in Fusṭāṭ, in murabbaʿat al-ʿaṭṭārīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning commodities such as musk, beads (akhrāz), al-qalʿī (an alchemical term), sugar cane (? qaḍīb), mercury (zaybaq), cinnabar (zunjufr), storax (mayʿa), and kohl. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2018
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Translation

T-S AS 151.193 1r

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1r

T-S AS 151.193 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 151.193. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/17672/ (accessed April 17, 2026).