Letter: BL OR 5554A.46

Letter BL OR 5554A.46

Metadata

Shelfmark
BL OR 5554A.46
Document Date
Primary Language
Hebrew

Description

Letter of appeal, probably. In Hebrew. Addressed to an important personage and narrating the writer's woes. There is a large, calligraphic "I speak so that I may find relief" (אדברה וירוח לי) dividing the two blocks of text. The lower block appears to begin with self-abasing phrases such as "trample my neck with your foot," and the writer conveys his deep regrets (?) over the death (?) of the recipient's son (?) ʿAmram in Tevet of the year 1186/87 CE (1498 Seleucid).

Additional metadata

Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5554A, f. 46; BM Or 5554A, fol. 46
Input date
In PGP since 2020
British Library, BL OR 5554A.46. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/19210/, accessed December 21, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/19210/