Letter: T-S Ar.39.29

Letter T-S Ar.39.29

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.29
Primary Languages
Arabic
Greek/Coptic Numerals

What's in the PGP

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Description

Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mainly words of patronage in a high register of Arabic. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions many names. Needs further examination.

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 29; TS Arabic Box 39, f. 29
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.39.29 1r

°
1r
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2025).

Recto

  1. والته هي دين علي وقد سلوت[
  2. ممن لا.... بمثل هذه الحضرة ويامـ[
  3. ان اثر فيه بعلامته وما تقدمـ[
  4. هو ..... واعظم اجرا يامولاي المـ[
  5. له [ ]العبد يسل من احسان الد[
  6. لسان الحال افصح من لسـ[ـان
  7. [  ] ما اكثر من اموري[
  8. وانت لمن رماه الدهر عـ[

T-S Ar.39.29 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.29. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20872/ (accessed October 14, 2026).