Letter: T-S Ar.39.377

Letter T-S Ar.39.377

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.377
Primary Language
Arabic

Description

Letter fragment (upper right corner) in Arabic script. The addressee may be called "al-qāʾid" (l. 2). Mentions Umm Abū ʿAbdallāh (l. 3). Refers to purchasing something with a feminine suffix (اشتريتها, ll. 4–5); a Christian woman (نصرانية, l. 5); and a reference to a blemish (ʿayb) and maybe an illness (maḍrūba, l. 6). Together, this suggests that it has to do with a purchase of an enslaved Christian woman. Needs further examination.

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 377; TS Arabic Box 39, f. 377
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.377. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20914/, accessed June 24, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20914/