State document: T-S Ar.39.97

State document T-S Ar.39.97

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.97
Inferred Date
Primary Language
Arabic

Description

Possibly a fragment of a petition, or a legal document (mentions ṣaḥīḥ sharʿī in l. 2). The beginnings of 11 lines are preserved. Mentions the Naṣīra Dirham, which was the coin minted under the first Ayyubid emir al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn in 1187, and hence the document can be dated to the Ayyubid era. On the verso, there are accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 97; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 97
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.97. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/21016/ (accessed February 24, 2026).