Letter: T-S AS 172.341

Letter T-S AS 172.341

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S AS 172.341
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, likely Mamluk or early Ottoman era. The part on recto is discussing a house and maybe the monthly rent. Mentions a sum of 300 "jadīd." Mentions Barhūn. Verso is mostly names and greetings: Zikrī and his son, Ḥabība, Esther and her husband Yom Ṭov. Moshe, the sender's mother, Ḥabība again, al-muʿallim Shemuel Kohen and his children, Simḥa, Yosef, Ḥubayyib, Yaʿaqov.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S AS 172.341 1r

°
1r

T-S AS 172.341 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 172.341. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/22512/ (accessed June 9, 2026).