Letter: T-S Misc.28.83

Letter T-S Misc.28.83

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Misc.28.83
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe, probably addressed to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower part of recto). Mentions: the sale of something by Efrayim; something that should be sent with Ibn al-Dawāniqī(?) ('the penny pincher'); an urgent request to write to al-qāḍī al-makīn about something that will help Yefet; something "this year in al-Mahdiyya"; regards to Sitt Naʿīm (possibly Ḥalfon's wife).

Related People

Mentioned
Sitt Naʿīm
Recipient
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi
Sender
Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box Misc. 28, fol. 83; TS Box Misc. 28, f. 83
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Translation

T-S Misc.28.83 recto

°
recto
Gershon Weiss, "Legal Documents Written by the Court Clerk Halfon Ben Manasse (Dated 1100-1138)" (PhD diss., n.p., 1970).

Main

  1. 1 ( )ד צ( )
  2. 2 ( )מחרם עמא( )
  3. 3 ( ) שרכה סתות זוגה כלף בן קשקוש ( )
  4. 4 ( )שאע גיר מקסום ורבע אלדאר אלתי ( )
  5. 5 ( ) בקצר אלשמע פי זקאק אלדכאן שרכה ( )
  6. 6 ( )ר אהרן הכהן ישצו
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Misc.28.83. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23443/, accessed May 22, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23443/