List or table: T-S NS 204.47

List or table T-S NS 204.47

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T-S NS 204.47
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Primary Language
Arabic

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Mysterious document in Arabic script. Begins with the glyph, then two sections, separated by a horizontal line. Underneath and on verso there is piyyut. (1) A record about previous correspondence? Excerpts: "... a letter to the dear brother, the shaykh... on Sunday, 3 Dhū l-Ḥijja 600 AH (= 2 August 1204 CE)... and with him a letter... for Bū l-Maḥāsin b. Sayyid al-Kull. (2) A record about the rising of the Nile to 4 cubits on the 4th of Dhū l-Ḥijja.

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Nile River

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

T-S NS 204.47 1r

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1r

T-S NS 204.47 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 204.47. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23926/ (accessed June 30, 2026).