Letter: T-S NS 225.12

Letter T-S NS 225.12

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T-S NS 225.12
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from Yosef to his brother Elʿazar aka Abū Manṣūr b. Abū l-Surūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Fragment (upper part of recto). Yosef complains about his weakness and poverty and worries. Greetings from [Abū] l-Surūr, from the sender's maternal uncle Abū Saʿd and his wife and Isḥāq. On verso the sender seems to complain about a lack of news: he heard something about a marriage, a (newborn?) boy, Sitt al-Kull, and Daniel, but was not informed. He ends the letter, "Do not blame me, for my vision is weak."

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 225.12. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24117/, accessed December 30, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24117/