Letter: T-S NS 320.115

Letter T-S NS 320.115

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 320.115
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Hebrew

Description

Letter from an unknown sender, in Alexandria, to a certain Shalom who has a son named Yehuda, in Fustat/Cairo. (In the actual address, the letter is to be delivered to Moshe b. Sāʾib al-Qūṣanṭīnī (=of Constantine or Constantinople)). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the opening in Hebrew. Dating: 15th–18th century, based on hand and layout, but this could likely be narrowed. The sender wanted to travel but didn't have the money to rent passage on a boat or ship, so he borrowed 12 [...] from Yeshuʿa ʿIwāẓ b. Quwaysmāt(?). Also mentions Nuṣayr. An agreement was reached, "and we traveled nearly 40 miles (מיל)," but then the wind turned them back, and now it seems that the sender has to find a different boat/ship. The lower part of the letter is missing.

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 320.115. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/25384/ (accessed June 7, 2026).