Letter: T-S NS 320.8

Letter T-S NS 320.8

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 320.8
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Description

Letter from Yehuda b. Sahl, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Note that Yehuda's father's name is something else in the Hebrew-script address (neither Sahl nor Yashar; ends with ש). The sender asks Nahray to order a commodity (ḥajar al-māʾ?) from another trader, because there is none in Palestine, and they are importing it from Sāl[...], and that seems to be an inadequate substitute for coral. (This reading is tentative.) He also orders a mantle (īzār) for himself. This document is uncited in the literature.

Related People

Sender
Yehuda b. Sahl
Recipient
(Abū Yaḥyā) Nahray b. Nissim

Related Places

Destination
Fustat
Origin
Jerusalem

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Additional metadata

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

T-S NS 320.8 1r

°
1r

T-S NS 320.8 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 320.8. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/25451/ (accessed June 30, 2026).