Letter: T-S NS 342.13 + T-S NS 342.15 + T-S NS 342.25 + T-S NS 342.17

Letter T-S NS 342.13 + T-S NS 342.15 + T-S NS 342.25 + T-S NS 342.17

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 342.13 + T-S NS 342.15 + T-S NS 342.25 + T-S NS 342.17
Inferred Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Several fragments from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that he sent something with Abū l-Barakāt. Also mentions: a Ṭabarī mattress (martaba); someone or something which arrived with Nahray; and Bū l-Surūr. Yefet has sent the addressee with Abū ʿImrān a piece of steel (fūlādh). The addressee is to sell it and buy oil for Dammūh with the proceeds. Further down mentions "all the Jews" (jamīʿ al-yahūd), and mentions musk in the margin. T-S NS 342.34 may also be part of the same letter (lower right corner). AA/ASE. Joins: Alan Elbaum and Oded Zinger.

Related People

Mentioned
(Abū Yaḥyā) Nahray b. Nissim (uncertain)
Sender
Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi
Recipient
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

Related Places

Mentioned
Dammūh

Tags

Additional metadata

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

T-S NS 342.13 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.13 1v

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1v

T-S NS 342.15 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.15 1v

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1v

T-S NS 342.25 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.25 1v

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1v

T-S NS 342.17 1r

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T-S NS 342.17 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.13 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.15 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.25 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.17. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26071/ (accessed May 17, 2026).