Letter: T-S NS 342.22 + T-S NS 342.21 + T-S NS 342.16 + T-S NS 342.20

Letter T-S NS 342.22 + T-S NS 342.21 + T-S NS 342.16 + T-S NS 342.20

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 342.22 + T-S NS 342.21 + T-S NS 342.16 + T-S NS 342.20
Inferred Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Several fragments of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. The middle pieces (T-S NS 342.21 + T-S NS 342.16) are definite joins, and the upper and lower pieces (T-S NS 342.22 and T-S NS 342.20 respectively are probably joins. Mentions oil for Dammūh; a mirror or a woman; Yosef Ibn al-Lādhiqī(?); and "the guest" (al-ḍayf) Faḍāʾil. Needs further examination.

Related People

Sender
Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi
Recipient
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

Related Places

Mentioned
Dammūh

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Additional metadata

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

T-S NS 342.22 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.22 1v

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1v

T-S NS 342.21 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.21 1v

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1v

T-S NS 342.16 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.16 1v

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1v

T-S NS 342.20 1r

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1r

T-S NS 342.20 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.22 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.21 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.16 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 342.20. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26077/ (accessed June 2, 2026).