Letter: JRL A 1016

Letter JRL A 1016

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Shelfmark
JRL A 1016
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Upper part of a letter in Hebrew possibly dated 534[.] = 1580s CE, but the phrase וזה שעה השמים is probably gematriya rather than a rendering of the year [.]השמ. The paleography of the letter appears later than 16th-century. It is addressed to "my brother who is like my soul" and mentions the writer's arrival in Alexandria from Cairo, and, later, "I will pay you when you come to Jerusalem." Mentions Yiṣḥaq Almsini (=Almosino?) in l. 12. The document was then reused, recto and verso both, for accounts, perhaps communal donations.

Related Places

Mentioned
Alexandria, Cairo, Jerusalem

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Additional metadata

Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES A 1016;
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Transcription
Translation

JRL A 1016 1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, recto

°
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, recto

JRL A 1016 1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso

°
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso
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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL A 1016. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28112/ (accessed March 10, 2026).