Letter: BL OR 10112B.16 + Moss. IV,53.2

Letter BL OR 10112B.16 + Moss. IV,53.2

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Shelfmark
BL OR 10112B.16 + Moss. IV,53.2
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two fragments from the upper left side. Mentions: female dyers (? ṣabbāghāt); someone who had a bit of flax with him; and the small salted fish (ṣīr) which either Yefet or Peraḥya had requested. Also asks for items including Indian and chebulic myrobalans and ginger. He will send the kohl and the "saliva" (luʿāb). Mentions a shop, Alexandria, and a judge (shofeṭ). Join: Oded Zinger.

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Collections
British Library; Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 10112B, f. 16; BM Or 10112B, fol. 16
Input date
In PGP since 2021
British Library, BL OR 10112B.16 + Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. IV,53.2. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32179/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32179/