Paraliterary text: Halper 452

Paraliterary text Halper 452

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Shelfmark
Halper 452
Primary Languages
Aramaic
Judaeo-Arabic

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Prescriptions or recipes in Judaeo-Arabic and Aramaic. "Instructions, mostly in Judeo-Arabic for preparations of different remedies. In the margin of the recto are instructions for extracting duck fat, written in a smaller hand. The last two items on the verso are in Aramaic, for killing spirits and for a woman whose sons has died." Information from Penn catalog.

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Collection
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper
Historical shelfmarks
Dropsie 452
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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Translation

Halper 452 p. 1

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p. 1

Halper 452 p. 2

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p. 2
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  • Halper 452: Provided by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper, Halper 452. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32501/ (accessed March 10, 2026).