Letter: Halper 484

Letter Halper 484

Metadata

Shelfmark
Halper 484
Primary Language
Arabic
Secondary Languages
Greek/Coptic Numerals
Hebrew

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Description

Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to [...] al-Ḥakīm, the physician of the amīr Jamāl al-Dīn Aḥmad. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century. The writer seems to be rebuking the addressee: "because of your habit of listening to 'bāṭil' (bad counsel), there is not a single person who doesn't laugh at us." He swears twice by the Torah: "wa-ḥaqq al-Tawrā." There are few commodities with prices in dirhams, including rice, listed on both recto and verso. There are a few phrases in Hebrew on verso.

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Collection
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper
Historical shelfmarks
Dropsie 484
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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Transcription
Translation

Halper 484 p. 1

°
p. 1

Halper 484 p. 2

°
p. 2
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  • Halper 484: Provided by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Halper, Halper 484. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32513/ (accessed June 5, 2026).