Letter: JRL Gaster ar. 166

Letter JRL Gaster ar. 166

Metadata

Shelfmark
JRL Gaster ar. 166
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter or legal document. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. One side: "[...] 1 dirham or more, and I am [content?]... Jews..." The other side appears to contain the end of a letter, with wa-l-salām and instructions to kiss somebody on the sender's behalf (tabūs ʿanī...).

Additional metadata

Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 166
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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Transcription
Translation

JRL Gaster ar. 166 1 / 1 leaf, recto

1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL Gaster ar. 166 1 / 1 leaf, verso

1 / 1 leaf, verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • JRL Gaster ar. 166: Image rights: The University of Manchester Library. Access rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Gaster ar. 166. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32946/, accessed April 17, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32946/