State document: T-S Ar.34.246

State document T-S Ar.34.246

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.34.246
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

  • 1 Transcription

Description

Report or petition. The ends of 5 lines are preserved. Twice mentions the Berbers (البربر) who are in the area of Abshīsh (ابشيش) in the Delta, the Berber town Marmājanna in Ifrīqiya, and possibly Nuqayṭa (mentioned in the document is Minyat Abī Nuqayṭa. Also mentions "the villages/estates of the tax officials" (ḍiyāʿ al-ʿāmilīn). On verso there are pen trials in Hebrew (perhaps by a scribe who drew up ketubbot). MCD/MR/YU.

Related Places

Mentioned
Abshīsh, Marmājanna
Possibly mentioned
Nuqayṭa

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 34, f. 246; TS Arabic Box 34, fol. 246
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.34.246 recto

°
recto
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2025).
  1. ]حق نعمته بعد جاى(؟) وانا...
  2. ]بالنزل مع البربر في ارض ابشيش بجوار
  3. ]رجوا علي حتى اخليت مواضعا بمنية ابي نقيطة(؟)
  4. ]. ساير البربر الذين في ضياع العاملين
  5. و]صولهم بالمرماجنة وبعضهم انجلى الى
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.34.246. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34491/ (accessed June 7, 2026).