Letter: ENA 2739.7

Letter ENA 2739.7

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 2739.7
Inferred Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Lower fragment: Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), whose partial name is visible in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Yefet brings up the fūṭa which he had previously written about. He asks Ḥalfon to do something for the sake (lit. "for the pupils (ḥadaqatayn)") of Yaʿaqov. It has been two months since [...].

Related People

Sender
Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi
Recipient
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 2739, fol. 7; ENA 2739, f. 7
Input date
In PGP since 2022
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA 2739.7 2

°
2

ENA 2739.7 1

°
1
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  • ENA 2739.7: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 2739.7. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35137/ (accessed April 14, 2026).