Letter: P.CtYBR inv. 1705 qua

Letter P.CtYBR inv. 1705 qua

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Shelfmark
P.CtYBR inv. 1705 qua
Primary Language
Arabic

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Input date
In PGP since 2022

Description

Letter in Arabic on paper mentioning 150 dinars, a substantial sum of money. Possibly late 10th or 11th century. Letter is on recto, address at top of verso (with a secondary use below it; see PGPID 35237). Image: https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2759172. Note: non-geniza; sold to Yale by Abraham Shalom Yahuda in 1951 (see provenance notes at https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/doing-research-beinecke/introduction-yale-papyrus-collection/guide-yale-papyrus).

https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35236/