Letter: ENA NS 83.386 + ENA NS 83.387

Letter ENA NS 83.386 + ENA NS 83.387

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 83.386 + ENA NS 83.387
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter of appeal for help of some kind. In Arabic script. From a woman ("I am perishing (hālika)..."). May mention an infant child (al-ṭufayl); also mentions "the road" (al-ṭarīq), possibly a rebuke (wa-mā kadhā), "the time of adversity" (waqt al-shidda), and a request to be informed of the arrival of something (tuʿarrifnī wuṣūl...). Addressed to Abū l-[...].

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 83, f. 386; ENA NS 83, fol. 386; ENA NS 83, fol. 387; ENA NS 83, f. 387
Input date
In PGP since 2022
Image
Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 83.386 recto

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recto

ENA NS 83.386 verso

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verso

ENA NS 83.387 recto

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recto

ENA NS 83.387 verso

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verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • ENA NS 83.386: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
  • ENA NS 83.387: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 83.386 + Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 83.387. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35544/ (accessed September 14, 2026).