Paraliterary text: T-S AS 203.55

Paraliterary text T-S AS 203.55

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 203.55
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Ladino

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Recto is a mathematical table of the powers of 2 through 2^15 = 32768, all in Hebrew numerals. Verso is a Ladino ditty signed by Moshe Ḥaddād, which reads roughly as follows (in modern Spanish spelling): "Metralla me demandas metralla te daré / y si no la ficieres azotes te daré / anda gato por tejado sin orejas y sin rabo." A tentative reading is approximately as follows: "If you ask me for grapeshot, grapeshot I'll give you. And even if you don't, I'll give you lashes. Go, cat, up on the roof, earless and tailless." Or: "The cat goes on the roof, earless and tailless." Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2023
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Translation

Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2023).
  1. מטרייא מי דימאנדאש מטרייא טי דארי
  2. אי שינו לה פיזייריש אשוטיש טי דארי
  3. אנדא גאטו פור טיגאדו שין אוריגאש
  4. אי שין ראבו הצעיר משה חדאד יצו
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 203.55. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/37612/, accessed April 9, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/37612/