Letter: T-S AS 183.254

Letter T-S AS 183.254

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 183.254
Primary Language
Arabic

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Letter/petition of appeal for charity from a woman ("al-mamlūka"). Very damaged; unclear if any of the substance of the request is preserved. Mentions an appeal to the addressee's charity (min ṣadaqatika. . . ); a request to be informed of something (an yuʿrif al-mamlūka in kānat. . .); her occupation with housework (shughl al-bayt); her request to be honored by being tasked with something (fa-hiya tashtahī al-tasharruf (or: al-sharaf) bi-qaḍāʾ. . .); the addressee's benefaction with a response either with a yes or a no (min inʿāmika al-jawāb. . . immā naʿm wa-immā lā. . .). There is also one line of effaced script on verso, maybe the address.

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

T-S AS 183.254 1r

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1r

T-S AS 183.254 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 183.254. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/37803/ (accessed October 14, 2026).