Letter: T-S AS 183.298

Letter T-S AS 183.298

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S AS 183.298
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Verso (original use): Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Written in very eloquent style and partially in rhymed prose (sajʿ). Includes "a glimmer of a complaint" (لمعة من الشكوا) about something and many appeals to the bond (ṣafad) between sender and addressee and perhaps expressions of distress, e.g., "there is no more marrow in the bone and no more spark of life in the viscera" (ولم يبقى في العظم مخ ولا في الحشاية رمق).

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

T-S AS 183.298 1r

1r

    T-S AS 183.298 1v

    °
    1v
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    Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 183.298. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/37816/ (accessed June 10, 2026).