Letter: T-S H5.43

Letter T-S H5.43

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S H5.43
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Hebrew

What's in the PGP

  • Image

Description

Bottom of a very faded letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew. Probably a mercantile letter of the 11th century. Mentions Abū l-Faraj, maybe a qāḍī, al-dār al-ḥarīrī(?), and greetings to Moshe Ibn al-Majjānī. Reused on verso for piyyuṭ.

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box H, 5, fol. 43; TS Box H, 5, f. 43; TS H, 5, fol. 43; TS H, 5, f. 43
Input date
In PGP since 2023
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S H5.43 1r

°
1r

T-S H5.43 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
  • T-S H5.43: No attribution or license noted.
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S H5.43. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/38036/ (accessed June 9, 2026).