Letter: JRL A 924

Letter JRL A 924

Metadata

Shelfmark
JRL A 924
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Description

This letter concerns a transaction in wheat (possibly one irdabb) and involving among others a haver ('member of the yeshiva'). If al-shaykh Yeshu'a (lines 3-4) is the same person as al-melammed ('the teacher', line 1), he may be identified as one of two persons attested in Geniza documents by the name Yeshu'a ha-melammed b. Avraham, who lived in the middle of the 12th and the early 13th centuries respectively; see Goitein, Med.Soc., vol. 2, p. 544 note 8. The verso contains fragmentary with (mostly illegible) writing in Arabic.

Additional metadata

Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL Series A 924;
Input date
In PGP since 2004
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Translation

JRL A 924 1 / 1 leaf, recto

1 / 1 leaf, recto
    J. Marglin's digital edition.

    JRL A 924 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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    1 / 1 leaf, verso
    1. אלמולא אלמלמד שצ אלדי יעלם[.]
    2. לאבני דכל פי דכנה ויכד קמח
    3. אנ..........ה אלשיך
    4. ישועה שצ ואן חצל ידי ואן אכד ארדב
    5. ואדכל אלדי קבצה אלחבר מע אי מן גא
    6. ואלקמח ו....ב אלקנאני ו...ג
    7. אלבית ואר[.]ני .[.] מא [...]י אלי אלי מא .כת
    8. ....................]......
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    John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL A 924. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/5252/ (accessed January 14, 2026).