Letter: CUL Or.1081 2.19

Letter CUL Or.1081 2.19

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CUL Or.1081 2.19

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Letter (opening only) from Shemuel b. Eli gaʾon in the hand of his disciple Yosef b. Yaʿaqov rosh ha-seder. Mentions one of houses of the exilarch, but it is not clear if this is the addressee. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #82) VMR

Related People

Sender
Shemuʾel b. ʿEli ha-Levi (Gaʾon)
Scribe
Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder

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Provenance
Probably Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Oriental Manuscripts
Historical shelfmarks
ULC Or 1081 Box 2 fol. 19; ULC Or 1081 Box 2 f. 19
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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CUL Or.1081 2.19 1r

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1r
Moshe Gil, In the Kingdom of Ishmael‎ (in Hebrew) (Tel Aviv University, 1997), vol. 2.

CUL Or.1081 2.19 1v

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1v

CUL Or.1081 2.19 2r

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2r

CUL Or.1081 2.19 2v

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2v

CUL Or.1081 2.19 3r

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3r

CUL Or.1081 2.19 3v

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3v

CUL Or.1081 2.19 recto

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recto

Recto

  1. מרנו ורבנו ואדוננו נשיאנו נסיכנו הו[
  2.              ] הגדול נשיא הנשיאים נכד מלכ[ים
  3.            פשכרוהם [      ] סמעו מנא מן נשר אוצאפה אל[
  4.               ]ה להם ולדויהם אסתג'אב אללה פיהם צאלח אלברכות
  5. מהם ומכ[ל               ]             ובעד פליעלמו ברוכים
  6. יהיו אן אלאכתיאר [א]לאלאהי כמא כץ ישראל מן בין סאיר
  7. אלאמם כק' ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש וג'
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