Letter: BL OR 5542.15

Letter BL OR 5542.15

Metadata

Shelfmark
BL OR 5542.15
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, dealing almost entirely with the sale of small quantities of silk. Mentions doing business in upper Egypt (al-Ṣaʿīd, and also mentions wheat and a boat. Mentions people such as Shabbat, Abū l-Yumn, the addressee's brother-in-law Abū Yiṣḥāq, Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū Saʿīd b. Thābit (perhaps the same as in T-S 13J16.10). Address not preserved. (Information in part from Goitein's note card.)

Additional metadata

Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5542, fol. 15; BM; BM Or 5542, f. 15
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5542.15. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6217/, accessed January 19, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6217/