Letter: Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28

Letter Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28

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Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from Shelomo, a ritual slaughterer in al-Maḥalla, to the judge Zakkay (probably the father of Shelomo b. Zakkay who was active in the period of Maimonides). The sender feared losing his job for having only memorized a handbook on his profession, instead of studying the sources, when a new judge, Menaḥem, arrived in al-Maḥalla. Verso is covered with various jottings, including the possible date of arrival of the letter: 12 Ḥeshvan 1462 Seleucid, which is 3 October 1150 CE. (Information from Goitein’s index card and Friedman's article on Zuta, pp. 484–85.) Probably related: ENA NS I.81 (PGPID 11334), Moss. VII,210 (PGPID 27096), and/or Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28 (PGPID 6427).

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Origin
al-Maḥalla

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Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. c 28 (Cat. 2876), f. 28; Bodl. MS Heb. c 28, fol. 28
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In PGP since 2017
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Translation

Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28 28 recto

°
28 recto

Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28 28 verso

°
28 verso
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Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. c 28/28. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6427/ (accessed February 25, 2026).