Letter: ENA 4101.16a

Letter ENA 4101.16a

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Shelfmark
ENA 4101.16a
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Description

Letter from a woman to a communal official. In Hebrew. The purpose of the letter is to advocate for herself in her marital dispute that has already come before the addressee in court. "They brought [...] to my master and said, 'Here are some of my possessions that she has destroyed,' but my master knows that when we came before you in court, he did not mention that I destroyed this shawl, and all of this is 'Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord' (Proverbs 6:14)." She flatters the addressee (חכם כמלאך האלהים) and reminds him that her (ex?)-husband is just trying to return to his divorcee, and that he hates her daughter.

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 4101, f. 16a; ENA 4101, fol. 16a
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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ENA 4101.16a 1

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ENA 4101.16a 2

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 4101.16a. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6890/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6890/