Letter: T-S H3.81

Letter T-S H3.81

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S H3.81
Primary Languages
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Huge model of a begging letter. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. From one who boasts to have belonged to ‘the owners of money’ (aṣḥāb al-amwāl) and became one of those who lost their riches (מיורדים מנכסיהם). Written on a bifolium. One of the pages has Ezekiel 1, another has love poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card.)

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS H, 3, fol. 81; TS Box H, 3, f. 81; TS Box H, 3, fol. 81; TS H, 3, f. 81
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S H3.81 1r

°
1r

T-S H3.81 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
  • T-S H3.81: No attribution or license noted.
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S H3.81. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/8403/ (accessed August 24, 2026).