Letter: JRL Series A 635
Letter JRL Series A 635What's in the PGP
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India Book IV, 16 (ח20). Small fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Avraham, a merchant of Aden, to a certain Abū Saʿīd (likely Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi). Only the poetic opening (in Hebrew) and the address (in Arabic) are preserved. The wording of the address is similar to those of other letters sent from Yemen to India, so plausibly this letter could have been sent to Ḥalfon during his time there. (Information from Goitein and Friedman, India Book IV)
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Editors: Goitein, S. D.; Friedman, Mordechai Akiva; Ashur, Amir
JRL Series A 635 1 / 1 leaf, recto
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S. D. Goitein, Mordechai Akiva Friedman and Amir Ashur, India Book 4: Ḥalfon the Traveling Merchant Scholar (in Hebrew) (Ben Zvi Institute, 2013), vol. 4 B.
- [...]שִמִרִ[ ] וישועות קרובות ממהרים
- [...]שִמִחִוִתִ וגילות ושירים עם שאר כל הברכות האמורות
- [בעשרים וארבעה ס]פִרים יובלו יוכללו על ראש שרינו ואדירינו אהובי[נו]
- [...]נִו ומשוש לבינו בבת אישונינו וצבי עדיינו אבו סעידִ
- [... החכ]ם והנבון ציץ הת[ב]ונות פרח השרים שושנת
- [...]אי עִליִ [...]מקדשוִ [מו]שיעו גִזִעִ[...]
JRL Series A 635 1 / 1 leaf, verso
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Verso, address, right column - right side up (Arabic script)
- [اﺑ]و سعيد بنالشيخ
- [... دمياط]ﻲ الاسرائيلي
Verso, address, left column - right side up (Arabic script)
عبده يوسف بن ابراهيم
Verso, margin
[ש]לום לך מכל [...]
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