Letter: DK 228.5 (alt: 228/D, V)

Letter DK 228.5 (alt: 228/D, V)

Input date

In PGP since 2017

Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Mūsā b. Muwaffaq primarily to his son Yehuda, but also to a certain Abū Sulaymān, telling him to come visit his sister. He sends regards to a large number of people. There is an addendum or draft of a different letter or petition in Arabic script (from "Mūsā the Jew," presumably the same man who wrote the Judaeo-Arabic letter). Dating: Probably Mamluk-era, based on handwriting, formulae, and layout. Needs further examination. NB: The metadata and transcription in FGP belong to a different shelfmark, Gil, Kingdom, IV, #430, which, at the time Gil saw it, used to have the shelfmark DK 228 d-e. The current shelfmark for that fragment will take some work to figure out.