List or table: ENA NS 13.18

List or table ENA NS 13.18

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 13.18
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing names and sums. Dating: probably no earlier than 14th century, may be much later. Currency: fulūs. Mentions names such as R. Dammūhī; David Jabbān; Raḥamim; Yūnus; al-Qāʾid; ʿAbd Allāh; Ibn al-Ghazzawī; ʿAṭiyya. On verso there is a grocery list mentioning items such as meat, flour, firewood, and sanbūsak (here spelled shanbūshak). This is a filled pastry made with thin sheets of dough, ancestor of the börek (and cognate of "samosa"); see Nawal Nasrallah, Treasure Trove of Benefits, 95.

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 13, fol. 18; ENA NS 13, f. 18
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA NS 13.18 1

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 13.18. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9933/ (accessed August 5, 2026).