List or table: ENA 3916.16

List or table ENA 3916.16

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA 3916.16
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Bifolio of business accounts in Arabic script, probably of a clothier or dyer. Each entry seems to list a debt or payment owed by a different person. Numerous names are mentioned along with their professions, such as al-khayyāṭ (tailor) and al-bazzāz (clothier) and ḍāmin (tax farmer / guarantor). Also mentions a maṭbakh (dyehouse). After many of these names, the garment "fūṭa" is mentioned.

Additional metadata

Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3916, fol. 16; ENA 3916, f. 16
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA 3916.16 recto

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ENA 3916.16 verso

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  • ENA 3916.16: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3916.16. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9953/ (accessed April 12, 2026).