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LetterT-S 8.213
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
7117
Fragment of a letter in Hebrew. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Describing hearing bad news on the 3rd of Ṭevet which caused the sender to …
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- grief
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LetterT-S Ar.34.286
Document date
Rabīʿ I 407 Hijrī (8 August, 1016 – 6 September, 1016 CE)
In PGP since
2019
PGP ID
20555
Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj Yosef b. Yaʿaqov (Ibn ʿAwkal) and his two sons Hilāl/Hillel and Binyamin. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Rabīʿ I 407 AH, which …
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Paraliterary textENA 2808.54
In PGP since
2021
PGP ID
35007
Lament in Hebrew. This document consists entirely of expressions of grief in eloquent Hebrew. Possibly it was intended as part of a letter of condolence.
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LetterT-S 12.324
In PGP since
2020
PGP ID
19940
Letter, faded, in eloquent Hebrew. Mentions "my brother R. Ḥalfon" arriving in the city and bad news that struck the writer to his very core, …
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- condolence
- grief
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LetterStras. 4038/10
In PGP since
2020
PGP ID
28963
A very eloquent letter of condolence from Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshivah to someone addressed as "al-Kohen al-Parnas Ne'eman Beit Din," apparently on the occasion …
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- condolence
- grief
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LetterMoss. II,150
In PGP since
2020
PGP ID
26708
Fragment of a letter in Hebrew. The writer is mourning a death in the family (perhaps of one of his sons?) and asks "the whole …
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- grief
- health
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LetterT-S 6J9.5 + T-S 8J16.2
In PGP since
2018
PGP ID
17163
Letter from Hilāl to his brother Abū l-Majd (aka Meʾir b. Yakhin). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century, as these figures are known from …
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LetterT-S AS 145.190
In PGP since
2018
PGP ID
17277
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps Mamluk-era. Mentions the city of Rashīd (Rosetta). Narrating a story about the death of a girl and perhaps conflict …
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LetterT-S 10J12.32
Document date
17 Shevaṭ 5500 Anno Mundi (15 February, 1740 CE)
In PGP since
2018
PGP ID
16997
Letter from Yosef כיטו(?), in Alexandria, to Yaʿaqov אלחנאצי (=al-Ḥanesī = "of Ḥanes (Damietta)"), in Fustat/Cairo. In Ladino. Dated: Monday, 17 Shevaṭ 5500 AM = …
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LetterT-S Ar.36.141
In PGP since
2019
PGP ID
20695
Recto: Letter of condolence. In Arabic script, written in an elegant hand (and with diacritics). Upon the death of the addressee's brother Abū l-Ḥasan. Bewails …
verso
1. בשמ רחמ בשם
2. להגיד כי ישר ייי צורי ולא עולתה בו הצור תמים
3. פעלו כי כל דרכיו משפט אל אמונה ואן עול צדיק וישר הוא
4. באשר דבר מלך שלטון ומי יאמר לו מ…
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LetterENA NS 31.5
In PGP since
2021
PGP ID
34966
Letter, possibly a draft, from a man to his family members Moshe and דאני(?). The relationship is unclear: at one point he addresses "my father" …
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LetterT-S 13J19.5
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
3302
Letter from ʿEli b. Hillel to his brother-in-law Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer opens with expressions of mourning for the death of a …
Recto:
1. בשמך רח
2. וצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלא[גל . . . . . . . . .
3. וכבת [ע]דוהא פכאן אעז ואפד ופד נא[. . . . . . . . . . .
4. ואעטמה קדרה ולם ידכר שי מן…
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LetterENA NS 19.29
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
11724
Letter from Shemuel b. Sahl al-Hawwārī, in Aleppo, to [...], in Fustat. (The names are written in Arabic, so the writer's is tentative and the …
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LetterT-S 10J9.1
In PGP since
2020
PGP ID
3074
Letter of condolence written by a man to his sister, Rayyisa, on the occasion of their mother's death. "If you cried for a thousand years, …
1. כאיש אשר אמו תנחמנו כן אנוכי אנחמכם ובירושלים תנוחמו
2. אכוהא ברכאת כפ פיהא אלאסוא
3. אערפיך יא אכתי כת אלצראסא ואלפצלא ואלפהמע ואלעלמע יס"דת אלעקלא אנני
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- al-faraj ba'd al-shidda
- condolence
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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LetterMoss. IV,91.1 + T-S 8J29.15
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
9355
Letter of condolence from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe to his brother-in-law Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Hilāl (=ʿEli b. Hillel) al-Ḥazzan al-Baghdādī. Headed by 'בשמ' רחמ and …
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- condolence
- grief
- halfon b. menashshe
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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LetterT-S 13J17.21
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
3264
Letter probably from Shemuel b. Daniel b. ʿAzarya (the eldest brother of David b. Daniel). Describing his grief over his father's death. Dating: 1062 CE …
1. . . . . . . . ן . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. וישע שגור וטוב דגור וע . ן בגור …
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- circular
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: emotion
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LetterT-S 10J12.1
In PGP since
2004
PGP ID
2804
Letter from a physician to his uncle. Tells the writer's sad story, which involved the death of his beloved wife, an unfortunate second marriage, and …
Recto:
1. בשמ רחמ
2. כתאבי אלי ואלדי ואעז אלכלק עלי והו ענדי אלואלד עוץ אלואלד //חתי//
3. אן מא מנהא וקת מן אלאוקאת יבלגני מנך תדכאר אלא וכאני
4. ראית וגהך פאלל…
Recto
1. In (Your) Name, Merci(ful),
2. My letter to my father, dearest to me of all people. You are to me the father substituting for (my) father to t…
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- 12th c
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: chronic
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LetterT-S 8J15.18
In PGP since
1990
PGP ID
1933
Letter from Avraham b. Ya'akov in Jerusalem to his son in Fustat. Around 1040, in the handwriting of Moshe b. Yitzhak from the Karaite community. …
1. ]לולד מ חרסה אללה
2. כתאבי אליך יא ולדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
3. סלאמתך ועאפיתך מן אלקדס מסתהל שבט
4. ען שוק שדיד וען צעובה אחואל ואלחמד ללה
5. עלי כל חאל. ומא א…
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- 11th c
- grief
- iftiqad
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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LetterT-S 10J5.10 + T-S 10J11.13
In PGP since
1987
PGP ID
1557
Letter from Abun b. Sedaqa in Jerusalem to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Dating: November 1064 CE. The main subject is the tension between the …
1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה סאעה כתאבי הדא
2. אליה והו יום אלאתנין יומין בקין מן תשרי אעאד אללה עליה הדה אלאעיאד שנים רבות…
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- 11th c
- abun b. sedaqa
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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LetterMoss. Ia,23
In PGP since
2020
PGP ID
26662
Letter of condolence from a certain Yaʿaqov to Eliyyahu the Judge ("wherever he is"). Dating: Early 13th century. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The orthography, including …
recto
1. בשרח
2. הצור תאמים באעלו כי כל דראכו ומשבט אל אימונה
3. ואן עאול צדיק ויאשר הו באשר דבר מלך שלטון
4. ומיומר לו תפעל אתצלת בנה אלפאגעה אלעצימה
5. אלתי //עמ…
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- abu zikri al-rayyis
- condolence
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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LetterT-S 13J24.10
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
8028
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen (in Alexandria) to his parents-in-law Eliyyahu the Judge and Sitt Rayḥān (in Fustat). In Judaeo-Arabic. Simḥa describes in moving terms the …
Recto:
1. ממלוכה אלאצגר ר שמחה
2. בש רח צדקת יי עשה ומשפטיו וג
3. רננו צדיקים ביי לישרים נואה(!) תהלה וג
4. אלי חצרה כגק מור אליהו הדין החכם והנבון השר
5. היקר המפ…
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- alexandria
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: children's
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LetterT-S 24.72
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
1811
Letter in the hand of Abū Zikrī, physician to the sultan al-Malik al-ʿAzīz (Saladin's son and successor), sent to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. In …
recto
1. גמיע אלמלבוס אלדי כאן עלי לם יבק עלי שי יסתר סוא
2. אלחזה ואלעמאמה נצפהא עלי ונצפהא פי אלטין מרמיה
3. וכל מן יבצרני פי דלך אלחאל ימשי כלפי ויטלב אן
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- abu zikri al-rayyis
- fasting
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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LetterT-S 13J18.27
In PGP since
2017
PGP ID
8008
Abū ʿAlī b. ʿImrān, Alexandria, writes to the son of his dead sister, to Abū Mūsā Hārūn b. al-Muʿallim Yaʿaqov, Fusṭāṭ, the shop of Abū …
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- capitation tax
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: cost
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Paraliterary textENA 2808.54

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LetterMoss. II,150

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LetterENA NS 31.5

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LetterENA NS 19.29

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LetterT-S 10J9.1

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LetterMoss. IV,91.1 + T-S 8J29.15

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LetterT-S 13J17.21

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LetterT-S 8J15.18

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