מכתב: ENA 3028.2

תיאור

Informal note addressed to Abū Isḥāq. In Judaeo-Arabic, written uncharacteristically with complete vowels and diacritics, shedding light on the pronunciation of Egyptian Judaeo-Arabic. (T-S Ar.3.4 is similar.) Seems to be asking for a 'long Syrian/Levantine pen.' Reused for Hebrew jottings (though it's also possible that these came first, since they are partially cut off on recto). For some recent studies of Judaeo-Arabic phonetics based on Geniza documents, see: -Geoffrey Khan, "Vocalised Judaeo-Arabic Manuscripts in the Cairo Genizah" -Nadia Vidro, "Arabic Vocalisation in Judaeo-Arabic Grammars of Classical Arabic" -Marijn van Putten, "A Judaeo-Arabic Letter in Early Phonetic Judaeo-Arabic Spelling: T-S 13J8.7" -Nick Posegay, "A Judaeo-Arabic Biblical Glossary as a Source for Arabic Historical Dialectology"