מכתב: BL OR 5542.30

מכתב BL OR 5542.30

מטא-דאטא

מספר מדף
BL OR 5542.30
שפות עיקריות
Arabic
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

תיאור

Letter from Eliyya ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov al-Siqillī to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq Al-Mutaṭabbib Ibn Furāt, in Ramla. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The sender is an old, sick man in a foreign land who asks for (unspecified) help. Ends with the rhyming motto ישע יוחש לעם שאין בו נחש (an allusion to Numbers 23:23).

Additional metadata

Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5542, f. 30; BM; BM Or 5542, fol. 30
תאריך קלט
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5542.30. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6224/, accessed December 22, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6224/