Halper 381 Letter
Title
LetterAuthors
- ʹOvadyah.
Call number
Halper 381(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Hebrew; Judeo-ArabicOrigin
12th century-13th century?
- Place
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Orient
Notes
- The writer leaves the right third of recto blank for the postscript, of which he used for 8 diagonal lines in the opposite direction. On the left edge he cramps exceeding words in a downward diagonal slant; The identifying details are probably in the missing upper end of the letter. The writer signs at the end עבדו הצעיר עובדיה, he is asking for financial assistance. He states that he as written a request to R. Samuel "the Judge" (perhaps Samuel ben Sa'adia ha-Levi, who served in Maimonides'court in Fustat, and appears in documents ranging between 1165-1203).
- Condition: torn, cropped at top.
Extent
24.8 X 11.4 cmSupport
PaperLayout
Decoration
Black ink
Script
Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Amram.
Subjects topical
- Hebrew letters
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