Halper 394 Letter to Moses Abu-l'Ḥai, Fustat
Title
Letter to Moses Abu-l'Ḥai, FustatAuthors
- Amram ben Yosef ibn al-Nagid,12th/13th cent.
Call number
Halper 394(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Judeo-Arabic; HebrewOrigin
late 12th century-early 13th century?
- Place
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Alexandria
Notes
- Hebrew phrases denoted by a bar above each word; address on verso; The writer deals with various topics, and urges the addressee to cause Isaac "the teacher" ben Ḥayim "the Scribe" Nafussi (who also appears as an alternate addressee on the verso) to settle the accounts for books given to him for sale. The same Isaac appears in Cambridge T-S 24.44, dated 1102.
- Condition: damaged, loss in left edge; folded in mail format.
Extent
26.3 X 19 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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