Halper 419 Letter
Title
LetterCall number
Halper 419(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
HebrewOrigin
11th century-13th century?
- Place
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Orient
Notes
- Recto has 6 diagonal lines (one word each) of marginal postscript; exceeding words cramped between lines. Verso bears only the addresses, in Arabic characters; The writer is addressing his mother in Alexandria. He asks about her health, informs her that he has divorced his wife, and request that she be kind to the carrier of this letter, who comes from Iraq.
- Condition: stained in right edge; in mail format; marginalia on recto, address on verso.
Extent
27.3 X 10.7 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
- Judeo-Arabic letters
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