Letter T-S 13J19.19
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Letter T-S 13J19.19
- Creator:
- Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥaver
- Date:
- 1025 CE
- Description:
- Part of a begging letter, c. 1025 CE, written by Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥaver, in Tiberias, to Abū l-Ṭayyib the cantor, in which Jewish lepers, who reside in Tiberias in order to seek treatment in its hot springs, describe their symptoms, including deafness, blindness and mutilations, and ask for financial assistance from the Jewish community in Fusṭāṭ. In the main text of the letter, and in the one line of Hebrew in the address on the verso, blank spaces remain in which to insert the name of the recipient and his father. The remaining two lines on the verso are the address in Judaeo-Arabic.Condition: torn, holesLayout: 12 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
- Language:
- Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Judeo-Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Tiberias
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Paper
- Extent:
- Leaf: (height: 17.1 cm, width: 28.2 cm)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S 13J19.19
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection