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Join: T-S 13J27.15 + T-S 8J13.2
T-S 13J27.15
Recto/verso: recto and verso
Section:
Letter from Eliyahu b. Nissim, in Alexandria, to Shela b. Isḥāq, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. The sender, a foreigner, asks why he has been neglected. He states that he is in Alexandria and cannot come to Cairo without an invitation. The sender is worried because he has not heard from anyone for four months and because a disease had spread in Fustat. The letter opens with a biblical quotation (Proverbs 13:12). (Information in part from CUDL, from Goitein, Med Soc III, 47, 437, and from Goitein's index cards.) Join: Oded Zinger. VMR. ASE.
Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5D.1.2%2013J25-37_%20pt%201/T-S%2013J27.15%20%28PGPID%203392%29.pdf.
Type: Letter
T-S 8J13.2
Recto/verso: verso
Section:
Letter in which the writer gives various instructions to the addressee, including that he reply to the letter and inform him of the news of whether or not Abu al-Ghayth made a profit; he also twice assures the addressee that he (and presumably his correspondence) have not been cut off. The writer states that he has been versed on the state of everything (hal kul min) in the addresse’s house, the house of […] Hananel, and the house of the ra’is. The writer’s uncle Menachem and his son, along with the midrash of R. Shemuel, are mentioned. EMS and VMR
Type: Letter
