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Tag: judaeo-persian
58 records found
Cryptic lines in Judaeo-Arabic with interlinear translations into a different Judaeo-language. At least several of the words are Persian. There are neat lines in red ink between entry. Needs further examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: possibly eighth century. The letter concerns trade in sheep and other items, the ruler (ispahbud) of Tabaristan, cattle, slaves, strings of coins, horse-riding paraphernalia and various commercial transactions. The document is fragmentary; it was discovered in 1901 by Marc Aurel Stein in Dandan Uiliq (an archeological site in the Taklamkan desert, approximately 120km north of Khotan). Zhan Zhang, who is editing and translating the document as of 2021, describes the language as embryonic or Early New Persian, containing grammatical and/or lexical elements from Middle Persian, Sogdian, Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese.
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. נדאשתם דיגר בה דל אז . . . . נמיתואנסתם ברדאשתן . . .
Judaeo-Persian. Not sure what it is. Containing the year 1912 Seleucid, which is 1600/01 CE. The page is divided into different sections with a grid of red ink.
Literary work in Judaeo-Persian. Perhaps related to the stories of Genesis?
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Persian. Mentioning Abū al-ʿAlā (בולעלא), Mihrōy/Mihrwayh (מהרוי) and "the daughter of Reuben the draper" (דוכתר ראובן יבזאז). The letter is labeled "L11" in Shaul Shaked's (unpublished) classification of Early Judeo-Persian texts. OH
Accounts or donation list in Hebrew. Late. The handwriting and the names are unusual, possibly pointing to an Iranian origin for this fragment. E.g., Samarqandi; Ben Baba; Baba Jan; Yaqubi spelled יאקובי rather than יעקובי; Zion Irani; Qalandar. The rest of the folder (literary fragments) is very possibly of Iranian origin as well. At least ENA 2330.10 and ENA 2330.15 have Judaeo-Persian. Merits further examination.
Judaeo-Persian
Judaeo Persian. ENA 2627.101-102 is part of the same work.
Judaeo Persian. ENA 2627.101-102 is part of the same work.
Judaeo-Persian. Some of the sages are mentioned (Hillel ha-Zaqen, Yosef ha-Sadiq. ENA 2627.81-82 are part of same work. On ENA 2627.81 there are also some account in a different hand mentioning Elazar Yehudi.
Judaeo-Persian. Some of the sages are mentioned (Hillel ha-Zaqen, Yosef ha-Sadiq. ENA 2627.81-82 are part of same work. On ENA 2627.81 there are also some account in a different hand mentioning Elazar Yehudi.
Judaeo-Persian. Some recognizable words like זעפראן and קרנפל suggest some sort of recipe or materia medica.
Engagement deed. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Persian. Groom: Yaʿaqov b. Agha Yiṣḥaq. Bride; Jawhar Khanom bt. Aharon. Currencies: toman and maybe mithqal (מתקליס).
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: Late, probably. Needs examination.
Pen trials, notes, and a drawing. In Persian and Judaeo-Persian. The least-faded text block reads in part, "I am the ẓaʿir Refa'el b. Ḥanuka(?). I wrote this. . . the month of Adar 5559 AM," which is 1799 CE.
Letter in Judaeo-Persian, probably late. Needs examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Persian.
