University of Pennsylvania, Halper 400

Images provided by hosting institution via

Metadata

DS ID:

DS25844

Shelfmark:

Halper 400

Title:

Letter to Abu'l-ʹIz ben Bishr, Fustat, from his mother

Letter

Place:

Orient

Date:

12th century?

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

nearly complete; faded, erasures, particularly towards bottom; marginal postscript on recto

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : nearly complete; faded, erasures, particularly towards bottom; marginal postscript on recto

Note:

Address on verso
The addressee has traveled to Fustat. His mother writes to him, mostly blessings and admonitions. She asks him to bring silk threads for her and her sister, as their looms are idle. She mentions her slave girl תופיק (Tawfiq, l.2), and the addressee's brother Joseph, who she pleads be dealt with patience.
According to the address, Abu'l-ʻIzz can be found in the house of Abu'l-Radha.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Personal correspondence

Egypt

Silk industry

History

To 1500

Correspondence

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420793503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3bz61t06/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania