University of Pennsylvania, Halper 381

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS25984

Shelfmark:

Halper 381

Title:

Letter

Letter

Author:

ʹOvadyah

Place:

Orient

Date:

12th century-13th century?

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

torn, cropped at top

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : torn, cropped at top

Note:

The writer leaves the right third of recto blank for the postscript, of which he used for 8 diagonal lines in the opposite direction. On the left edge he cramps exceeding words in a downward diagonal slant.
The identifying details are probably in the missing upper end of the letter. The writer signs at the end עבדו הצעיר עובדיה, he is asking for financial assistance. He states that he as written a request to R. Samuel "the Judge" (perhaps Samuel ben Saʻadia ha-Levi, who served in Maimonides' court in Fustat, and appears in documents ranging between 1165-1203).
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Personal correspondence

Hebrew letters

Correspondence

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420593503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3t43jm8h/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania