Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 13 J 25.12

Cambridge University Library (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

One leaf document

Paper

Black (carbon based)

Calamus

No ruling can be seen

42 lines + marginalia (recto); 6 lines (verso)

285 mm

215 mm

1055

11th Century CE

According to Moshe Gil, the letter was written c. March 1055.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Fustat

Orient

The letter was sent from Jerusalem to Fustat.

Judeo-Arabic

Letter from Abūn b. Ṣadaqa al-Maghribī in Jerusalem to Abū Zakariyyā Ḥayyim b. ʿAmmār b. Madīnī in Fustat. Abūn offers condolences to Ḥayyim on the death of his son and defends himself against allegations of owing up to 1000 dinars to the government and the inheritance office. He curses his enemies with ṣaraʿat, the biblical disease akin to leprosy. Writing in bitterness, Abūn understands Ḥayyim's behavior, caused by his grief. He also notes his frustration that Nahray b. Nissim has not responded to his letters.

No vowels or accents

Donated in 1898 by Charles Taylor and Solomon Schechter as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection.

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990051249300205171&SearchTxt=13%20j%2025.12 (Date accessed: 2026-02-04)

https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-TS-00013-J-00025-00012/1 (Date accessed: 2026-02-04)

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