Recto: Judaeo-Arabic letter, addressed to 'the Ḥaver' (i.e. Abū Kaṯīr Ephraim al-Ḥaver b. Maḥfūẓ al-Ḡazzī, also known as Ephraim b. Šemarya, the head of the Jerusalemite congregation in Fusṭāṭ) from the Yešiva in Jerusalem. The letter has been torn along the right-hand side, removing the first few words of each sentence. The letter is reporting that 'our lord the Gaʾon (i.e., Solomon b. Judah) had not received the funds from the renting of a building belonging to the heqdeš in Fusṭāṭ (the exact sum in dinars is no longer preserved) nor the extra contribution usually sent for the holiday, on which many of the poor depend. Verso: address written in Arabic script, which reads, 'to Abī Kaṯīr Ephraim al-Ḥaver b. Maḥfūẓ al-Ḡazzī, May God prolong your life...'. It mentions at the end, in a different hand, al-Bayṭār (\u2018the veterinarian\u2019 \u2013 apparently the postal agency involved in forwarding the letter).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "c. 1040 CE" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Letter" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "T-S NS J119" }, { "label": "Note(s)", "value": "Musalsal script (Arabic); Arabic graphemes are pointed sporadically; ṣadeh for ḍād is pointed with a single supralinear dot; ṣadeh with a supralinear dot represents ẓāʾ, which indicates colloquial pronunciation (e.g., muntaḍirīna for muntaẓirīna 'we are waiting', recto, line 19)." }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Efraim b. Šemarya; Abū Kaṯīr Ephraim al-Ḥaver b. Maḥfūẓ al-Ḡazzī (Ephraim b. Šemarya)" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Solomon b. Judah" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Arabic" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "21 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by Cambridge University Library. Zooming image © Cambridge University Library, All rights reserved. This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk. This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.", "structures": [{ "canvases": [ "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-NS-J-00119/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-NS-J-00119/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-NS-J-00119/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Letter" }], "description": "
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