Letter from Saʿd in Egypt to his son-in-law Aaron in Seleucia (Silifke, Turkey). Saʿd had believed his son-in-law to be dead, killed by 'the enemy' (the Byzantines), but was happy to receive a letter from him. Saʿd chastises him for his absence from his wife and children for 23 years (!), before, in response to Aaron's question 'about the water', informing him that 'the Nile has flooded and is at peace' and that the price of bread is an acceptable 12 raṭls for a dirham. He writes that 'Egypt is the garden of the Lord'.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "10th-11th century" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Letter" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Parchment" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "T-S 12.179" }, { "label": "Note(s)", "value": "Calligraphic square hand of late-10th early-11th centuries." }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Aaron he-Ḥaver" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Šabbetay" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Hebrew; Aramaic" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "23 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)" }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Saʿd" } ], "@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 published free of restrictions, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.", "structures": [{ "canvases": [ "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00012-00179/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00012-00179/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00012-00179/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Letter" }], "description": "
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