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[Business letter] : manuscript

Metadata

DS ID:

DS25679

Shelfmark:

Halper 384

Title:

Business letter

Letter

Place:

Orient

Date:

11th century-13th century?

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

losses at top; folded in mail format; marginalia

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : losses at top; folded in mail format; marginalia

Note:

Recto has marginal additions; verso has marginal postscript. The names and address were probably on now missing end of verso.
The letter deals with the trade of pearls, two of which are worth 10 dinar, and cloves. A trader named Abu Ephraim is mentioned (ll. 7-8). In the postscript on the verso, the writer sends regards to Abu Saʻid ibn Thabith.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Egypt

Jewish merchants

India

History

Clove trade

To 1500

Pearl industry and trade

Commercial correspondence, Judeo-Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420623503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3dv1d668/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania