Arabic letters, mostly without diacritical points
Egypt
Source: Bohak, G. (2022). Specimens of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic Magical Texts. In: Specimens of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic Magical Texts, 28-46.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"The fact that the text written in Arabic letters is found on a “recycled” chancery document may be due to pure coincidence, but may also reflect the activities of a scribe whose proficiency in writing Arabic was related to the access he had to such used pieces of official documents."
Remarks
Sample T-S NS. 322.19 contains Arabic text in Arabic letters but lacks diacritical points (p. 28). The reuse of official chancery paper for magical recipes suggests a high degree of scribal access to official waste materials in medieval Cairo.
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
palaeographic dating
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typerecycled chancery document
RegionEgypt
Source Information
AuthorBohak, G.
CollectionCairo Genizah
Language
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