رسالة: T-S 6J7.6

الوصف

Letter from an unidentified sender addressed at least in part to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is the second (or at any rate final) folio of what was originally a longer letter. Dating: ca. 13th century. This section opens with an expression of emotional distress (fa-yabqā qalbī marjūf). The wife of Surūr al-Qalyūbī has been harmed (? inḍarrat) because of the delay of the silk. The addressee should send it with the frying pan (al-ṭājin). Muʿammar spoke with the sender about something (a beverage?) this week, which amounted to 10 or more dirhams. "It can only be drunk in wine jugs (kīzān khamr), so lend me a dirham so that I can buy him jugs." The addressee should send a letter in Hebrew (or at least Hebrew script) to 'the rest of the community' conveying your thanks.' The addressee should send the knife (? al-sikkīna) and the tefillin, as the sender has injured his left arm "because of the throwing of the jug" (??). The sender asks the addressee and 'the mother' to pray for him. The addressee should thank Abū l-Makārim the son of Sitt Ziyāda. Mentions Abū Zikrī and his brother-in-law, and regards to R. Simḥa and his wife. (Information in part from CUDL.) Related to JRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/6 (PGPID 32342).