منحة في رسالة: T-S AS 155.307

1. In Miṣr, let me know. We shall send [it] shortly, so that we may sell that,
2. lest it spoil. As for the prices, lac is worth
3. 68(?); cloves, 50(?); nutmeg, a dinar; civet, 8.
4. The ten strings/beads(?), according to their varieties [...]. As for the
5. pepper, [...] its price, because [...] has not arrived. [...] The silver
6. coin/silver is [worth] from 8 to 8 less a qīrāṭ.
7. The Aleppan met me at Raʾs Tīnī on the day of [his] return(?),
8. and handed me a letter for [...]
9. I was informed that he had moved on(?) and had already weighed it(?).
10. This [sum/item], therefore, you should hand over to [...] [...] and [...]
11. [...] altogether, safely; and that he is in Abū [Ṣīr?].
12. [At] Raʾs Tīnī, and with them was a Byzantine ship.
13. [...] them. A Byzantine ship arrived from [...]
14. and aboard it were Jews from al-Mahdiyya, and Ibn Nufayʿ [...]
15. b. Nahray, and they reported that the ship [...]

Verso

1. And there is written in it the wording of the biblical verse: “For Solomon shall be his name,
2. and I will grant peace and quiet to Israel in his days” (1 Chronicles 22:9).
3. And likewise the verse, “Instead of your fathers shall be your sons” (Psalm 45:17), etc. [...]
4. The Jews who had arrived reported that news had reached [them]
5. [that] Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq was killed [between(?)] Tlemcen and Fez.
6. [...] may the outcome of the dirham(s) [...] be [...] except/unto this [...]
7. [...] concerning your term/lifetime(?) and may He suffice for us all.
8. “God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs” (Qurʾān 3:173). Written in
9. [...] of Elul.
10. [...] and how can I remain idle? [...] And it has been discussed/reported [...]
11. [...] to ʿAydhāb. If you know that I
12. [...] Alexandria after the holidays, we shall join [them]/set out [...]
13. [...] and return at the time of loading. So let me know; perhaps it will be
14. better. [Do] as you see fit; the choice is in God’s hands.