رسالة: T-S NS 37.77
رسالة T-S NS 37.77What's in the PGP
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الوصف
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment, extremely difficult to read. Sent from Fez, probably to Fustat, to al-ʿAfṣī (possibly Abū Saʿīd al-ʿAfṣī or his father Abū Naṣr). The writer tells the addressee that certain matters cannot be adequately conveyed in writing and that only a personal meeting would satisfy him. He refers to having left the addressee while intending to travel, probably on a vessel loaded with goods belonging to the state, or on a state-owned vessel (markab matāʿ al-sulṭān). ASE/YU.
العلامات
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النصوص المفرّغة
الترجمة
Editors: Umrethwala, Yusuf; Dudley, Matthew; Elbaum, Alan
Translator: Umrethwala, Yusuf (in English)
T-S NS 37.77 1r
°
Yusuf Umrethwala, Matthew Dudley and Alan Elbaum's digital edition.
Recto
- ] מאברו(؟) וגסים(؟) מיכר(؟)
- ודלך לאנד(?) מא לא יחויה כתאב ולא?
- ולא שפא לי מן דלך אלא באלאגתמאעי(!)
- א אלתי מן חצרתך אלגלילה
- ]לאני כרגת ענך ואנא מעול אלי
- אלספר(?)] באלמרכב מתאע אלסלטאן ויסד(?)
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital translation (2026).
Recto
- ].......
- ]........
- and that is because of a matter which no letter can contain, nor [...]
- and there will be no relief for me from that except through meeting
- ] which is from your illustrious presence.
- ] because I departed from you while intending
- [to travel(?)] on the sultan’s ship, and [...]
T-S NS 37.77 1v
°
Verso
- יצל אלכתאב אלי חצרת
- אלנבון אלשיך אלגליל
- עפצי
- מן פאס אלי מצ[ר]
- מן שאכרה ומע[תרף בגמילה]
Verso
- This letter should reach the presence of
- the eminent shaykh [
- al-ʿAfṣī,
- from Fez to Miṣr,
- from one who is grateful to him and acknowledges [his favor].
