رسالة: AIU VII.E.13

الوصف

Fragment (lower left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter probably from a woman to a male family member. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. She requests that he send quickly the scarf/veil (miqnaʿa) and the zandiyya (bracelet?). She discusses the prospective visit of Maḥāsin who plans to visit her in the city. She adds a postscript that she is doing well. In a second postscript she writes that she is in a tremendous hurry. She says something about "a long time sleeping in an apartment [..." There is a name on the first line after "al-mawlā al-ajall al-muwaffaq," perhaps "Sitt al-[...]" or possibly Yefet. ASE.