رسالة: AIU VII.E.57

الوصف

Interesting Judaeo-Arabic letter with phonetic spellings and rudimentary hanwriting. Abū l-ʿAlā' writes to Maḥāsin al-Ḍāmin (the tax farmer) in אביר (=Abyār?) to inform him that 15 dirhams have arrived with al-Ḥajj Naṣr and the two ratls of [...] have arrived with Abū Ṣadaqah. He asks Maḥāsin to send tutty (zinc oxide) and ophthalmic medicines (ashyāf) with the bearer of the letter. He also requests a blanket for "the little girl" (al-ṣughayyira), presumably his daughter or his wife, for sleeping. The writer and al-ṣughayyira were saddened that the addressee did not come to celebrate the holidays with them. He tells Maḥāsin to write subsequent letters in Hebrew. He also mentions flax (recto and verso) and apples (verso). ASE.