رسالة: AIU VII.E.87

الوصف

Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century (or earlier?). Faded and damaged in a peculiar way (the paper is dark and greenish—was this in a book binding?). The two fragments under this shelfmark join with each other, yielding 10 complete lines. The addressee is asked to meet with Abū l-Ḥasan b. Sasson(?). There may also be someone named ʿAṭiyya b. Kardūn(??). One line appears to read, "Give me a response concerning this silver, and don't make me come." The sender asks for any news about the baby boy 'at this point' (fī hādha l-ḥadd); the continuation is too faded to read. There is an amīr mentioned in the penultimate line.