Letter: T-S AS 167.24

Letter T-S AS 167.24

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In PGP since 2019

Description

Letter from Abū l-Munā b. Yaʿaqov al-Isrāʾīlī al-Ḥāfiẓ al-[...], unknown location, to Abū ʿAlī b. ʿAṭāʾ al-Isrāʾīlī, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Same writer as T-S AS 166.174; may be an indirect join. Discusses various business matters, including a report on a price negotiation involving the figure of 15 dirhams, then a report on some codices (maṣāḥif). The boy Avraham is mentioned. AA. ASE.