Letter: T-S NS 297.260

Letter T-S NS 297.260

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Business letter from Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen to Abū l-Banīn. In Arabic script. The sender apologizes for his delay. He has sent camphor candles (shamʿ kāfūrī, also sometimes translated as camphorated wax) with the bearer (Aodeh incorrectly read samgh, gum, rather than shamʿ). The lower part of the letter is missing. On verso there is a medical prescription in Arabic script.

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