List or table: T-S NS 340.15

List or table T-S NS 340.15

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T-S NS 340.15
Primary Language
Arabic

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Massive account with an inventory of a (druggist's) shop (headed "muḥāsabat al-dukkān"). In Arabic script. Some of the very numerous commodities and items mentioned: pear (ijjāṣ); tamarind (tamr hindī); hazelnut (bunduq); borage (lisān thawr); palm ointment (marham nakhlī, cf. T-S Ar.39.9, T-S 8J20.26, and Yevr.-Arab. I 1700.22); violet (zahr banafsaj); sugar (sukkar); tubular (marāzībī) tutty; rose (ward); yellow myrobalan (halīlaj aṣfar); barberry (barbārīs); red lead (sīlqūn); jujube (ʿunnāb); potash (ushnān); gallnut (ʿafṣ); saffron (zaʿfarān); chebulic myrobalan (kābulī); hiera (iyāraj); marsh mallow (khiṭmiyya), watermelon seed (bizr biṭṭīkh). Requires much more examination.

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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T-S NS 340.15 1r

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1r

T-S NS 340.15 1v

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1v
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