Letter: T-S NS 90.8

Letter T-S NS 90.8

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Shelfmark
T-S NS 90.8
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Letter from a certain Sulaymān, possibly in Damascus. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. He is reporting on the prices and the proceeds of various drugs/perfumes including yellow myrobalan and purslane seeds. He reports weights according to the "qinṭār dimashqī" and "raṭl dimashqī" suggesting that these were different standards than those used elsewhere. Excerpts: אלממאליך סלימאן . . . פיה פי דמשק ואן מא גאנא . . . ואן . . . אלקמאש . . . אן שא אללה ואן אלעטר גייד . . . כל מן דרהמין ונצף ורבע נקרה . . . קנטאר דמשקי מאיה וארבעין דרהם נקרה . . . רטל דמשקי אתנין ותלאתין דרהם . .. עשר דרהם ואלהלילג אלאצפר . . . דרהם ואלבזר קטנה כל ויבה תמאניה . . . דרהם ותבלג אבו אל . ..

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Damascus

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Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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T-S NS 90.8 1r

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1r

T-S NS 90.8 1v

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1v
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