Letter: T-S 8.44

Description

Recto: Letter of appeal for assistance. Damaged and faded. Opens with several lines of Hebrew blessings for the addressee. The body of the letter begins in l. 7: למא כאן . . . . . אלשיך א[. . .] . . . שאמל לגמיע קאצדיה וכאן עלי בעלי . . . . The petitioner seems to be a woman, based on the reference to 'my husband' (baʿali). Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning names such as Fāṭima, Faḍāʾil, Rafīʿa bt. Ghurba, and another woman.