Letter: AIU XII.141
Letter AIU XII.141Description
Portion of an Arabic letter from Alexandria to Fusṭāṭ, probably to a family member. Most of what remains consists of greetings to people in the family and urging the recipient to write back with a full update and to address his/her letter to [...] al-ʿaṭṭārīn or to the market of silver/goldsmiths (sūq al-ṣāgha) to a particular Ṣayigh, so that it reaches the writer. The writer has the curious quirk of writing the sun letter twice instead of writing the definite article (e.g. في هذا تتدبير).