Credit instrument or private receipt: JRL Gaster ar. 64
Credit instrument or private receipt JRL Gaster ar. 64Tags
Description
Receipt or order of payment issued by the state administration for silk production in Alexandria. Dated 25 Ramadan[?] 1235 AH which is 1819 CE. A state official, the "overseer of silk looms [in] Alexandria" signed and stamped the document. A certain Barakāt al-ṣarrāf is also mentioned, possibly the same official mentioned in JRL SERIES C 7 (PGPID 31857). MCD.