Letter: T-S Misc.34.61

Letter T-S Misc.34.61

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Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the handwriting of Yefet b. Menashshe. Mentions various commodities: purging cassia (khiyār shanbar), white poppy (khashkhāsh abyaḍ), red lead (a.k.a. minium, here spelled sīlqūn), and turmeric (kurkum).

T-S Misc.34.61 1r

1r

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Translation

T-S Misc.34.61 1v

1v
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