State document: T-S Ar.34.255

Description

Official-looking document in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Upper left may contain a date (Rabīʿ something?); the next line refers to al-taʾrīkh al-madhkūr; there are several headers on both the right and left page. The left page is headed al-ḥaml (shipping/transport) followed by "to the well-established treasury" (ilā al-khizāna al-maʿmūra al-mawlawiyya. . . . ). The reference to al-khizāna al-maʿmūra suggests a Fatimid fiscal context, though it is unusual for a fiscal document to use Coptic numerals. The remainder of the entry is very difficult to read. May refer to al-Ḥājj [...] b. ʿAmmār. Verso contains two blocks that consist mainly of the Coptic numerals from 1-10 written sequentially on multiple lines. Purpose unclear, merits further examination.