Letter: AIU XI.266

Letter AIU XI.266

Metadata

Shelfmark
AIU XI.266
Primary Language
Arabic

Description

Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Calligraphic (chancery?) hand, but no wide space between the lines. 6 lines from the middle of the letter are preserved. The sender urges the addressee to look after his friend/colleague Sulaymān the khawlī (variously translated as intendant, gardener, overseer, irrigation expert). If Sulaymān wishes to go down to al-Kawm al-Aḥmar ("the red mound," a pharaonic site in Upper Egypt), then the addressee should assist him and make sure that he is honored. Whatever crops (ghulla) he asks for should be given to him.

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Additional metadata

Collection
Alliance Israélite Universelle
Historical shelfmarks
AIU XI 266
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Alliance Israélite Universelle, AIU XI.266. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35084/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35084/