Scholarship on Letter: T-S 6J4.16

Letter T-S 6J4.16
  1. Bibliographic citation
    Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
    Location in source
    • #51
    • no. 51
    Relation to document
    • Digital Translation
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T-S 6J4.16 1r

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Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).

Recto

  1. The slave Solomon the teacher 
  2. informs the master, the teacher, the elder Abuʾl-ʿIzz, (may your) Ro(ck) pr(otect you),
  3. that it has been a long time since I received anything. By Jewish law,
  4. I need to receive the pledges of that week (jumʿa) in cash or as a credit toward my account with your brother
  5. "the Illustrious Scholar" AbuʾI-Muna, (may) his Ro(ck) pr(otect him), against what I owe him. I
  6. won't ask for anything else from you again until the end
  7. of next month, Shevat. I am owed the same amount by Ibn
  8. al-Dihqān. I have no more patience over this delay, etc.
  9. I am in straits, warding off my worst instincts,
  10. knowing as I do about my situation. Please be beneficent with that
  11. which God has given to you or accredit my account with your brother for what I owe him.
  12. May your welfare increase and not diminish. N(eṣaḥ) s(ela). 

T-S 6J4.16 1v

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