Letter: T-S AS 158.373

Letter T-S AS 158.373

Input date

In PGP since 2019

Description

Business letter from the druggist Binyām to Zayn Ibn al-Ger. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early to mid-12th century. For the same sender, see also DK 232.2 (alt: VIII) (PGPID 6554) and AIU VII.E.43 (PGPID 30345). For the addressee, see also T-S NS J301 (PGPID 26407). Concerning shipments of materia medica, including licorice root (ʿirq sūs), endive (bizr hindibāʾ), black spleenwort (ashtwuān). The sender complains about the huge amount of customs he has to pay. AA/ASE.