Letter: T-S Misc.28.149

Letter T-S Misc.28.149

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T-S Misc.28.149
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Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter to Peraḥya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: 1088–1188 CE (14[..] Seleucid). The letter discusses business in flax in the Levant, especially in Damascus. Mentions "the court of our master ʿEzra," perhaps a judge or a head of the Yeshiva in Damascus? Refers multiple times to the standard of Tyre for sums of gold coins. Needs examination

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