Scholarship on Paraliterary text: T-S NS 108.19

Verso

1. When you reach the Fayyūm, ask
2. about a village (qarya) called al-Khirba,
3. which is one of the districts (aʿmāl) of the Fayyūm. When
4. you get there, ask about the kanīsa (church or synagogue)
5. of the village that is located there. It is
6. outside the village. Among the signs (by which you will recognize)
7. this kanīsa: next to it there is
8. a lote tree (sidra) and a date palm. In its wall,
9. in the middle, there is a stone that is part of the masonry. In this
10. stone is a hole (filled with) lead. Measure from the stone
11. toward the outside of the wall two cubits, no
12. more, and dig. You will find stone
13. and masonry, and under it, a copper jar filled with
14. Byzantine dinars (danānīr rūmiyya). Another description:
15. In al-Kharba, look at the bathhouse
16. . . . in it. Look behind its back (wall).

Verso, right margin

1. a fine little mosque built of yellow mud-brick (ṭūb aṣfar). Look at [its] qibla (wall)
2. above the top of the beard (ḥilya, an architectural term?) on the qibla side . . .

Verso, top margin

1. . . . the fortress (al-qalʿa) . . .
2. much wealth (?) . . .

Recto

1. Also at al-Kharba there is a well outside it,
2. to the west of the town. Next to it is a mound (kawm) with stones on it.
3. Under the stone is a deposit (wadīʿa), God willing.