Letter: T-S NS 149.99 + T-S Ar.39.358
Letter T-S NS 149.99 + T-S Ar.39.358Description
Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 8 lines from near the top are preserved. Written in a chancery-esque hand and in an elevated register. The sender and presumably the addressee are Jewish, since he swears by the Torah. The sender conveys his worry (hamm) and describes how he read a letter to its end and mentions his distress over the cutting-off of the correspondence (inqitāʿ al-mukātaba). He says he must resort to an oath to clear his name before the addressee (وقد احتجت الان الى يمين في الوسط(؟) لتبرؤ ساحتي عندك والله العظيم وحق التوراة...). Reused for Hebrew literary text (recto). Join: Alan Elbaum.