Letter: JRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/14

Letter JRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/14

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Lower fragment: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with a poem in Hebrew mourning separation and praising the addressee (אהה עלי אחים אשר היו אגודה והפרידם זמן הרע . . . . ). The addressee is asked to bring a "fine ingot" (sabīka ṭayyiba) from India weighing 5 raṭls, free of "taqalluʿ(?)." The handwriting may be known. ASE