Paraliterary text: T-S 8J29.4

Paraliterary text T-S 8J29.4

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Medical prescription in Judaeo-Arabic. Ingredients include: probably 2 oz. grainy concentrated lemon syrup (sharāb laymūn murammal), 1/2 oz. sugar candy (sukkar nabāt), something weighing 3 dirhams, 1/2 dirham white gum of tragacanth (kathīrāʾ bayḍāʾ), something weighing 1/8 dirham. Possibly aphrodisiac: ללגמ[אע?]. (Information in part from Goitein's index cards.)

T-S 8J29.4 1r

1r

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S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
  1. ב]אללה אלתופיק
  2. שראב לימון מרמל שתוי אוקיה [
  3. וילקא פיה סכר נבאת נצף אוק[יה
  4. . . . ] תלתה דראהם כתירא ביצא נצף דר[הם
  5. . ] מון אביץ תמן דרהם יוכד ללגמ[
  6. אללעוק ויסתעמל נאפע אן שא אלל[ה

Translation

T-S 8J29.4 1v

1v
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