Legal document: T-S NS J401u
Legal document T-S NS J401uDescription
An agreement between a mother, Malīḥa, and Abū'l-Faḍl Ṣedāqa in which Malīḥa agrees to pay Abū'l-Faḍl 2 dinars upon his request for lessons in spelling, given to her son Hiba b. Abū Saʿd in Arabic calligraphy. The boy was supposed to write a letter without mistakes when one was dictated to him. Abū'l-Faḍl was also to provide Hiba b. Abū Saʿd with arithmetic lessons by which the boy was to master complex accounts. Arithmetic lessons were to be helf through the use of the abacus. Information from Weiss' PhD dissertation on Halfon b. Menashshe