State document: T-S Ar.39.487
State document T-S Ar.39.487Input date
In PGP since 2017Description
Recto: Official letter, likely a report to a superior. In Arabic script. The first few words of ~26 lines have been preserved. "The slave renews the kissing of the ground...." (al-mamlūk yujaddid taqbīl (al-arḍ)). Mentions cows and calves and someone named Muḥammad b. Mudāfiʿ. Verso: Incomplete bill of delivery of 48 different materia medica with numbers (prices) only (i.e., no weights or quantities). Very clearly written in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)