Letter: T-S NS J430

Letter T-S NS J430

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T-S NS J430
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Public appeal of a blind woman to the congregation of Fustat to pay the fee of 4 dinars charged by a Muslim physician for the treatment of either herself or her sick daughter, who suffered from dropsy (istisqā'). Her other children (or child) had been given as security for this sum. Probably written by Hillel b. Eli (dated documents 1066–1107). Information from Goitein's note card. See also Med Soc, II, Appendix C, #96 (p. 501), and Med Soc I, p. 259 on children as collateral. ASE.

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J430. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/8788/, accessed December 22, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/8788/