Letter: T-S NS J430

Letter T-S NS J430

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T-S NS J430
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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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 1066–1108). 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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Scribe
Hillel b. ʿEli (uncertain)

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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T-S NS J430 1r

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1r

T-S NS J430 1v

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1v
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