Letter: T-S 8J22.18

Letter T-S 8J22.18

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T-S 8J22.18
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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In PGP since 2017

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Letter from Alexandria to the family of Yeshuʿa b. Sahl in Fusṭāṭ. (Yeshuʿa b. Sahl might actually be the sender.) Mentions: "the wheat.... If you saw your sister, you would not recognize her... from the female slave, she threatens her with the judge (al-qāḍī) and the barracks (al-ḥujra)... three times, and her heart is not at peace... the thing which you said you sent with Fuḍayl has not arrived... do not deprive us of the maintenance (al-mawna)...." May mention legal actions. Umm ʿImrān sends greetings. (Information in part from CUDL.)

T-S 8J22.18 1r

1r

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Translation

T-S 8J22.18 1v

1v
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