Letter: ENA 3793.6

Letter ENA 3793.6

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ENA 3793.6
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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In PGP since 2018

Description

Letter from Yosef b. Yehuda b. Simḥa (Alexandria) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1050. The writer mentions a number of deals in beads and pearls. He is worried about owing money to a number of people including Yaḥyā b. Nissim and, although they do not demand payment, is anxious to settle the issue. He also mentions having heard about diseases (amrāḍ) that have spread in Fustat. The address is written in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. (Information from Gil.)

ENA 3793.6 1

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ENA 3793.6 2

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