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- Judaeo-Arabic
The girls were ten and thirteen years old and had no relatives to take care of them, and nothing to live on. They had been allotted two dinars from communal charity funds, but for some reason (the letter is torn here, and parts are missing) the money had not actually been sent; without it, they had "only enough for a crust of bread." […]
She asked the Head of the Jews instead to provide the two dinars that the girls had been promised, along with extra funds to rent them a living space and to hire a religious teacher who could "teach them prayer, so they will not grow up like animals, not knowing shemaʿ yisra'el." […]
Regarding the date: "The time of the document can be defined approximately by the mention of al-haver Ibn al-Kāmukhi, the member of the yeshiva bearing a family name derived from the profession of kāmukhī, preparer of preserves with vinegar sauce.
- לנצח אן [
- סתהם קד [תופית וליס מן]
- ידברהם גי[רי ] אן הדה אלדינארין אלדי תוכד
- פי מאונת[הם מא יחצל] מנהא גיר כסרה כבז פקט עלי
- מ]וצע אלאמור ואיצא אן הונ…
Recto
[ ... May your rule last] for ever.
The grandmother [of the orphans so-and-so and so-and-so has died and there is now no one] who looks after …
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