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This is because the letter was written on 12 Tishrei, likely the same day that Ismāʿīl b. Faraḥ wrote T-S 10J15.4 to Nahray b. Nissim. Gil dates T-S 10J15.4 on the basis of its similarity to BL OR 5542.9, which was written when Monday fell on the 27th of Elul, which apparently happened in 1053 CE and 1056 CE, and of the two he believes 1056 CE to be a better fit. […]
"do not buy anything if eye-does-not-see" (T-S 13J26.22) or "if my son turns out to be a worthless employee, get rid of him ('make him eye-does-not-see')" (T-S 24.78); cf. also ENA NS 10.19. […]
Corroborating evidence for the absence of illness is that Ismāʿīl wrote to Nahray on the same day (T-S 10J15.4) and two days later (T-S 8.66) and did not send good wishes for a recovery.
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ולדי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלמסתקר אלאסכנדריה
ליב כלאת מן תשרי געלך אללה מן אלפאייזין ומן אלמקבולין ותקב…
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- בני היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך; מן הבית, אלכסנדריה,
- בי"ב בתשרי, יעשה אותך אלוהים מן הזוכים ומן…
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