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  1. 1LetterT-S 13J13.6

    Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Head of the Jews (entitled Gaon) concerning the difficulties she is having with her …

    1. אלעבדה זוגה
    2. אלחזאן בן נחמן
    3. אלעבדה תנהי אלי הדרת הגאונות תכן משרתה לנצ[ח
    4. חאלהא הו וולדהא וגועהם ועריהם וכונהא להא אליום
    5. ענד? בין?] אלנאס משתתה ה שהור…

    Recto

    Your slave, the wife (= widow) 

    of the cantor Ben Naḥman 

    [I(n the name of the)] M(erciful) 

    Your slave informs your excellency the Gaon, may…

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  2. 2LetterT-S 10J16.4

    Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Gaon concerning the difficulties she is having with the son of her late husband …

    1. אלעבדה זוגה
    2. אלחזאן בן נחמאן
    3. אלעבדה תנהי אלי הדרת הגאונות תכן מ[שר]תה לנצח
    4. ח]אל אלעבדה וולדהא וג/ו/עהם ועריהם לאן ללעבדה
    5. משתתה הי וולדהא ען אלדאר ג ש…

    Your slave, the wife (= widow) of 

    [the] cantor Ben Naḥman 

    [I(n the name of the)] M(erciful) 

    Your slave informs your excellency the Gaon, may you…

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