מכתב: ENA NS I.29

תיאור

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. There is the bottom part of one letter and then halfway down the page a new letter begins from a son to a father. The upper letter deals with poverty and dangerous times ("the Arabs (Bedouin) are at odds"). It reports that Hillel has lost all his money in Fustat. Also mentions R. Natan and Yaʿaqov Tarjumān. The lower letter/postscript is from the same Hillel mentioned in the upper letter. He signs his name Hillel Melammed. He reports that he lost the entirety of the 400 dinars that he saved in Fustat over a period of 40 years, and how he is devastated and has no choice but to "eat" his poverty. He may now want to sell his shares in a house. Mentions Sulaymān. ASE