מכתב: BL OR 5566D.26

תיאור

Verso: letter in Judaeo-Arabic in rudimentary handwriting and spelling addressed to 'my mother' (yā sittī) Sitt Ghazal. After the blessings, the writer says he/she received Sitt Ghazal's gift, but does not understand why Sitt Ghazal was angry and does not know what fault he/she needs to beg forgiveness for. Then, "I sent you the notebooks, so send me the notebooks." Then, "what you said to me that day... the head of the Yeshivah..." In the margin there is also a remnant of an earlier Arabic-script document. Recto: text in Arabic script in rudimentary handwriting, unclear if this is literary or a draft of a letter. The opening lines convey the writer's dismay at how the person addressed makes light of death, and exhorts him to return to God.