רשומה קשורה ל-מכתב: MS Meunier

Recto

1. [                                           ] this
2. [                                           ] He has saved them
3. [                                           ] He rewarded us
4. he committed a sinful [a]ct [             ]. We have pursued our evil inclination. 
5. He has chastised us, and [my] eyes [are weeping]. We perish until He looks down and sees (cf. Lam. 3:50).
6. May He have mercy on us. May your mercies come before us (cf. Ps. 79:8). We have sinned. Act for Your sake (cf. Dan. 9:19). 
7. For the sake of the covenant of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, [Jacob] remember his covenant (cf. Lev. 26:42).
8. To the three brothers [of the Tustarī family] ...
9. Abū l-Faḍl, Abū Yaʿqūb, Abū Sahl—Sahl, Yosef, and Saʿīd, sons of Yisraʾel b. Yaʿaqov, 
10. who are from the city of Shushtar, may God the eternal keep them allive by the merit of their fathers,
11. guard them, help them, and deliver them from all trouble, grief, and woe, as it is said, "And [the redeem]ed of the Lord shall return" (Isa. 35:10, 51:11).
12. Know, our brothers and dear ones, that in my old age, I have come from the land of [Ṭab]aristān,
13. from Amūl, as it is called, for my father, Shelomo of blessed memory, went there and died,
14. and I left my house, my sons, my brothers, and my family, and I said: "I will lie down with
15. my fathers" (cf. Gen. 47:30), and I came to Baghdad. I was afflicted on the way, and half my gold disappeared
16. on account of sabbaths, and little remained from much. People bestowed benefactions,
17. since what remained could be given in a suftaja. They said: "For such a man, Baghdad is from the line of
18. the honorable teacher and master Shelomo son of Aharon Baghdadī. I went to him at the Pearl Market (Sūq Luʾluʾ). His house
19. is in Maḥallat Baʿalei Ṭawīl. I gave him one hundred fifty Maghribī drachmas,
20. entirely a talent (kikar) finely minted (ḍarb al-abkar). He told me: "In three months, you will be able
21. to go." I rejoiced, for I am weary and aged, as if I were eighty years old, and I was exhausted on the way. I am not
22. able to go to Egypt. He said that in the Shām (lit. in the land of Damascus), he has a friend and merchant,
23. "a good man named Ṣedaqa son of ʿAmram son of Pīnā Raḥbī. Before you, when
24. you come to Damascus, he will send (it) to the three brothers and give (it) to you." I
25. received (it) from him, and he wrote one for fifty to Sahlawayh ben Ḥayyim,
26. and for you, (one of) one hundred drachmas.

Verso

1. In the year 371, in the month of Sivan — before the month of Sivan — I gave (money to) Sulaymān ibn 
2. {ibn} Aharon, may God keep him alive, since he is one of the good people and is God-fearing, and I traveled
3. from Baghdad with a suftaja of one hundred (dirhams) on your account and fifty on
4. Sahlawayh ben Ḥayyim's, may God keep him alive, and traveled to Tikrīt. I also had fifty dinars
5. for provisions for the road with me, apart from the one hundred fifty.
6. I stayed in Tikrīt for six months and ran out of the drachmas
7. that I had with me. I returned to Baghdad to Shelomo ben Aharon and told him
8. that I was in need of provisions for the road. For twenty, he took the suftaja
9. that he had written for fifty gold coins and gave (it) for thirty to
10. Sahlawayh b. Ḥayyim. I took (it) and stayed on the road for one year until I arrived at Aleppo.
11. I (then) heard bad news about you (pl.) and (about?) Damascus, and I was greatly distressed.
12. Everything I had with me was spent. I became dependent on the Jewish community for bread.
13. They treated me kindly. I begged the God of Israel for mercy for myself and for
14. my money and my drachmas, since I had taken (money) as a loan so that I could repay in Damascus. With me
15. was your sister's son Abū l-Ṭayyib Ṭov b. David. He knows the whole matter, since
16. I gave him a qirḍ of four and a half drachmas. He was [        ]
17. well-spoken [                 ] and among the [              ] fear [of Heaven].
18. Everything that was with me [                                                 ]
19. Shelomo ben Aharon [wro]te on the account of Ṣedaqa b[en ʿAmram                ]
20. with me, for it (the suftaja) was upon my loins and not [                 ] our brothers [              ] suftaja
21. of [                        ] cheque, since
22. went up [                      ] rumor alive without

Verso, right margin

1. Speak with Abū l-Ṭayyib, your sister's son, Ṭov [ben] David and buy [              ] and be [        ]