מכתב: T-S 8J21.20
מכתב T-S 8J21.20What's in the PGP
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Begging letter from a certain Yosef to Yeshuʿa ha-Sar, asking him to help him buy clothes. Complains of the cold. On verso there are accounts in Arabic script. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)
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Translator: Cohen, Mark (in English)
T-S 8J21.20 1r
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Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2005).
- In (your) na(me, O Merciful)
- Your slave Joseph
- kisses the ground before (your) ex(ellency), hono(r), gr(eatness), ho(liness), pre(cious),
- el(evated), pe(arl), wr(eath), cr(own), gl(ory), (our) ma(ster) and te(acher),
- Yeshuʿa the great Dignitary among the Jews, may God his Rock protect him
- and be his succor, and informs you
- that your slave is being killed by the cold
- and by hunger. Your slave cannot face asking
- anything from anyone. Your slave's request
- from our merciful and charitable master is for
- help with money for a robe. You will earn a
Margin
- reward that [is written], "When you se[e the naked],
- clothe him [and]
- do not ignore [your own kin]" (Isaiah 58:7).
- Your slave in[f]orms you
- about this. And peace.
T-S 8J21.20 1v
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