מכתב: T-S NS J180

תיאור

Letter fragment from an India trader, in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that all is well and that the first ships have arrived India, including one from the Coromandel coast (wa-qad waṣala awwal marākib al-Hind wa-waṣala markab min al-Maʿbar...). He reports that the pepper (al-filfil) was sold at 56 dinars, the spice (al-bahār) and the ginger at 40 (dinars), the cinnamon (al-qirfa) at 16 (dinars), the nutmeg (al-jawza) at 70 (dinars), the cloves (al-qurunful) at 80 (dinars), and the aromatic wood (al-ʿūd) for various prices. (Information in part from CUDL.)