Michaelides Fragments : Letter

Michaelides Fragments

<p style='text-align: justify;'> <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> Text opens, after basmala: اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك. Main text opens: كتابى اليك عن سلامة والحمد لله كثيرا لا شريك له. The writer states that he has sent to the addressee a surveyor (ماسح). Closes with the same formula as it opened with. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>Verso:</a> The writer opens by apologizing for writing on a papyrus that has already been used: فى القرطاس فانى لم اقدر ادخل اليهم.... The main text opens with the report that the addressee's letter has arrived: وصل كتابك اعزك الله. The writer asks for further instructions with the formula: ... ورايك اعزك الله فى الامر . </p>