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<p style='text-align: justify;'><a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> Statement of accounts, detailing various credits and debits. The text opens, after the basmala, with the word الاصل 'the base', i.e. the original sum. Amounts are expressed in Greek numerals. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>Verso:</a> Text opens after basmala with the blessing formula: اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك و كرامتك واتم نعمه عليك. The body of the text states that a certain Yaḥyā has paid five dīnārs of full weight, divided into portions (مثاقيل مقسمة). </p>
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Recto: Statement of accounts, detailing various credits and debits. The text opens, after the basmala, with the word الاصل 'the base', i.e. the original sum. Amounts are expressed in Greek numerals. Verso: Text opens after basmala with the blessing formula: اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك و كرامتك واتم نعمه عليك. The body of the text states that a certain Yaḥyā has paid five dīnārs of full weight, divided into portions (مثاقيل مقسمة).
Final الف extends below the connecting stroke. د/ذ approximates to a straight line. ج/ح/خ are usually written with a single curved stroke. س/ش is sometimes written without teeth.
Layout: Writing on both sides. Recto, written in black ink, 14 lines, at right angles to the fibres. Verso, written in black ink, 4 lines, at right angles to the fibres.
Acquisition: Bought from Michaelides in 1977.
Funding: TIMA
Data Source(s): Description based on an unpublished handlist by Professor Geoffrey Khan
Final الف extends below the connecting stroke. د/ذ approximates to a straight line. ج/ح/خ are usually written with a single curved stroke. س/ش is sometimes written without teeth.
Layout: Writing on both sides. Recto, written in black ink, 14 lines, at right angles to the fibres. Verso, written in black ink, 4 lines, at right angles to the fibres.
Acquisition: Bought from Michaelides in 1977.
Funding: TIMA
Data Source(s): Description based on an unpublished handlist by Professor Geoffrey Khan
Author(s) of the Record: Gennady Kurin
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Title: Account
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Title: Letter
Transcription
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