Concerning a Loan

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Letter from George the symmachos to ìAbd All��h b. As>ad which opens with long blessings and greetings. The long honorifics used by the sender to address ìAbd All��h and the fact that the latter's name is mentioned first in the address contrary to common practice suggests that ìAbd All��h holds a higher social and administrative position than George. George asks ìAbd All��h to send him one din��r as an advance payment (salaf) with the bearer of the present letter. He then tells ìAbd All��h to write Ab�� Daw��d, who seems to have had something to do with George's appointment as symmachos. Finally, George asks ìAbd All��h to send him two boys with fruit because there is none available at the sender's. Two people, one of whose names is lost, the other being Nadhir b. ìAbd al-Rahm��n, send their greetings to ìAbd All��h at the end of the letter. ;The following documents are addresed to the same recipient: P.Mich.Inv. 5558(1); 5629; 5624; 5627; 5578(1); 5558(2); 5578(2); 5578(3); 5578(4); 5578(5); 5578(7); 5578(6); 5610; 5613(B); 5625 (A); 5620; 5619; 5613(A); 5632; 5622; 5609; 5621; 5623; 5625(1); 2526(B); 5631; 5578(8).