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Accession: NYU inv.cairo 186
Find spot: Unknown, Egypt
Period: IIIrd AH/IXth AD
Date: IIIrd AH/IXth AD
Date range: 800 CE – 900 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus; 14 x 20.5 cm']
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Description

Recto contains the bottom half of a commercial letter. The sender mentions a shipper called Sam'un. The sender also writes that he is in need of 'true velvet' ('you know, may God preserve you, my need for true velvet'). The letter ends with greetings to the adressee and several other individuals (Abu Ishaq, Abu Muhammad).

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