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Title An Order for Veils
Author Kalim, the weaver and tailor
Summary This letter written by the weaver and tailor Kalim seems to be a response to an inquiry from ìAbd All��h b. Asìad concerning the progress of some ordered work. Kalim informs ìAbd All��h that he has completed the weaving of all ordered veils except one. If ìAbd All��h likes, he should send Kalim one din��r worth of riy��t textiles to use in the production of the veils. If not he should let Kalim know and the latter will send him the veils as well as some other textiles he has completed. At the end of the letter Kalim conveys greetings from a certain ìAysha.;The following documents are addressed 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; 5578(9); 5622; 5609; 5623; 5625(1); 2526(B); 5631; 5578(8).
Citations Sijpesteijn, Petra Marieke, Shaping a Muslim State. Papyri related to a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official, Ph.D. Diss., Princeton University, 263-266, 2004, Plate XXVI
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5621
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 24.2 x 19.5 cm
Condition Light brown papyrus. The original cutting lines have been preserved on all four sides. There are some small holes in the papyrus. One vertical papyrus fiber got lost from the right bottom corner in antiquity and no letters are missing.
Lines Recto: 12 lines; Verso: 1 line
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto + Verso
Hands Written with a thin pen in black ink that has faded in places, perpendicular to the fibers on Recto, parallel to the fibers on Verso. There are some diacritical dots.
Origin Fayuum
More from Fayuum
Language Arabic
Date VIIIth Cent. A.D.
More from the period between 700 CE and 799 CE
Note (general) Edition's Side A is Recto; Side B Verso according to APIS guidelines.
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto + Verso
Subjects Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names ìAbd All��h b. Asìad; Kalim; ìAyshah
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
Images Verso medium
Images Verso large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

Recto: ;1. In the name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful. ;2. To ìAbd All��h b. Asìad from Kalim. Peace be upon you and I praise ;3. for you God besides Whom there is no god but He. ;4. Further, I want to let you know our news, namely that we are healthy and well ;5. and our Lord be praised. You ordered me to weave you ;6. veils. And I have already woven them except one. ;7. And if you want them, then send me for a din��r good riy��t and ;8. if not then write me clarifying this and I will send them to you. ;9. And . . . I have woven all of them, I will send them with it. ;10. And send me immediately for a din��r riy��t. ;11. And peace be upon you and God���s mercy and ìAyshah sends ;12. you many greetings. ;;Verso: ;To ìAbd All��h b. Asìad from Kalim