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Title Concerning an Irrigation Canal
Summary N��jid b. Muslim informs ìAbd All��h b. Asìad that a third person, ful��n b. Abi Muslim, has notified him about an appointee of ìAbd All��h and the water assigned to the town of Narmuda. N��jid mentions the sluice in a canal (b��b khalij) at the town of Nuwayra and orders ìAbd All��h to prevent some land-owners who have been using water assigned to Narmuda to water their sycamore trees from doing so again.;All of 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; 5625 (A); 5620; 5619; 5613(A); 5632; 5578(9); 5622; 5609; 5621; 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, 214-218, Plate XV
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5613
Support/Dimensions 3 papyri ; 16.1 x 14.6; 18.8 x 2.7; 20.4 x 8.5 cm
Condition Four fragments of a middle brown papyrus. The original cutting lines have been preserved at the top of the largest fragment only. In spite of the damage to the text not more than a word or part of a word on each side has been lost. The text on the three fragments does not follow directly but the three pieces are definitely related as is indicated by the script and texture of the papyrus. Two smaller holes at the top of the top fragment have not damaged the text.
Lines Fragment A: 8 lines; Fragment B: 2 lines; Fragment C: 5 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: (B) Fragment A; Recto + Verso; Fragment B: Recto; Fragment C: Recto
Hands Written in black ink with a small pen across the fibers on Recto, parallel to the fibers on Verso. There are a few 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. oversize box.
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Fragment A; Recto + Verso; Fragment B: Recto; Fragment C: Recto
Subjects Narmuda; Nuwayra.; Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names N��jid b. Muslim; ìAbd All��h b. Asìa[d; . . h b. Abi Muslim
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)

Fragment A ;1. In the name of Go]d the Merciful, the Compassionate. ;2. From] N��jid b. Muslim to ìAbd All��h b. Asìa[d. ;3. Peace be] upon you and I praise ;4. for yo]u God besides Whom there is no god ;5. but He.] ;6. Furthe]r, . . h b. Ab��� Muslim [came to me ;7. reminding me that] the one you endorsed of the people ;8. of . . . ] . . [ . . . ] water that you intended (?) for Narmuda ;; Fragment B ;9. . . . ] . . . ;10. . . . ] . . . [ . . . ] of the people of Narmuda ;; ;Fragment C ;11. . . . ] me the sluice to the canal of Nuw[ayra ;12. they wat]ered their land which has o[n it ;13. the sycamore trees which they are not allowed to do and have no ;14. permission for (?). So do not allow them the water you intended (?) ;15. for Narmuda] . . . [ . . .