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payment of one teacher for three students
Kamel Said
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payment of one teacher for three students
Cambridge, Cambridge University Library
TS NS 321.28
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Arabic; Hebrew
Hebrew
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Jan. 11, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
Jan. 22, 2026, 2:07 p.m.

Received. In Judeo-Arabic. A teacher, Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Riḍā al-ʿAṭṭār, confirms having received 12 dirhams for teaching three children during the months of Av and Elul. The pupils are the son of Hilāl, the water carrier (al-saqqāʾ), the son of Khalaf's daughter, the miller (daqqāq al-ruzz), and the son of Miska's daughter. (Information taken in part from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 559 and Goitein's index cards.)

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בש רח
וקבצת איצא ען אב ואלול גמיעא
אתני עשר דרהם ען אלתלתה צגאר
והם אבן הלאל אלסקא ואבן בנת כלף
אלדי הו אבן דקאק אלרז ואבן בנת
מסכה וכתב אבו אלחסן אלמעלם
אבן אבו אלרצא אלעטאר
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בש
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רח
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וקבצת
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איצא
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ען
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אב
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ואלול
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גמיעא
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אתני
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עשר
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דרהם
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ען
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אלתלתה
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צגאר
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והם
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אבן
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הלאל
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אלסקא
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ואבן
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בנת
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כלף
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אלדי
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הו
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אבן
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דקאק
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אלרז
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ואבן
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בנת
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מסכה
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וכתב
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אבו
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אלחסן
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אלמעלם
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אבן
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אבו
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אלרצא
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אלעטאר