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Title Purchase of Radish Oil
Author Salama b. Iy��s
Summary Salama b. Iy��s begins his letter to ìAbd All��h b. Asìad with long and unusual blessings which cannot be completely restored due to the damaged state of the papyrus. He then asks ìAbd All��h to buy him one din��r worth of fresh radish oil as part of a standing order telling him to wait until oil from the new press is available. He supports his request by adding that of the members of his qawm ìAbd All��h is closest to him. When sending the oil to Salama, ìAbd All��h is to make sure he does it safely, meaning presumably with a trustworthy person. Salama then writes that he has sent ìAbd All��h some small quantity of wool and some sheep fat. Finally, he mentions a certain ìAmr and his wife Nur but their relationship with Salama is lost.;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; 5621; 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, 267- 273, 2004, Plates XXVII, XXVIII
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5623
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 22 x 30.1 cm
Condition Light brown papyrus. The original cutting lines have been preserved on the top and partially on the left side. Five large holes on the right half of the papyrus caused a loss of one word in eight lines. There are two vertical folding lines visible along which the fibers have gotten slightly damaged. The right side is broken off with a loss of three to four words at the beginning of the lines.
Lines Recto: 18 lines; Verso: 5 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto + Verso
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 Salama] b. Iy��s; ìAbd All��h b. Asìad; ìAmr [ . . . ]; Nur.
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 Merciful, the Compassionate.] ;2. From Salama] b. Iy��s to ìAbd All��h b. Asìad. Peace be upon you and I praise ;3. for you God, besides Whom] there is no god but He. Further, may God complete ;4. His benefaction on us and] on you with al[l His mercy (?) and may He make] us and you among the ones He created for His paradise. ;5. I and those who are with me are] as you like it that we . . . ;6. . . . ] and we ask God, the one responsible for all things ;7. . . . G]od (the) protector, that He complete for us and for you His benefaction also. ;8. . . . ] you and from me [ . . . ] of you and you to him will tell ;9. . . . ] . . . [ we ask God to] make him prosper in well-being and health. ;10. . . . there is] none of my tribe who is more beloved to me (in kinship) ;;than you ;11. . . . ] therefore the people in friendship and alle[giance . . . ;12. . . . I wrote] to you that you will buy [for a d]in��r radish oil. For that is remaining ;13. of what we] are owed and it has become incumbent upon you. And buy for us from the new (press), so do not hurry ;14. . . . ] until the new (oil) is pressed. And when you send it, then do it safely (with trust). ;15. . . . ] I have . . . (some goods?) and do not [ . . . ] except (radish) oil and do not be hindered ;16. . . . ] so that you take, then [ . . . ] it is pressed in it. And the best of what I buy ;17. . . . ] although I do not . [ . . . ] from this and it is harder on you and I ;18. . . . ] . . . from . . . or . . . ;; ; ;Verso: ;1. . . . ] I have already sent to you some wool and sheep fat ;2. . . . ] hold on with the one who brought the two boys. ;3. . . . I] inform you that I . . . and ìAmr [ . . . ;4. . . . A]lexandria and N��r, ìAmr���s wife, in ;5. . . . we] ask God for us and for you blessings and the completion of His benefaction. ;; ;Address: ;From Salama b. Iy��s the oil-presser to ìAbd All��h b. Asìad