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22* Amir Ashur and Efraim Lev

[˜¯]ÁÈ ¯‡·‡Ï‡Ù ˜‡¯Î‡Ï‡ ‡Ó‡Â ·¯‚χ ‰„‡Ó ÈÂ˜È ‡Ó ÏΠı˙È·‡Ï‡ 22
χ ·‡¯˘Ï‡Â ˙¯„˜ ‡Ó ‡„˙‚χ ÛËÏ˙ ˙ȇ¯ ‡ÓÎ ¯ƒÂÙƒÎχ Էχ· 23
Ì˘Â ¯ˆ‡Áχ χÁχ ÈÙ „‰‡˘˙ ‡ÓΠχÁχ ÍÏ˙Ï ˜Ù‡ÂÓ 24
25
[‰]ƒÂÏÓ ‰¯ÂÊÓÙ ·È‚Ó Ú·Ëχ ÔÂÎÈ ÌÏ Ô‡Ù ¯Ó‡˙ χ ¯ÙÂ χ ÔÈÒ¯Óχ 26
‚ÒÙ· ·‡¯˘Â ÊÂÏ·

[margin]
(7) ԇΠԇ (6) ‡ ‡ƒ‰ƒƒÈχ (5) ·È‚Ó (4) Ú·Ëχ ԇΠԇ (3) ÈÙ¯Ú˙ Ô‡ È‚·È ‡ÓÎ (2) [...] (1)

ÍÏ„Ï Í‚ÂÁ‡ (10) ÌÏ ‡Ï ‡ (9) Ú‡„ˆ (8) ̉ÚÓ

[Written transversely to the text]

͇˜·‡ ȯÎÊ Â·‡ ÍÈ˘ ‡È 1
χΠԇÈÚ Ï‡ ÒÈÏ ‰Ïχ 2
3
¯·Î

Translation

(1) With the help of God, His servant Abu Z[ikri]. (2) The servant of His
Excellency, My Lord, the illustrious Sheikh Abu Ali (3) kisses the earth in
front of you. And I inform His Honour how much I miss him (4) and am
looking forward to meeting him and thanking his glory with [...]. (5) And his
grace spreads over me (?) in all seasons (?) and every hour (?) and more, (6y7)
please send me an answer soon as your good habits and generosity (permit?),
(8) of what happened to me — two diseases, one of which is trachoma (9)
in the centre of the cornea of the third kind,53 as a white marble (10) with a
severe yellow inflammation, and redness secreted from the eye. And I already

53 The trachoma apparently was divided into different types, and here it is described as the
‘third kind’ or type.