T-S AS 147.105
Letter fragment, mercantile (lower part of recto, upper part of verso). Legible phrases on recto include: "the price was 34, and until now. . . ." On verso: "Set sail for al-Aflayah (אלאפלאיה). . . I was waiting, and news arrived. . ." The place name is written clearly, but its identity is unclear. Pedro Teixeira wrote in the 17th century, en route from Baghdad to Aleppo, "We halted in a plain that the Arabs call Aflayah, the name of a town from which the whole district is so called." ASE.
