p. Heid. Hebr. 898
Recto/verso: recto and verso
The recto is a letter in Hebrew characters from Barakāt b. Abu al-Faraj al-Zayyāt to "the Friend [of the Academy al-rāsūy]" (probably the parnas, Ulla ha-Levi), asking for a loan of thirty dirhams using a turban as collateral. The verso is a letter from the same Barakāt, written in Arabic characters, to Abu al-Hassan asking for a loan of forty dirhams using a turban as collateral. The writer references that the addressee's deceased brother (the addressee from the recto) used to grant him this deal. He writes that the brother had returned the turban, although he had yet to repay the loan in full. (Information from Goitein’s index card.) NB: Goitein's description above is outdated. This document is now known as P. Heid. Arab. III 42, and it has been edited by Diem. See PGPID 31584.
Editor: Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/6E.2.4%20AIU_%20Manchester_%20P.%20Heid_%20PER_%20Philadelphia/p.%20Heid.%20Hebr.%20898%20%28PGPID%207038%29.pdf.