Tag: druggist

25 records found
T-S Ar.35.10
Most of the fragment consists of accounts in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic. The word ṭibbī appears in several places, but the names of the commodities are tricky to decipher. As are the names of the customers: Ab[ū] Fadl (with a dāl); Abū Riḍā al-ʿAṭṭ[ā]r; Abū Saʿd (with a shin). There is a list in Arabic script as well, headed Ṣāḥib al-Dukkān: 1/2 raṭl of [...]; 3 ounces of zayt ṭayyib (?); 3 ounces of soap (ṣābūn); 1 raṭl and 3 ounces of verdigris (zinjār); and 3 ounces of qaṭāra [=qaṭrān?]. ASE.
T-S Ar.39.56
Letter/note from Ismāʿīl(?) al-ʿAṭṭār to Maḥfūẓ. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. After the tarjama and basmala, it opens abruptly, "Yā shaykh Maḥfūẓ...." Mentions 300 of something; meeting with someone; and the shop. Might be coordinating some logistics. Needs further examination.
T-S H10.95
Business letter dealing with spices. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is likely that of Yedutun ha-Levi. (Goitein, too, flagged the script as familiar.) The letter is addressed to a 'brother' (Moshe ha-Levi?); mentions Abū Saʿd and 'your paternal uncle Bayān.' The letter is damaged but is a valuable source of information for the business of a druggist (ʿaṭṭār). Commodities mentioned include storax (mayʿa) and saffron. The writer does not know precisely the weight of the saffron; the addressee should weigh the burniyya together with the saffron in it and subtract the weight of the burniyya. The writer is suffering an attack of ophthalmia (and Isḥāq is too), but he will try to "go out" (from Fustat) if he is able to. On verso there are piyyutim (not necessarily in the same hand as recto; needs examination). ASE
T-S Misc.25.8
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: 6 Tishrei 1530 Seleucid, which is 1218 CE. Inventory of a dead perfumer's shop, taken for purposes of dividing the goods between his son Abū l-Faḍl and Abū Saʿīd b. Abū l-Manṣūr. The executor is Netanel ha-Sar ha-Rofe. Goods include ʿabīr; ʿūd; rāwand. On verso there is a note in a different hand with the name of a woman. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
T-S NS J214
Large account for a druggist (not in MS II). Includes item, weight, to whom sold, price. Information from Goitein's index card.