Amulet for Sāda bat Samar
This Hebrew amulet, written on behalf of Sāda bat Samar, is an invocation of heavenly powers asking that she find approval from the authorities and be released from prison.
Credits
Collections of the Consistoire Israélite de Paris, deposited in The Library of the Alliance Israélite Universelle (Paris), AIU VI.C.21, fol. 1r.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 3: Encountering Christianity and Islam.
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