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Reference number: 
A 635 - 1
Obverse: 
A 635 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL050159dc
Image Title: 
Hebrew letter
Subject: 
Letters
Description: 
Letter to Abu Sa`id
People covered: 
Abu Sa`id Halfon b. Nethanel ha-Levi?
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
67 mm
Item width: 
126 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference: 
Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93). Cf. e.g.
Bibliographic Reference: 
Shaked, S., A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents, p. 181.
Bibliographic Reference: 
Goitein, S.D., Letters of medieval Jewish traders, pp. 9, 259-63. Cf. e.g.
Notes: 
6 lines. Page meant to be turned vertically. Shaked refers to Goitein's unpublished 'India book' (248).
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository: 
Moses Gaster
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number: 
A00635-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-05-14
Date: added: 
2009-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB