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Reference number: 
Ar. 81 - 2
Obverse: 
Ar. 81 - 1
Image Number: 
JRL0908980dc
Image Title: 
Arabic and Hebrew jottings
Description: 
The page is folded into two: The left side contains Arabic scribbles, questions and answers such as "who was the founder of the Kingdom of Babel - Nimrod". The right side contains mainly Hebrew scribbles, Friday is mentioned at the top-right side; a greeting or a blessing addressed to a certain Hakham; two Arabic words are scribbled on the right side, and an addition in Arabic numerals of 30 and 97 equals 127.
Language: 
Arabic
Script: 
Arabic
Support material: 
Paper
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used: 
Handwriting
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: 
JRUL
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: 
PAR00081-2
Image technique: 
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured: 
23/01/2009
Date: added: 
2009-11
Metadata language: 
eng-GB