Detail View: Genizah Collection:

Reference number: 
Ar. 217 - 1
Obverse: 
Ar. 217 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0909267dc
Image Title: 
Arabic letter
Subject: 
Letters
Description: 
A large piece of paper, containing a letter. Stained and torn. The letter begins at the middle of the page, the last lines are written on the right margins diagonally to the main text. The year 1223 (= 1808 CE) is mentioned at the bottom right corner. The page carries the marks of it being folded into four.
Time period covered: 
19th Century CE
Language: 
Arabic
Script: 
Arabic
Support material: 
Paper
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Notes: 
Torn and stained.
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: 
PAR00217-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured: 
29/01/2009
Date: added: 
2009-11
Metadata language: 
eng-GB