COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 258 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 258 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909382dc
Image Title:
Hebrew letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
The top part of a letter in Hebrew. Torn. Only the first couple of lines of the letter were left. The letter begins with "be-shimkha rahmana" (in your name, o merciful). The following line contains a series of Hebrew honorary degrees to the recipient of the letter. It is possible that the rest of the letter was written in Judaeo-Arabic.
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
Torn.
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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
PAR00258-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-02
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
