COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 4269 - 2
Obverse:
B 4269 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0704740dc
Image Title:
Bill of divorce
Subject:
Divorce records
Description:
Possibly from Summer of 1143
Creation site:
Egypt: Minyat Zifta near Fustat
Date created:
1143
People covered:
Sa`adia ben Nathan (12th cent.?)
People covered:
Joseph ben Shemarya (12th cent.?)
Language:
Aramaic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Parchment
Item height:
147 mm
Item width:
111 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
5 lines. On recto, date expressed as 24 Tammuz 1454 "le-minyana de-regilna beh" (= probably the Seleucid era). Aramaicized names (bar instead of ben).
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:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
B04269-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-03-08
Date: added:
2007-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
