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Reference number: 
B 2229 - 2
Obverse: 
B 2229 - 1
Image Number: 
JRL0803105dc
Image Title: 
Sa`adia's siddur?
Subject: 
Prayer
Creator: 
Sa`adia ben Joseph Gaon (882-942)
Creator Role: 
Author
Source title: 
Siddur R. Sa`adia?
Alternative source title: 
Barukh YHWH le-olam amen ve-amen
Alternative source title: 
Birkhot keri'at Shema
Alternative source title: 
Shema
Citation reference: 
The Orot Sephardic Weekday Siddur (2002), pp. 383.1-284.8 (lines 1-8 on the right, with variants). I. Davidson, S. Assaf, and B.I. Joel (eds.), Siddur R. Saadja Gaon (1963), p. 26.22-6 (on the right, with variants), p. 28.4-6 (on the left).
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Vocalisation: 
Tiberian
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
158 mm
Item width: 
135 mm
Folio: 
1+2 / 2 leaves conjoined, verso
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Oriental
Notes: 
10 lines. Partially vocalised. On the right, second blessing preceding the Shema followed by the Shema of the evening service. On the left, the addition Barukh YHWH le-olam amen ve-amen between the final blessing after the Shema and the Amidah according to Saadia's version. Spelling mistake on line 1 on the right.
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: 
B02229-2
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-01-23
Date: added: 
2009-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB