Detail View: Genizah Collection:

Reference number: 
B 2699 - 1
Obverse: 
B 2699 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0804215dc
Image Title: 
Writing exercise
Subject: 
Children: Writing
Creation site: 
Egypt: Cairo
Date created: 
19th-20th century
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
114 mm
Item width: 
102 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments: 
A 1053, B 2699 and B 2977 related
Notes: 
5 lines. Alphabet and vowels written on the obverse of a French invitation (probably) written in Cairo. Letters hang from lines drawn in pencil. Strangely enough, the three related fragments, though strikingly similar, do not form a join.
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: 
B02699-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-02-20
Date: added: 
2008-10
Metadata language: 
eng-GB