COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2844 - 2
Obverse:
B 2844 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0804572dc
Image Title:
Book of documents
Subject:
Records
Subject:
Jewish law
Creator:
Sa`adia ben Joseph Gaon (882-942)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Sefer ha-Edut ve ha-Shtarot
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
131 mm
Item width:
132 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Interrelation fragments:
B 2844 and Cambridge, University Library, T-S J3.17 from same manuscript
Notes:
16 lines. On the general rules of documents of acquisition. Not found in Ben Sasson's article. Perhaps a new piece from Sa'adia's Book of Documents filling the gap between Cambridge fragments J3.9 and J3.17, the texts of which are published in Ben Sasson's article on pages 203-6 (J3.17), 206-12 (J3.9 = the text on B 2844-1) and 213-6 (J3.17).
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:
B02844-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-02-27
Date: added:
2008-10
Metadata language:
eng-GB
