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Reference number: 
B 6283 - 1
Obverse: 
B 6283 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0805504dc
Image Title: 
Selihot
Subject: 
Liturgy and Poetry
Creator: 
Sa`adia ben Joseph Gaon (882-942)
Creator Role: 
Author
Source title: 
Arba'im yom amad anav?
Alternative source title: 
Ethannen bi-vekhi
Section: 
Possible incipit first poem (not visible on fragment): ארבעים יום עמד עניו Incipit second poem (partially visible): אתחנן בבכי
Citation reference: 
I. Davidson, S. Assaf, and B.I. Joel (eds.), Siddur R. Saadja Gaon (1963), p. 315.12? (first poem, line 1), 315.1-8 (second poem, lines 2-9)
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
80 mm
Item width: 
81 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments: 
B 6283 possibly from same manuscript as B 6279 and B 6280
Bibliographic Reference: 
Davidson I, p. 402, no. 8884. Cf.
Notes: 
9 lines. Selihot for Yom Kippur. Alphabetic acrostics.
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: 
B06283-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-04-01
Date: added: 
2008-11
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Metadata language: 
heb