COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 923 - 2
Obverse:
A 923 - 1
Image Number:
JRL050175dc
Image Title:
List of beneficiaries
Subject:
Lists
Description:
List with the names of some poor and sick people eligible for help from the community
Creation site:
Egypt
Date created:
11th century [late]-12th century [early]
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
82 mm
Item width:
91 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
Compare Cambridge, University Library, T-S K 15.97
Bibliographic Reference:
Golb, N., 'The topography of the Jews in medieval Egypt', JNES 33, 1974, p. 140 (mentioned).
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93), vol. 2, p. 446, nr. 30; p. 541, nt. 101; vol. 3, pp. 303 and 494, nt. 125 (described).
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., 'The medical profession in the light of the Cairo Geniza documents', HUCA 34, 1963, p. 188, nt. 45 (mentioned).
Notes:
8 lines. Hypothetical dating based on the fact that some of the names are identical with those in above, roughly dated Cambridge fragment.
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:
A00923-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-14
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
