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Reference number: 
A 541 - 1
Obverse: 
A 541 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0709285dc
Image Title: 
Legal instructions
Subject: 
Children--Education
Subject: 
Divorce records
Subject: 
Jewish law
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Vocalisation: 
Tiberian
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
114 mm
Item width: 
107 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Style Period: 
Oriental
Notes: 
6 lines. Instructions for writing a bill of divorce. Perhaps written for for a child studying Jewish law. Mentioned are the marks of identification by which one should be able to establish beyond any doubt that a bill of divorce concerns the correct persons. Square script.
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: 
A00541-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-06-25
Date: added: 
2008-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB