COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 52 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 52 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0908921dc
Image Title:
Arabic letter?
Subject:
Letters
Description:
The top-left quarter of a page, the top-right quarter of which is Ar. 69-1. A fragment, cut out of what was, it seems, a letter or a document, concerning al-mu'allim Nissim al-yahudi (the master Nissim, the Jew). The number 103 is mentioned in words - this is, perhaps, a sum of money discussed?
Time period covered:
19th Century CE
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
Ar. 69-1, 69-2
Notes:
7 lines (of ? lines). Cut and stained. If the number 43 mentioned there stands for the year, than it's probably 1243 (= 1827).
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:
PAR00052-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
23/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
