COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 81 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 81 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0908979dc
Image Title:
Draft of Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
2 drafts of a personal letter. The page was folded into two, one version was written on the left side horizontally; the other on the right side of the paper was written vertically to the first. The letter is written in a somewhat colloquial Arabic, with spelling mistakes and phonetic transcription. The writer describes a certain distress they're experiencing.
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
12 horizontal lines and 7 vertical lines.
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:
JRUL
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:
PAR00081-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
23/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
