COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 334 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 334 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909546dc
Image Title:
Arabic bookkeeping of a groceries store
Subject:
Lists
Description:
Arabic bookkeeping of a groceries store. Dated 1288 (=1871 CE). Each day begins a new list, arranged in columns. The quantity and other figures compose the first columns; the last column gives the details of the goods: flour, apples, almonds etc.
Time period covered:
19th Century CE
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
Badly torn and stained.
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:
PAR00334-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-03
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
