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Reference number: 
A 639 - 1
Obverse: 
A 639 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0709571dc
Image Title: 
Liturgical poem
Subject: 
Liturgy and Poetry
Language: 
Hebrew
Script: 
Hebrew
Support material: 
Paper
Item height: 
126 mm
Item width: 
51 mm
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments: 
A 639, A 724 and B 4754 from same two conjoined folios
Notes: 
37 lines. Poem for the Grace after Meals at a Nuptial Feast on the Sabbath (first half) based on Proverbs 31 (אשת חיל). A 639 fits on the left of the conjoined folios of B 4754.
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: 
A00639-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-06-27
Date: added: 
2008-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Metadata language: 
heb