COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 685 - 1
Obverse:
A 685 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0709667dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Letter which mentions a certain al-Dar`i (Dar`a is a town in Morocco)
Date created:
11th-12th century?
People covered:
Dar`i, al-
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
73 mm
Item width:
90 mm
Folio:
1 / 3 leaves, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Interrelation fragments:
A 685 fragments from same manuscript
Notes:
8 lines. It is possible that the author is referring to the judge Abraham b. Jacob al-Dar`i, who was active in Alexandria around 1100 (see Goitein, Med Soc, I: 53, 407; III: 481; IV: 399; V: 591; see also Cohen, Jewish Self Government, pp. 215 and 241-2). Letters on recto and verso seem unrelated.
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:
A00685-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-07-03
Date: added:
2007-10
Metadata language:
eng-GB
