COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 2349 - 1
Obverse:
B 2349 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0803464dc
Image Title:
Hebrew letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Letter asking Rabbi Habibai for an explanation of the biblical words tashbets and shesh (compare Exodus 28.4-5)
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
59 mm
Item width:
180 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Notes:
7 lines. After the letter follows the beginning of the answer, which starts with an apology (perhaps for being late with the reply). Letter unrelated to responsum on verso.
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:
B02349-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-01-29
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
