Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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A 284 - 1
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Obverse:
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A 284 - 2
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Image Number:
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JRL050135dc
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Image Title:
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Judeo-Arabic letter
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Subject:
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Letters
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Creator:
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Abu Nasr b. Abraham (12th cent.)
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator Role:
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Scribe
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Description:
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Letter written on the sender's way to India
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Creation site:
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Eritrea: Semēnawī K’eyih Bahrī: Dahlak Archipelago
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Date created:
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12th century
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Place covered:
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Yemen: Aden
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Language:
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Arabic
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Script:
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Numerals: alphanumerical
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Script:
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Hebrew
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Support material:
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Paper
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Item height:
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72 mm
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Item width:
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75 mm
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Folio:
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1 / 1 leaf, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Interrelation fragments:
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See New York, Jewish Theological Seminary, ENA NS 21, f. 14 for the same author/scribe
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Goitein, S.D., Letters of medieval Jewish traders, pp. 9, 259-63. Cf.
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93). Cf.
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Shaked, S., A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents, p. 181.
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Notes:
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7 lines. Page meant to be turned vertically. Shaked refers to Goitein's unpublished 'India book' (94), but identifies the hand incorrectly as that of (Abu Sa`id) Halfon b. Nethanel (ha-Levi, 12th cent.).
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Transcription:
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Moses Gaster
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access rights:
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Image sequence number:
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A00284-1
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2008-05-14
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Date: added:
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2009-02
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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