COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 423 - 2
Obverse:
Ar. 423 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0909727dc
Image Title:
Arabic translation of Gen. 6, 4
Subject:
Bible--Versions
Section:
Genesis 6, 4
Description:
A small and torn piece of paper. Only a few words are legible, but quite clearly a Judaeo-Arabic translation of Genesis 5 and 6, of which parts of the translation of Gen. 5, 30-31 (?) in the recto and 6, 4 in the verso are visible: The recto: al-ard (the earth), as-salatin (the rulers, here a translation of "benei ha-elohim"). The verso: sittmia sana (600 years) wa-awlada baninan(!) (and he had sons).
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
Torn.
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:
PAR00423-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-04
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
