Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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A 685 - 1
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Obverse:
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A 685 - 2
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Image Number:
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JRL0709667dc
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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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Description:
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Letter which mentions a certain al-Dar`i (Dar`a is a town in Morocco)
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Date created:
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11th-12th century?
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People covered:
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Dar`i, al-
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Language:
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Arabic
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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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73 mm
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Item width:
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90 mm
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Folio:
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1 / 3 leaves, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Interrelation fragments:
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A 685 fragments from same manuscript
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Notes:
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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.
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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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A00685-1
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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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2007-07-03
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Date: added:
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2007-10
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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