Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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A 1220 - 2
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Obverse:
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A 1220 - 1
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Image Number:
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JRL0800593dc
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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 to (or concerning) sayyidna Samuel (ben Hananiah?) ha-Nagid
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Date created:
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1141-1159?
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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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68 mm
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Item width:
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67 mm
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Folio:
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1 / 1 leaf, verso
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Notes:
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6 lines. Samuel ben Hananiah occupied the office of nagid in Egypt between 1141 and 1159.
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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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A01220-2
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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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2007-09-19
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Date: added:
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2008-03
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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