COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 4875 - 1
Obverse:
B 4875 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0706219dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Letter primarily comprising names, concerning a matter that involved "the synagogue of the Palestinians"
Creation site:
Egypt: Fustat
Date created:
11th century?
People covered:
Joseph ha-Parnas bar Yeshu`ah (11th cent.)?
People covered:
Abu 'l-Barakat Nethanel
People covered:
Yeshu`ah, R.
People covered:
Solomon ha-Parnas bar Nethanel
People covered:
Joseph ha-Parnas
People covered:
Efraim (ben Shemarya (11th cent.)?), R.
People covered:
Ya`ish ... Abraham
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
120 mm
Item width:
126 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Interrelation fragments:
Compare Cambridge, University Library, T-S 13J1.9
Notes:
8 lines. The fragment reads Joseph ha-Parnas and Rabbi Yeshu`ah, but compare this to the above Genizah document from Cambridge, dated 1041, which contains the signature of a Joseph ha-Parnas bar Yeshu`ah. Rabbi Efraim is probably Rabbi Efraim ben Shemarya, leader of the Palestinian congregation in Fustat, who is known to have signed documents between 1016-1050.
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:
B04875-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-04-17
Date: added:
2007-08
Metadata language:
eng-GB
