Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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B 1949 - 2
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Obverse:
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B 1949 - 1
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Image Number:
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JRL0802459dc
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Image Title:
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Calendar
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Subject:
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Calendars
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Subject:
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Children: Writing
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Date created:
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1767/68
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Language:
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Hebrew
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Language:
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Arabic
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Script:
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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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120 mm
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Item width:
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166 mm
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Folio:
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1+2 / 4 leaves (2 x 2 conjoined), verso
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Interrelation fragments:
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B 1949 fragments form a complete calendar
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Notes:
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20 lines. Part of a Jewish calendar. Mentions basic astronomical (and astrological) data, weekdays of festivals, Torah readings and corresponding Muslim months. Arabic alphabet practised on the left, probably by a child who identifies himself as "ha-tsa`ir David Tsanua`" on recto. Catchword. Text partially faded.
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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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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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Image sequence number:
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B01949-02
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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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2007-11-21
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Date: added:
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2008-06
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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