COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 6368 - 1
Obverse:
B 6368 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0805681dc
Image Title:
Ethical text
Subject:
Ethics
Language:
Aramaic
Language:
Hebrew
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
68 mm
Item width:
96 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Style Period:
Oriental
Interrelation fragments:
For the same text see Cambridge, University Library, Or. 1080.6.1
Bibliographic Reference:
Sklare, D.E., Samuel ben Hofni Gaon and his cultural world: texts and studies (Leiden/New York/Koeln, 1996), p. 20, no. 13. Cf.
Notes:
7 lines. On the code of conduct for judges. Talmud Bavli - Sanhedrin 7b quoted on lines 1-5 (shortened). Samuel ben Hophni Gaon is known to have written a treatise on this topic, the Kitab Lawazim al-Hukkam.
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:
B06368-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-04-08
Date: added:
2009-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
