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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: 
Creative Commons License
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