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[Letter] : manuscript

Date:
994
Language:
Judeo-Arabic
Provenance:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Amram.
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Subject:
Elhanan ben Shemariah, -1026
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Biographies
Physical Description:
1 folio : damaged, torn, faded; verso is blank
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
First line of recto bears standard بسملله ("Bismallah") salutation, in Arabic characters.; There is no address or signature, nor are there folds, possibly indicating that this is not an original piece of mail, but a copy. In the last line there is mention of Abu al-Bishr, possibly referring to Joseph ibn Awkal.; Elḥanan (b. Shemarya)[...]ראש ה (lacuna: "Rosh ha[-Seder?]")is mentioned (l. 16). He served as the head of the Babylonian Community in Fustat between 994-1026. See Mann: The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Fātimids / Jacob Mann. London : Oxford University Press, 1920, v. 1, p. 34-39; Elinoar Bareḳet: Shafrir Mitsraim / Elinoar Bareqet. Tel-Aviv : ha- Makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-tefutsot, Universiṭat Tel-Aviv, 1995. pp. 153-164 (Fustat on the Nile, Leiden, 1999, pp. 205-222).; Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 396
Collection:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)