e16516 Letter
Title
LetterCall number
e16516(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyOrigin
11th century
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Damascus
Notes
- This leaf of brown, wooly paper had been rolled/folded horizontally. Irregularly folded, the complete document is inscribed on one side only. The formatting of the text is most unusual: the first 20 lines fill the entire page, the next 7 are written in the middle of the page with wide margins, and a final line, still shorter, concludes the whole (Goitein). Not yet fully catalogued. Metadata based on image and Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS) data. Title based on Prof. Robert A. Kraft's 1990 survey of University Museum Hebrew Manuscripts. All margins intact, with only slight tears out of the right margin.
Extent
18.0 cm x 21.0 cmSupport
PaperLayout
Decoration
Black ink
Provenance
- University of Pennsylvania Museum, Ellen W. Harrison Collection Purchased from Prof. Moritz of Cairo through W.M. Muller, 1910.
Licenses
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