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Cairo Genizah : Colophon; note

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Colophon of a codex, probably a Bible, acquired by Joseph b. Jacob b. Joseph the judge b. Šemarya Bet Din b. Menāḥem [sic] Bet Din in the year 4897 (= 1136 CE). The fragment is dated according to three systems: year 4897 from Creation, year 531 of the Hijra, and the year when refugees from Djerba arrived on 16 of Marḥešvan. A different unidentified text is copied diagonally in the remaining free space on recto.</p>

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