Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. b. 12.25

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. b. 12.25
Letter by Nehemiah Gaon
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Item Nature

One leaf document

Writing

Paper
Brown (iron-gall)
Calamus

Ruling

No ruling can be seen

Place

Orient
Baghdad

Language

Hebrew

Document Text

Letter
Letter from the chancery of Nehemiah Gaon

Vowels and Signs

No vowels or accents

Other

Sent from Baghdad to Egypt/North Africa by the chancery of Nehemiah Gaon.
Discovered in the Cairo Genizah.
https://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/fragments/full/MS_HEB_b_12_25a.jpg
6 May 2025, 11:20 a.m.
6 Jan 2025, 3:10 p.m. by Judith Schlanger
6 May 2025, 11:21 a.m. by Joseph O'Hara
Judith Schlanger
Item Images
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. b. 12.25: recto
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Graphic Elements

Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. b. 12.25: Letter - #23844
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. b. 12.25: Letter - #23845
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. b. 12.25: Letter - #23846
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Specimens
MS. Heb. b. 12.25
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)