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T-S AS 72.79

11th c. · Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter Collection

• Torah
• Cairo Genizah
• Fragment

A Bible fragment containing Exodus 35:5-7 with Saadya Gaon's Arabic translation — written in the same hand as the Leningrad Codex. One of relatively few surviving manuscripts that can be tied directly to Samuel ben Jacob, allowing folio-level comparison with B19a.

Scribe

Samuel ben Jacob

Place of origin

Fustat (Old Cairo)

Provenance

Ben Ezra Synagogue, Fustat (Old Cairo)

Holding institution

Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter Collection

Image attribution

Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit.