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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:archives
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Genizah_of_Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkb:Genizah_of_Cairo
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gptkbp:city
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gptkb:Fustat
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:religion
legal documents
business records
letters
personal correspondence
Jewish manuscript fragments
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Egypt
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gptkbp:currentLocation
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gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:John_Rylands_Library
gptkb:Cambridge_University_Library
gptkb:Jewish_Theological_Seminary_of_America
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:Solomon_Schechter
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1896
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gptkbp:estimatedFragments
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over 300,000
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Cairo Geniza
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
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gptkbp:material
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gptkb:newspaper
parchment
vellum
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gptkbp:notableFor
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legal responsa
letters of Maimonides
business letters of Jewish merchants
medieval prayer books
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gptkbp:preservedIn
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storage in synagogue geniza
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gptkbp:purpose
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storage of worn-out Jewish texts
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Maimonides
gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkb:Fustat
gptkb:Solomon_Schechter
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Judaism
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gptkbp:significance
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source for medieval Jewish history
source for Mediterranean trade history
source for linguistic studies
source for religious studies
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gptkbp:startDate
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9th to 19th centuries
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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