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245 0 1 _a[Collection of material relating to a Mezuzah found during excavation work under Great George Street c. 1871]
260 _cn.d.
300 _a1 item
_bparchment
_c6 x 6 cm. +
_e2 items (20 x 13 cm. and 6 x 10 cm.)
340 _aInk on parchment and paper
351 _cFonds
500 _aThe Mezuzah was found by workmen during excavations for the underpinning of a wall on the site of 12 Great George Street. It was found inserted into a piece of timber which was about 18 feet below the surface.
505 _aCollection includes a Mezuzah, a letter dated 1 July 1907 from Dr H. Adler, the Cheif Rabbi, regarding Mezuzahs, and a cutting from a paper read by Julian C. Rogers read at an Ordinary General Meeting of the Institution in 1910 which mentions the Mezuzah and how it was discovered (Transactions, XLII(8), p. 303).
651 4 _aLondon
690 _aABOUT RICS
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999 _c116711
_d116711