Cairo Genizah : Legal document: ketubba

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Part from the beginning of a marriage deed (ketubba), written in Damascus, which is described as being situated on the rivers Amana and Parpar (אמנה and פרפר). The deed is prefaced with '[Groom] and bride may they build and prosper' in larger square letters. The deed is written according to the Palestinian rite, though with some Babylonian influence (date according to the Seleucid Era; mohar set at 12 and a half zuz). Only a partial date of '... ninety-four years lišṭarot' is preserved, and Friedman (1981: ii 266) suggests this is 1082-3 or 1182-3. A partial rešut is also preserved for the '[Head of the] Great [...] of the Land of Israel', presumably the Gaʾon of the Palestinian Yešiva. The bride is described as דהות שבוייתא, 'who was a captive', and she had been ransomed. The mohar is twelve and a half zuz. Edition and translation in Friedman (1981: ii 266-73).</p>