Cairo Genizah : Legal document: ketubba; liturgy

Legal document: ketubba; liturgy (T-S 16.189)

Recto: part of a ketubba for Zahra bat ʿEli and an unnamed groom, dated Monday 1st Marḥešvan 12[..] (= 9th century CE) in Fusṭāṭ. Witnessed by Solomon b. [...], Ṣadoq b. Isaac, Ḥabīb b. ʿAday, Moses b. Solomon, ʿEli b. Ḥasan b. Ba[bad?]. Verso: unidentified and difficult to read text in Hebrew.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 16.189
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 9th century
Language(s): Aramaic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Zahra bat ʿEli; Solomon b. [...]; Ṣadoq b. Isaac; Ḥabīb b. ʿAday; Moses b. Solomon; ʿEli b. Ḥasan b. Ba[...]
Note(s): Verso lines run perpendicular to those on the recto.
Extent: 1 leaf.
Material: Parchment
Condition: Badly torn, holes, faded, stained
Layout: 24 lines (recto); 15 lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 16.189
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 9th century
Language(s): Aramaic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Zahra bat ʿEli; Solomon b. [...]; Ṣadoq b. Isaac; Ḥabīb b. ʿAday; Moses b. Solomon; ʿEli b. Ḥasan b. Ba[...]
Note(s): Verso lines run perpendicular to those on the recto.
Extent: 1 leaf.
Material: Parchment
Condition: Badly torn, holes, faded, stained
Layout: 24 lines (recto); 15 lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL