Cairo Genizah : Legal document: ketubba

Legal document: ketubba (T-S 20.86)

Beginning of a ketubba for Sitt al-Milāḥ b. Moses the widow (bride) and Sason (groom). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Manasseh ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE), and written under the jurisdiction of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–1139 CE). Dated Ševat 14[..] (= 11[..] CE) in Fusṭāṭ.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 20.86
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Ḥalfon b. Manasseh ha-Levi
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1127–1138 CE
Language(s): Aramaic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Sitt al-Milāḥ b. Moses the widow; Sason; Maṣliaḥ b. Solomon (Gaʾon)
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 20 cm, width: 47 cm.
Material: Parchment
Condition: Badly torn, holes
Layout: 8 lines (recto; verso is blank)
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 20.86
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Ḥalfon b. Manasseh ha-Levi
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1127–1138 CE
Language(s): Aramaic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Sitt al-Milāḥ b. Moses the widow; Sason; Maṣliaḥ b. Solomon (Gaʾon)
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 20 cm, width: 47 cm.
Material: Parchment
Condition: Badly torn, holes
Layout: 8 lines (recto; verso is blank)
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