Description of Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Halper 339: Marriage contract of Sitt al-Dar daughter of R. Isaac
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A ḳetubah given by the bridegroom Japheth ben Nissim to Sitt al-Dar daughter of R. Isaac. The document is cut off after seven lines (including the common blessings on the top line). The date, place and names are extant, as is the initial sum- 12 and one half zuz, and 5 dinar; Verso written with a dull reed; verse endings inconsistently denoted with a sof pasuḳ.
United States
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library
Cairo Genizah Collection
Halper 339
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940420163503681
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Judeo-Arabic; Hebrew
Marriage contract of Sitt al-Dar daughter of R. Isaac
Parchment
15.5 X 38 cm
Lines: 7 (recto), 26 (verso); ruling method: "poorly ruled".
Hebrew Oriental semi-square
Material applied: black ink
Feb. 23, 1063
Fustat
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Adler.
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law)