Halper 364 Marriage contract (draft)
Title
Marriage contract (draft)Call number
Halper 364(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)Origin
1062 or 1069
- Place
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Ramla
Notes
- First two lines, biblical citations, denoted by a bar above each letter; A fragment from the upper part of the center of a Ketubah document, given by Abraham ben Ṣedaka to the daughter of Pinḥas ben Levi the Elder. Abraham is a signed as a witness on a bill of appointment issuedḅy the Erets Israeli Gaonate in 1065 (Cambridge T-S 10J 26 fol. 1/ Oxford Bodleian Heb. d.66 fol. 4, in Gil, Erets Israel, 1983 vol. IIIp. 26); The date (l. 3) is in the month of Shevat, in the sixth year of the sabbatical cycle, which could be either 1062 or 1069. In l. 4 is the allusion to Ramle: באחסנת ב]ני יהודה].
- Condition: fragment (center area), torn, faded; verso is blank.
Extent
11.4 X 12 cmSupport
ParchmentLayout
Decoration
Material applied: black ink
Script
Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Amram.
Subjects topical
- Ketubah
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