Legal document: ketubba; jottings T-S 16.198
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Legal document: ketubba; jottings T-S 16.198
- Date:
- 11th-12th century
- Description:
- Recto: part of a ketubba for Sitt al-Bayt bat Jacob and an unnamed groom. Dated Thursday 28th (month and year not preserved) in Tyre. The bride is mentioned in another document dating to 1102 CE (T-S 8J4.18c), which is an agreement that her husband will provide for her in Tyre until he can bring her with him to Fusṭāṭ (which must have eventually occurred, hence the documents’ final resting place in the Cairo Genizah). The names of witnesses are not preserved. Verso: one word in Arabic script.Condition: Badly torn, holes, fadedLayout: 14 lines (recto); 1 line (verso)
- Language:
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Tyre
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Vellum
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S 16.198
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection