Legal document: ketubba T-S 20.7

Title:

Legal document: ketubba T-S 20.7

Date:

1050 CE

Description:

Fine, calligraphic ketubba, dated 1050 CE in Fusṭāṭ, for Sitt al-Dār bat Abū l-Ṭayyib Ḥananya ha-Levi ha-Parnas and Abraham b. Isaac the scholar. Witnessed by Nathan ha-Levi b. Yešuʿa, Manasseh b. David, Abū Zikrī Judah b. Saʿadya the physician, Nathan b. Sason, Abraham b. [Maṣ]liaḥ, Nahray b. Nissim, Manṣūr b. Yaʿir, Ḵalaf b. Saʿadya, Isaac b. David, Ḥayyim b. Moses, and Aaron b. Ṭoviyya the Third. The trousseau and marriage gift reveal this was an extremely wealthy couple. The Tunisian banker and judge Abraham b. Isaac the scholar (ha-Talmid) is known from many other Genizah documents, and was involved with community politics during the administration of the Nasi David b. Daniel.Condition: Slightly torn, holes, slightly stainedLayout: 25 lines (recto; verso is blank)

Language:

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Fusṭāṭ

Provenance:

Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Medium:

Vellum

Extent:

Leaf: (height: 42.4 cm, width: 35.8 cm)

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.
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Identifier:

T-S 20.7

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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