University of Pennsylvania, Halper 341

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS25717

Shelfmark:

Halper 341

Title:

Marriage contract of Ḳarimah daughter of R. Natsr (Elʻazar)

Ketubah

Place:

Fustat

Old Cairo TGN

Date:

late 11th cent.?

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew

Aramaic WIKIDATA

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

2 fragments; damaged, torn, faded; folded lengthwise into two unequal halves

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : 2 fragments; damaged, torn, faded; folded lengthwise into two unequal halves

Note:

When combined, the 2 fragments form about three quarters of the document. The date is in the missing, upper right quarter. The description of Karimah's dowry includes a young black (כושיא) slave girl, inherited from her mother.
The bridegroom is Joseph ben Solomon. Issued in the court of Joseph ben & the Judge (השופט), the witnesses sign Ḥalfon ben Mevorakh, Judah ben Moses he-Ḥazan and Joseph ben [...].
Verso bears secondary inscriptions on each half, written in the opposite direction of the recto.
Left half of verso is a panegyric poem in Hebrew, in Wafir meter, monorhymed ים-. Probably in honor of a donor, as is inferred by the line לך השר וראש כל הנדיבים.
Right half of verso is another poem of the same type, in praise of the Rosh Yeshivah: הלא הוא בחיר ראשי ישיבות. Long and irregular verses, monorhymed בא-. There are many corrections, indicating that this is a draft copy. In both poems verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.
There are a number of writing exercises in the margins. One of them is possibly a date אלף תרנ״ז (i.e., 1346).
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Laudatory poetry, Hebrew

Early works

Jewish law

Ketubah

Hebrew language--Writing

Hebrew language--Composition and exercises

Marriage

Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law)

Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420193503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3ks6jp5g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania