University of Pennsylvania, Halper 374

Metadata

DS ID:

DS25860

Shelfmark:

Halper 374

Title:

Marriage contract of Shimʹah daughter of Daud, a virgin

Ketubah

Place:

Almuḥbasha, Yemen

Yemen TGN

Date:

Fri. Mar. 4, 1892

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Aramaic, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic

Aramaic WIKIDATA

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

complete; verso is blank

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : complete; verso is blank

Note:

Recto has 9 staggered lines of liturgical blessings, covering the upper third of the folio, 20 lines of content, and 1 line of signatures; incipits and the names of the parties in enlarged square characters, above a space.
The bridegroom is Ḥaim ibn Suleiman. The witnesses are Saʹid ben Sulaiman Najjār and Yaḥyah ben Saʹid Kabāssi. The location is Almuḥbasha in northwest Yemen, described here: דמתקרי שמה קֻזַייִז דעל בריכתא דמים אלקטפ ( "also called Ḳuzayez [Babylonian vocalization] on lake al-Ḳaṭf" [sic! with פ not ף).
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Jewish law

Ketubah

Jewish religious poetry

Marriage

Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law)

Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

Marriage (Jewish law)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420523503681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania