Legal document: T-S 12.480

Legal document T-S 12.480

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T-S 12.480
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Aramaic

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Marriage contract (ketubba) from Ramla, mid-eleventh century, that describes the appointment of the bride's agent. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 361-4) EMS

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Mordechai Akiva Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine: A Cairo Geniza Study (Tel Aviv University, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, 1980), vol. 2 (The Ketubba Texts).
  1. הדא כל[תא...]
  2. בר משה אפוטרופ[וס דילה בשהדותא דתרן שהדי]ן [דאינון]
  3. מבורך הכהן בר יוסף [ועלי הלוי בר] אהרן [ועל הדא דעתא]
  4. [אתר]עיאו תרן אפייא ואמרו לכתובא די[כתוב ולחתומיא]
  5. דיחתמון וקנינא מן מנחם בר ישעיה כהנא ס ט במנ[ה דכשר]
  6. למקניא ביה וכתבנא וחתמנא דלהוי בניהון לזכו [ולראייה]
  7. עלי הלוי בר אהרן ננ אזהר הלוי שבאת מבורך הכהן [בר יוסף]
  8. שלמה הכ[הן ...]
  9. הלוי \\בן\\ יסחק מנצור הלוי בן שלמה ע
  10. כלף בן מנצור ע מנחם [...]
  11. משה בן עמרם ע
  12. אברהם בן צדקה ננ
Mordechai Akiva Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine: A Cairo Geniza Study (Tel Aviv University, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, 1980), vol. 2 (The Ketubba Texts).
  1. this bri[de ...]
  2. b. Moses [her] agen[t, by the testimony of two witnesse]s, [who are]
  3. Mevorakh ha-Kohen b. Joseph [and Eli ha-Levi b.] Aaron. [And with this understanding]  
  4. the two sides [consented; and they instructed the scribe to [write and the signatories]  
  5. to sign. And we performed a qinyan with Menahem b. Isaiah the kohen (may his) e(nd be) g(ood), with an implem[ent suitable]
  6. for this. And we wrote and signed so that it be between them as a title of rights [and as proof]  
  7. Eli ha-Levi b. Aaron (whose) s(oul is at) r(est). Azhar ha-Levi Shabbat. Mevorakh ha-Kohen [b. Joseph]
  8. Solomon ha Ko[hen ...]  
  9. ha-Levi \b./ Isaac.     Mansūr ha-Levi b. Solomon, w(itness). 
  10. Khalaf b. Mansūr, w(itness). Menaḥem[...]
  11. Moses b. Amram, w(itness).  
  12. Abraham b. Ṣedaqa (whose) s(oul is at) r(est). 

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