Legal document: T-S H2.25

Legal document T-S H2.25

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T-S H2.25
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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A draft of a pre-nuptial agreement between husband and wife, contains most of the known stipulations found in marriage documents during the 12th century such as the monogamy clause, the wife permission to work, domicile stipulation, husband behavior. Early: 10, Late payment or dowry: 50, no dowry list preserved. On the bottom of the page pen trials. On recto a poem. AA

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box H, 2, fol. 25; TS Box H, 2, f. 25; TS H, 2, fol. 25; TS H, 2, f. 25
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S H2.25 1r

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T-S H2.25 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S H2.25. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23049/ (accessed October 14, 2026).