Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. b 12/12

Legal document Bodl. MS heb. b 12/12

Shelfmark: Bodl. MS heb. b 12/12

Document Date: Friday, 6 Ṭevet 5211 Anno Mundi (11 December, 1450 CE)
Primary Language: Aramaic

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Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Jerusalem. Dated: Friday, 6 Ṭevet 5211 AM, which is 11 December 1450 CE. Groom: Khalaf Allāh b. Yiṣḥaq. Bride: Sitt al-Banīn bt. ʿImrān, a widow. The currency used is the gold ashrafī (first referred to with the generic name "peraḥim" and then glossed within the document as "the coin of the king of Egypt, called ashrafī"). Marriage payments: 5 + 10 = 15 ashrafīs. Dowry: 10 ashrafīs. One of the conditions states that "the inheritance is according to the custom of Damascus." Witnesses: Shemarya b. Yosef; Avraham/ʿAṭiyya b. Yaʿaqov. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card.)

Collection: Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks: Bodl. MS Heb. b 12 (Cat. 2875), f. 12; Bodl. MS Heb. b 12, fol. 12
Input date: In PGP since 2017

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