Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a

Legal document Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a

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Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a
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Aramaic

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Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower left corner). Groom: Natan b. Yosef ha-Dimashqi. Bride: Baṭrīqa bt. Ṣemaḥ, a virgin. No details of the marriage payments or dowry are preserved. Witnesses include: David b. Aharon ha-Levi; Shemuel b. Avraham; Yeshuʿa b. Avraham ha-Levi; Efrayim b. Ṣibyān ha-Kohen; the ḥaver Natan b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi; Yaʿaqov b. Yosef b. ʿAmram ha-Shofeṭ. There is a validation signed by ʿAmram b. Shemuel and Sahlān b. Avraham (the head of the Iraqi congregation of Fustat 1034–49 CE). Here, Sahlān has the title Segan ha-Yeshiva and his father is called Beḥir ha-Yeshiva.

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Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. b 12 (Cat. 2875), fol. 13a; Bodl. MS Heb. b 12, f. 13a
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In PGP since 2017
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Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a 13(a) verso

13(a) verso

Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a 13(a) recto

13(a) recto

Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a 13(b) recto

13(b) recto

Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a 13(b) verso

13(b) verso
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Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. b 12/13a. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6362/, accessed April 23, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6362/