Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. b 12/26

Legal document Bodl. MS heb. b 12/26

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Bodl. MS heb. b 12/26
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Aramaic

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Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. b 12 (Cat. 2875), fol. 26; Bodl. MS Heb. b 12, f. 26
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In PGP since 2017

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Marriage contract. Groom: Munā b. Shelomo. Bride: Mubāraka bt. Avraham. Location: Fustat. Dated: 13 Tishrei 1406 Seleucid = 26 September 1094 CE. The couple is getting remarried after an earlier divorce. Although a divorcee, the bride is still a virgin. The value of the trousseau is 2 dinars and the marriage gift is 5 + 15 dinars. The witnesses include the ḥaver Yeḥezqel b. ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Verso is not digitized but is reportedly blank. This is the ketubba edited by Adalbert Merx in his 'Documents de paléographie hébraïque et arabe', 1894, pp. 36–37. (Information in part from Goitein notes and index card linked below and Goitein, Med Soc III, p. 391.)

Bodl. MS heb. b 12/26 26 recto

26 recto

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Bodl. MS heb. b 12/26 26 verso

26 verso
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