Legal document: T-S 20.8 + T-S 12.552

Legal document T-S 20.8 + T-S 12.552

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T-S 20.8 + T-S 12.552
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Aramaic
Secondary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Marriage contract (ketubba). Dated: 12 Ḥeshvan 1467 Seleucid = 10 October 1155 CE. Groom: Peraḥya b. Tiqva ha-Levi. Bride: Sitt al-Thanāʾ bt. Avraham. Signed by Berakhot b. Shela ha-Kohen, Nadiv b. Yeshuʿa, and Shelomo b. Shemuel ha-Levi. Approved by Ḥiyya b. Yiṣḥaq, Efrayim b. Meshullam, and Hillel b. Ṣadoq. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.

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Validating judge
Efrayim b. Meshullam, Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din, Ḥiyya b. Yiṣḥaq
Witness
Berakhot b. Shela ha-Kohen, Nadiv b. Yeshuʿa
Marrying/Divorcing Party
(Abū l-Surūr) Peraḥya b. Tiqva ha-Levi Ibn al-Amʿaṭ, Sitt al-Thanāʾ bt. Avraham

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2017
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