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  1. 51Legal documentENA 2743.2

    Marriage agreement of Perahya b. Natan and Sitt al-Ghiyār, daughter of Mevorakh. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 405, and IV, p. 342, and from …

    1. בסימנ טבא
    2. אלחתן פרחיה בר נתן אלחיפי סת אלג. . בת מבורך ש[.
    3. אלמקדם ארבעין ומוכר כמסין [. . . .] עצאבה . . .קד[הב
    4. מכללה שויה כמסין דינ זוגין דהב ס[א]ד…

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  2. 52Legal documentENA 3306.1

    Marriage document. A beautiful ornamented ketubah, probably on vellum, from Rashid, Egypt. Dated 5544 AM which is 1783/1784 CE. The groom’s name is Avraham, the …

    1. ב.ה׳׳[..]
    2. בשישי בשבת  ב[עש]רה ימים א.[. ....] חמש[ה] אל[פי]ם וחמ[ש]
    3. [מא]ות [ארבע]ה וארב[עים שנים] לב[ריא]ת עולם [למני]ן שאנו מנין הכא -
    4. במתא רשיד יע…

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  3. 53Legal documentENA 3306.2

    Marriage document, bill of conditions שטר תנאים issued in Rashid (Rosetta). Undated, but this document must have been issued at the same time as the …

    1. בס׳׳ד
    2. התנאים שבי[ניה]ם מעשה ידיה לו וכסותה עליו והדירה כדין -
    3. תורה - [וה]ירושה כמנהג מצרים יע׳׳א דהיינו ש[אם] ח׳׳ו תפטר
    4. [הכל]ה ה[נז׳] ו[לא] תשאיר אח…

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  4. 54Legal documentENA 3306.3

    Marriage document. A badly torn fragment from the top part of an ornamented ketubah, written on vellum, contains only Biblical verses. There are several ketubahs …

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  5. 55Legal documentENA 3306.4

    Ketubba. Part of the decoration in the right upper margin is preserved. Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 14 Adar II 5518 = 24 March 1758 CE. …

    1. בששי 
    2. בשבת בארבעה עשר יום לחודש אדר שני [ח]משת אלפים וחמש מאות שמנה עשרה ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט [דעל נהר נילוס]
    3. מותבה - אנן סהדי א[יך…

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  6. 56Legal documentENA 3392.1

    Marriage document. A torn, faded and damaged ketubah. The name שמריה Shemarya is preserved, probably the bride's or groom's father. The marriage gift is 50 …

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  7. 57Legal documentENA 3616.13

    Marriage document. Fragment from a left side of ketubah de'irkasa כתובה דארכסא, that is a ketubah written as a replacement for a lost ketubah (see …

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  8. 58Legal documentENA 3654.1

    Marriage document (?). Torn and damaged fragment, barely legible. Few words can be read, such as מתקאלי, זוזי. Also the verb ויהב, which suggest it …

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  9. 59Legal documentENA 3792.1

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower right corner). Bride: Mubāraka. Groom: David. Witnesses: Yefet b. Ṭoviyya; Seʿadya b. Ḥalfon.

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  10. 60Legal documentENA 3809.1

    Marriage document. Minute fragment. On recto only a few letters have survived, but they are clearly from the top of a ketubah. On verso few …

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  11. 61Legal documentENA 3811.2

    Marriage document. A torn and damaged ketubah. Contains few lines from the dowry list, the monogamy clause, the trustworthiness clause and the stipulation regarding the …

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  12. 62Legal documentENA 4009.2

    Ketubba (marriage contract). Groom: Yehuda b. ʿAmram. Bride: Sutayt bt. Shemuel Gaʾon, virgin. Location: Jerusalem. Dating: Late 10th century. Doodles in the margins.

    ENA 4009, f. 2 ed. Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, p. 344 (Doc. # 40), N.T. 03-21-89 (p) Ketubba (marriage contract) betweem Judah b. Amram and th…

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  13. 63Legal documentENA 4010.10

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Bottom part only. Bride: Ṭova bt. Ḥusayn. Groom: Shelomo b. Yisrael known as Ibn Ṣabāḥ. Nine signatures are preserved on this fragment, …

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  14. 64Legal documentENA 4010.36 + PER H 1

    Marriage contract (ketubba) in the Palestinian style. Location: Tyre. Dated: August 1079 CE. Groom: Ḥalfon b. Aharon. Bride: Ghāliya bt. Musāfir. Early: 2 dinars. Late: …

    1. חלפון בן אהרן
    2. גאליה בת מסאפר

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    1. על שמיה דבריין יבנו ויצליחו
    2. ביום חמשתא בשבעה יומין לירחא דאלול דהיא שנת ארבעא אלפין
    3. ותמאני מאוון ותלתין ותשע שנ…

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  15. 65Legal documentENA 4020.35

    Marriage contract (ketubba). On parchment. Location: Cairo. Dated: [Thursday,] 15 Kislev 1461 Seleucid, which is 17 November 1149 CE, under the authority of the Nagid …

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    1. בשעה מעולה ועונה מהוללה ושמחה וצהלה
    2. ויד ושם ותהלה ומילוי כל שאלה לאדונינו שמואל
    3. נגיד הגולה יברכהו שוכן מעלה ולחתן ולכלה ולכל הקהלה
    4. ישישו וישמ…

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  16. 66Legal documentENA 4020.37

    Ketubba in a very nice large and unusual script, written on parchment. The bride seems to be named Ḥāra, unless this is referring to a …

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  17. 67Legal documentENA 4020.50

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: [12]91 Seleucid, which is 979/80 CE. Settlement of a marital dispute between Shelomo b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi and Sittāna …

    ENA 4020, f. 50 ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp. 194-196, N.H. 04-13-88, (P). Legal document between spouses in which a settlement is reached acord…

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  18. 68Legal documentENA NS 2.28

    Ketubba fragment. Groom: Nissim. Bride: ʿAzīza bt. Kathīr, a virgin. Written and signed by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Also signed by Avraham b. Farah …

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  19. 69Legal documentENA NS 3.3

    Marriage document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (active 1066–1108). Fragment from a left side of ketubba de-irkesa (כתובה דארכסא), a ketubba written as …

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  20. 70Legal documentENA NS 3.9

    Marriage document. Fragment from a ketubah. No names or dates are preserved. Contains a few words from the monogamy clause. Hebrew and Aramaic. AA

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  21. 71Legal documentENA NS 3.12

    Marriage document. Minute fragment from a ketubah. It seems that the mohar is 12½ zuz (only the word ופלגי [= and a half] is visible). …

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  22. 72Legal documentENA NS 3.13

    Marriage document, probably. Narrow strip.

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  23. 73Legal documentENA NS 3.14

    Marriage document. A large damaged piece from a ketubah, from the 12th century, 1127 onward, based on the title יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון עולם, …

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  24. 74Legal documentENA NS 3.15

    Marriage document. Fragment from a damaged ketubah. The groom is Ḥalfon ha-Kohen. The name of his father and bride are not preserved. Part of the …

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  25. 75Legal documentENA NS 3.20

    Marriage document. Fragment from a ketubah, probably written by Hillel b. ʿEli (1066-1108), from Fustat. Only part of the date is preserved: Tuesday, 19th of …

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  26. 76Legal documentENA NS 3.22

    Ketubba, once monumental, now just a piece of it. What remains are two perpendicular lines on the right hand side of the text containing blessings. …

    ENA NS 3, f. 22 ed. Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, pp. 465-466 (Doc. #64), N.T. 04-06-89 (p) Ketubba (marriage contract) probably from Tyre. Ca. …

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  27. 77Legal documentENA NS 7.44

    Marriage document. Lower part, probably of a ketubah, written by a typical 13th century hand. Some of the dowry list is preserved. Signed by […] …

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  28. 78Legal documentENA NS 11.2

    Ketubba fragment. Location: Cairo. Bride: Sitt al-Sāda bt. Avraham ha-Kohen.

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  29. 79Legal documentENA NS 14.21 + ENA NS 17.6

    Marriage document. Small fragment from a ketubba. All we have are the usual stipulations found in marriage contracts. Part of the bride’s name has survived: …

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  30. 80Legal documentENA NS 17.12

    Marriage contract (ketubba) of a divorcee. The grand total of the marriage gift and dowry is 39 dinars. Dated ca. 1000. (Information from Mediterranean Society, …

    1. ]. . . . . . . .[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ]ות ליה לאינתו ויהב לה עשרין וחמשה זוזי [. . .
    3. ] לה על כתובתה חמש עשר דינרין דדהבא
    4. על] והי עשרה דינ…

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  31. 81Legal documentENA NS 17.24

    Marriage document. Karaite deed of betrothal of Amat al-Waḥid אמה אלואחד daughter of Ḥalfon and Ḥaifon ha-Levi ben Daniel b. Bundār. Early 11th century, Cairo …

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    1. וארש[תיך ל]י בא[מונה] …
    2. … אולמו וישיב כבודו להדומו וי…
    3. … [ש]מחתם ויקים כל בשורות[י]ו הצפ[ונות] …
    4. … סיון משנת אלף ושלש מאות וא[רב]עה …
    5. … הסמוכה…

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    1. And I have betrothed you to me in faith[fulness] (Hos. 2: 21) …
    2. … His hall, and he shall return His Glory to His temple …
    3. … their joy, and He …

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  32. 82Legal documentENA NS 17.30

    Legal document. An agreement between Shlomo b. Avraham and the mother of his daughter (probably divorced) regarding her support. The year is [1]403 (1092) in …

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  33. 83Legal documentENA NS 17.31

    Margin of recto: Fragment of the Arabic portion of a marriage contract, discussing the groom's promises to the bride regarding her exemption from oaths; margin …

    margin on recto. Bottom of the page , straight lines at 90 degrees to main text

    1. ו.בלת לה(!) עלאי מכשיו
    2. שיהיה מעשה
    3. ידיה לכסותה
    4. ולשכר
    5. הבית
    6. ולמים [[ומא…

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  34. 84Legal documentENA NS 18.21

    Ketubba written by Yefet b. David

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  35. 85Legal documentENA NS 18.29

    Ketubba in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 14[.] Seleucid, so no earlier than 1089 CE, and no …

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  36. 86Legal documentENA NS 18.37

    Qaraite ketubba. The bride is Karīma bt. Ḥasan b. Moshe. Mentions the names Ṣedaqa b. Naḥum ha-Kohen and Moshe b. Sibāʿ. The groom appears to …

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    1. אליה על…

    2. אליה ולא שתי הכליות ולא יותרת הכבד ולא …

    3. לחם הגוים ולא ייניהם ולא טנופם ולא יבעיר נר בלילו[ת השבתות ולא] …

    4. אש בלילות השבתות ול…

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    1. to her …
    2. the fat tail, nor the two kidneys and the lobe of the liver nor …
    3. the bread of the Gentiles or their wine or their abominations. And …

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  37. 87Legal documentENA NS 21.17

    Ketubba. Early. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. ]מה ומה דאית בה ש[
    2. ]עין וחמשה דינרי [
    3. ]ת כתובתא דא [
    4. ] גלימא דע[ל
    5. ] כתובתא ד[א
    6. ] מהדא ב[
    7. ] קיים והדא [
    8. ] צדקה [
    9. ] בר אלשיך
    10. ] ישועה ב[

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  38. 88Legal documentENA NS 30.5

    Marriage contract. Location: Cairo. Dated: 29 Shevat 5535 AM = 30 January 1775 CE. Groom: Eliyyahu Goren b. Nissim. Bride: Hermoza bt. Nissim Navaro. Total …

    1. בסימנא טבא ובמזלא מעלייא אכי׳׳ר
    2. בשני
    3. בשבת בתשעה ועשרים יום לחדש שבט שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושלשים וחמש ליצירה
    4. הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים…

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  39. 89Legal documentENA NS 31.22

    Marriage document. Small fragment from the top of a ketubah, as is evident from the large, decorative phrases opening with בשם אל עולם, commonly found …

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    1. בשם אל עולם
    2. וי'י אשר לא יספר
    3. טובים השנים
    4. כי כאשה עזובה

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    1. In the name of the Everlasting God
    2. And the Lord who cannot be counted (Jer. 33: 22)
    3. Two are better (Koh. 4: 9)
    4. Because like an abandoned woman…

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  40. 90Legal documentENA NS I.13 + ENA NS 2.25

    Ketubba, late 11th century or early twelfth century Yemenite. The total of the dower and the dowry is larger than 230. The name Ulla ha-levi …

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  41. 91Legal documentENA NS I.89a

    Prenuptial agreement. The marriage is to take place in seven years when the bride comes of age, meaning at the time of the agreement she …

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  42. 92Legal documentENA NS I.95a + T-S Misc.27.4.31

    Testimony regarding bridal consent to marriage. Two manuscripts that deal with the marriage of a bride named Karam. The two manuscripts contain the bride's consent …

    ENA NS 1.95a

    1. נקול נחן אלשה[ו]ד אלואצעין כטוטנא אכר הדא אלמסטור אן למא כאן יום
    2. אלאתנין אלתאלת מן חודש ניסן שנת אלפא וחמש מ[אות וחמ]שין וחמש שנין
    3. לשטר…

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  43. 93Legal documentHalper 364

    Marriage contract from Ramla, ca. 1062 or 1070. The groom is Avraham b. Sedaqa. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, p. 358-61) EMS

    1. [... על] כן יעזב איש את אביו ואת אמו ודבק באשתו וה[יו לבשר אחד ...]
    2. [... ועש]ה חיל באפרתה וקרא שם בבית לחם ביוי יצדקו וית[הללו כל זרע ישראל ...]
    3. [..…

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  44. 94Legal documentJRL L 155

    Late marriage-related legal document issued in Cairo, probably an engagement or betrothal agreement given the clause in lines 5-6 is: "שזמן החופה יהיה מעכשו עד …

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  45. 95Legal documentJRL P 1270 + T-S 8.229

    Part of a ketubba for Sitt al-Sharaf (סת אלשרף). The part preserved here consists mainly of the dowry list. (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: …

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  46. 96Legal documentL-G Misc. 125

    Right fragment of a marriage contract, containing high-priced items in the trousseau (dowry). Groom: Avraham. Dated [13]35 Seleucid, which is 1023/24 CE. (Information from CUDL …

    1. בנחשא טבא[
    2. בחמשה בשבא דה[
    3. ו]תלתין וחמש שנים ל[
    4. מותבה איך אברהם [
    5. לאינתו כדת משה וישר[
    6. ג]וברין יהודאין דפלחין ומ[
    7. לי]ה לאינתו ויהב לה עשרין וח[
    8. מדאו]…

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  47. 97Legal documentMoss. VII,19

    Replacement ketubba. Location: Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen. Dated: Wednesday, 6 Tammuz 2210 Seleucid = 14 June 1899 CE. For Sālim b. Hārūn al-ʿUzērī, known as Zuhra, and …

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    1                                  לסימןטובוהצלחהועושר

    2                                  וכבודוהרוחה

    3          בארבעאבשבאדהואשיתאיומי…

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    1          For a good sign, and success, and wealth

    2          and honour and comfort

    3          On the fourth day of the week, which is the si…

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  48. 98Legal documentMoss. VII,30

    Agreement between Sitt al-Baqāʾ and her husband Tahor ha-Levi the astrologer (al-Munajjim) b. Namir concerning money owed from the ketubba. Signed by Moshe b. Yehuda …

    1. [ ] כן הוה
    2. [ אלמ]ערפה >בהא< אשהדו עליי
    3. [ אלמח]כמה ואלמעאני אלמוכדה ובכל לישאני
    4. דזכואתא וסלמו דלך אלי זוגי מרור טהור הלוי אלמנגם בר מר ור נמר נע ליכו…

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  49. 99Legal documentMoss. VII,59

    Small fragment of a ketubba, referring to ‘[.]5 gold dinars’. (Information from CUDL)

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  50. 100Legal documentMoss. VII,82.2

    Small fragment of a ketubba, mentioning various sums in dinars. (Information from CUDL)

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