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Qaraite marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dated: 1315 Seleucid, which is 1003/04 CE. (In fact, Goitein points out that this is one of the oldest …
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- … הצליחו האל[הים] …
- עוד אב[ניך] עוד תטעי כ[רמים] …
...And there will remain incumbent on me and on my estate [after me]fifty dinars, a true, strong and binding debt : And this Sara, the bride, daughter of Yeshaᶜya acceptedthe words of [our dear] groom, son of her uncle, Mevasser ben Sahl, and wanted to be married to him and to be his wife, his help and his partnerin purity, holiness and awe, to obey, esteem and respect him, and to do in his house [all that] the daughters of Israel doin the house of their husbands, and to behave towards him with love, compassion, honesty and faithfulness, to be /under/ his dominion, and to have her desire directed [towards him]. - Related Places
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