Geniza Lab

Recto: Marriage contract (or renewal of a marriage contract?). Location: Fustat. Date: 13[..] Seleucid, which combined with the fact that the document on verso was signed by Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva, suggests not long before 1088 CE. Groom: Manṣūr b. Moshe ha-Kohen. Bride: Zayn bt. Aharon ha-Mumḥe. Early marriage gift: 10 dinars. Delayed marriage gift: 5 dinars. Dowry: 1/4 house worth 30 dinars, outfit worth 30 dinars. Verso: Addendum in the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva (who also signs). The wife, Zayn, sells the 1/4 house, receives 30 dinars, and releases (her husband; not expressly said, but since it was included in the ketubba, must be him). Two others sign: Moshe b. David ha-Levi and Ṣemāh b. Yaʿaqov ha-Levi. There are a few phrases in Arabic script on verso (only on Halper 333); one of them appears to be about love (perhaps the superiority of old love over infatuation? ويا عشقي القديم على...). (Information in part from Goitein's index cards; Halper catalgoue; and CUDL.)