Geniza Lab

Court notebook. Location: Fustat. Ff. 1r–2r: Betrothal contract between Sitt al-Kull bt. ʿEli from Fusṭāṭ and Moshe b. Yisrael from al-Maḥalla, in which the bride agrees to follow her husband to his domicile. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, and signed by Ḥalfon and Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Dated Ḥeshvan 1443 Seleucid, which is 1131 CE. F. 2v: Betrothal (erusin) contract. Fiancé: Yosef b. ʿEli Ibn Qashqūsh. Fiancée: [Sitt al-]Jamīʿ bt. Shelomo, a virgin. Dated: middle decade of Ṭevet 1443 Seleucid, which is 1132 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Marriage payments: 1 + 10 = 11. This means that Sitt al-Jamīʿ was extremely poor. Written and signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Also signed by Ḥiyya b. Meshullam. The postscript states that he divorced her and she received the geṭ (before the consummation of the wedding?). T-S AS 148.16 is their bill of divorce. (Information in part from CUDL.)