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Marriage contract containing a list of jewelry apparently of Syro-Palestinian manufacture, to be sold by Shemuel b. Ḥasan two months after the signing of this document by Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe, Shimi ha-Levi, and Avraham ha-Levi. Drafted in Damascus. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 215, 426, 473, and from Goitein's index cards)

Marriage contract (ketubba) from Ramla, mid-eleventh century, that describes the appointment of the bride's agent. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 361-4) EMS

Recto: Very faded document, appears to be a fragment of a late ketubba. Verso: Calligraphic biblical text in two columns.

A ketubah dated Tuesday, 28th Sivan, 142[.] which can fit to 1111 or 1115. The groom father's name is Yehuda and the bride is Turfa d. Yefet. Most of the preserved text contains the dowry list. AA

Ketubba for the marriage of Sahlān and his bride. Ca. mid 11th century CE. Written by Yefet b. David. Signed by Yaʿīsh ha-Kohen ha-Parnas b. Abraham, [Sahlān b.] Abraham Alluf he-Ḥaver, Elʿazar b. R. [...], Shelomo b. [...], [Eph]raim he-Ḥaver b. Shem[arya]. (Information from CUDL)

Marriage contract in which the bridegroom promises to feed and clothe the son of his future wife, a divorcee, to let him learn a craft, and never to punish him physically or hurt him with words. Written by a Palestinian scribe in Minyat Zifta on 24 Av 1421/13 August 1110. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 191) On verso: Hebrew poems.

Marriage contract in which a widow contributes one sixth of a house from a previous marriage and stands surety for her husband in case he is sued by her two sons and/or a fourth party in the house, a Muslim. Drafted by judge Natan b. Shemuel (in office ca. 1140-1147) in Tevet 1459/November-December 1147. (Information from Goitein, Mediterranean Society, III, p. 386, item 9)

Marriage contract from Minyat Zifta, circa 1120, opening with an excerpt from Psalm 92. The marriage gift was 40 Dinars and the dowry another 50. Information from Med. Soc. According to Reif, this document is also mentioned in Ashtor, Histoire des Prix, p.173

Ketubba fragment. Only the ornate text in the upper margin and a few words from the first two lines are preserved.

Marriage contract. Dating: first half of the 13th century, on paleographic grounds. The handwriting is similar to that of ʿImanuel b. Yeḥiel (also compare T-S 16.682 from the same period). Fragment (lower middle part) containing part of the trousseau list and referring to half of a ḥujra (lit. "room," but probably an independent building consisting of one room) in Alexandria given to the bride near the al-Qashmīrī mosque. Signed by: [Yose]f Melammed b. Yaʿaqov. (Information from Goitein's index card and Med Soc IV, 363n43.)

On recto a right side of a bill of release, written on vellum, regarding woman’s ketubah. Written by Hillel b. Eli. On verso mirror letters of another document, probably a ketubah. AA

Fragment from a decorated Ketubbah of Menaḥem b. [...] (groom) and Rayna b. [...] (bride). Dated 21st Iyyar 5372 (= 1612 CE). AA

Two fragments, probably from the same ketubba (marriage contract) showing elements characteristic of North African custom, perhaps as early as the 9th century.

Ketubbah for [...] b. Eleazar (bride). Dated 28th Elul 15[.. Sel.], in the time of R. Abraham (possibly Maimonides?). Might be by the hand of Yeḥiʾel b. Elyaqim (1213-1233). Heading in large square script. 2 lines on verso run transversely, probably a draft of an opening of a letter. Below the text a drawing of a circle with few Arabic words. AA

Marriage contract (ketubba) concerning Badriyya,"who is single," the daughter of ʿAllūn. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 243-9) EMS

Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower left corner). Dating: Likely early 11th century, per Goitein. Groom: Moshe b. Yaʿaqov. Bride: Raḥma (רחמה), not a virgin. The dowry list includes a female slave named Saraf (סרף) valued at 40 dinars. One of the totals (of the dowry?) comes out to 58 dinars. Signed by Yaʿaqov b. Moshe ha-Kohen, Mevorakh b. Avraham, Ḥayyim b. Moshe and Shelomo b. Seʿadya. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.) AA

Bottom of a Ketubbah, signed by Yeshuʿah b. [...] and Saʿadiah b. Solomon. We find here remnants of the immersion enactment issued by Maimonides in 1176. Written by Moshe b. Perahya, who served as a muqaddam of Minyat Ghamar (active 1220-1238 ca.). This Moshe was Abrham Ibn Yiju grandson from his daughter Sitt al-Dar. AA

Ketubbah of Meshullam ha-Kohen (groom). Few words from the beginning of travel stipulation survived. No further details are preserved. AA

Ketubba, Metropolis, probably 927/8 or 1027/8.

Small fragment of a ketubba. Location: Fustat. Bride: Jadīda. No details preserved. On verso there is one word preserved: "al-Dalāl" (a woman's name) or "al-Dallāl" (the broker). AA. ASE.