Geniza Lab

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

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: [...]טר, so her name was probably סת אלנטר (Sitt al-Naẓar) Dating: Possibly 13th–14th century. AA

.Marriage document. Minute fragment, damaged and creased from a ketubah. Only a few words from the dowry list are preserved. Judeo-Arabic. AA. Needs preservation.

Legal document and a marriage document. Damaged fragment containing 3 different legal deeds in 3 different hands, most likely refers to the same parties. On recto what looks like a part from a bill of gift or a will, in Hebrew and Aramaic. Two names mentioned: מובחר and Ya'aqov. On verso two legal documents. On the right side from a legal document of unknown nature, probably between husband and wife. Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. On the left side a damaged fragment from a ketubah de'irkasa כתובה דארכסא, that is a ketubah written as a replacement for a lost ketubah. Aramaic. AA

A Palestinian marriage contract from Ḥaṣor. The groom is to pay 10 dinars as the “security” of the marriage contract. (Information from Friedman, Jewish Marriage, pp. 316-320.)

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, III, p. 397)

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

Ketubba written by Yefet b. David

Ketubba from 1091-1110 written by Hillel b. Eli. The groom is Ayyash b. Berakhot

Fragment of a ketubba of the groom Yefet b. Avraham from Alexandria signed by Avraham b. Yaʿaqov. Dated ca. 1100. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 399)

Qaraite ketubba.

Marriage document. See ENA NS I.13

Ketubba of Nissim and Aziza bt. kathir. Written by Yefet b. David and signed by Avraham b. Farah and Moshe b. Amram (only full signatures recorded). Aziza was a virgin.

Recto: Fragment of a large ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "The primary purpose of providing a woman with real estate was the creation for her of enduring economic security, which would make her financially independent. This is self-evident in the numerous cases in which a woman possessed more than one piece of property. For example, when a widow (or, less likely, divorcee, l. 10) brings into the marriage, besides a valuable bridal outfit, 'an entire large house in the Fortress of the Candles' (l. 7), another 'large house in the Grand Bazaar opposite the Funduq' (l. 9), and quarter of a house somewhere else (where, not preserved)." Med Soc, III, 326. Verso: Small fragment of a legal document, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, written on the back of the ketubba, dealing with money which was not included in an inheritance.

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

Marriage contract. Dated: Sunday, 14 Tishrei 5557, which is 1796 CE. Location: Cairo. Groom: David Gabbay b. Seʿadya. Bride: ביתו (or does this just mean daughter?) of Khalīfa Pinto. Currencies: real, medin. Witnesses: The same signature appears twice, and it may be identical with the signature in ENA NS 29.19, ~20 years later.

Marriage document. Minute fragment from a ketubah. It seems that the mohar is 12½ zuz (only the word ופלגי [= and a half] is visible). For this sum and its Babylonian influence see Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine 1:253. AA

Marriage document, probably. Narrow strip.

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, which started to appear during the tenure of Maṣliaḥ Gaon as the Head of the Jews. The groom’s name is Nisin b. David. The bride Dāra bat Avraham b. ‘Amram. Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic. AA

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 dowry list is visible. 12th century. Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic