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Or 5543

Record Id:
032-003414166
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5543
Title:
Ketubot (genizah fragments)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
12 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=OR_5543 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1822
Date Range:
1400-1822
Era:
CE
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TEI:

Or 5543

Ketubot (genizah fragments)

Contents

A collection of marraige contracts from the Genizah.

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

ff. 1r-12v
Title: כתובות
Title: Ketubot

Various marriage contracts.

F. 2 dated 1 Elul 5480, Egypt; f. 3 dated 21 Ḥeshvan 5510, Rosetta (Egypt); f. 4 dated 16 Siṿan 5552, Egypt; f. 5 dated 6 Ṭevet 5557, Egypt; f. 6.

Physical Description

A collection of 12 leaves of the 15th-19th century.
Form: leaf
Material: mixed
Support: F. 1-3, 5-8, 11-12: paper; ff. 2, 9-10: parchment.
Extent: 12 folios
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Hand(s)

Hebrew scripts.

Decoration

Some of the ketubot are decorated: ff. 2, 5, 11.

History

Origin: 1400-1822 15th-19th century (not after 1822)

Provenance and Acquisition

Cairo genizah

I

Contents

ff. 1r-1v
Title: Ketubah

Year in the date is difficult to decipher: והיה זו ביום ששי שנים עשר לחדש חשןם שנת ...

Place of origin is Egypt.

II

Contents

ff. 2r-2v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1719-1720 Egypt

III

Contents

ff. 3r-3v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1749

IV

Contents

ff. 4r-4v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1792 Egypt (Cairo)

V

Contents

ff. 5r-5v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1797 Egypt

VI

Contents

ff. 6r-6v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1802 Egypt (Cairo)

VII

Contents

ff. 7r-7v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1803 Egypt

VIII

Contents

ff. 8r-8v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1822 Egypt

IX

Contents

ff. 9r-9v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1716 Egypt?

X

Contents

ff. 10r-10v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1792 Egypt (Cairo)

XI

Contents

ff. 11r-11v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1805 Egypt (Cairo)

XII

Contents

ff. 12r-12v
Title: Ketubah

History

Origin: 1811 Egypt (Cairo)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the TEI records received from the Friedberg Genizah Project and the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel. For more a detailed record, consult the Friedberg Genizah Project catalogue (https://fjms.genizah.org/).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=OR_5543 (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

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