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Or 15893

Record Id:
032-003460548
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032-003460548
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Or 15893
Title:
Marriage contract, Herat 1889
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 sheet
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_15893 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1889
End Date:
1889
Date Range:
1889
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 15893

Marriage contract, Herat 1889

Contents

Jewish marriage contract

Language(s): Hebrew, Jewish Babalonia Aramaic

f. 1r
Title: כתובה
Title: Ketubah

בשישי בשבת חמשה עשר לחדש סיוון בשנת חמשת אלפים תרמ"ט לבריאת עולם ... כאן במתא דהראת

A marriage contract between the bridegroom Pinḥas ben Joseph (פינחס בן ... יוסף) and the bride Batsheva bat Nathanel (בת שבע בת מו' נתנאל יצ"ו).

Colophon:

Physical Description

Paper sheet of the 19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 1 sheet
Dimensions (leaf): 589 × 448 mm.

Condition

Slight water damage.

Hand(s)

Oriental Hebrew square script of the 19th century.

Decoration

Full border with geometrical and floral motifs; in colours.

Binding

Boxed.

History

Origin: 1889 Afghanistan (Herat)

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired Kestenbaum & Co. auction sale, June 25th, 2002, lot 248.

Record Sources

The manuscript has not been previously catalogued.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_15893 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2019/06/mazal-tov-ve-siman-tov-good-luck-and-good-sign-jewish-marriage-contracts-in-the-british-librarys-heb.html

Funding of Cataloguing

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