Ketubah : Piri-Pasha, Turkey, 1788, February 22

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Title: Ketubah : Piri-Pasha, Turkey, 1788, February 22
Contributor: Rebecca bat Mordecai Avorashi
Published / Created: 1788 February 22
Publication Place: Piri-Pasha, Turkey
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript on vellum. Gilt and colored, dated 14 Adar I 5548 [1788 February 22] at Piri-Pasha near Constantinople. In manuscript on verso: No. 17939 Marriage certificate (Kethubah) Family relic dated 5548. 144 years old. Not to be sold. J. Sassoon 62 Mortimer st. W.1.
Description: Bride: Rebecca bat Mordecai Avorashi.
Bridegroom: Moses Jekuthiel ben Joshua Jekuthiel.
Extent: 1 l.
41 x 53 cm.
color illustration
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

Format: mixed material
Genre: Hand coloring
Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Piri-Pasha (Turkey) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Rebecca bat Mordecai Avorashi
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Turkey --Piri-Pasha
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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