Ketubah : Kashan, Iran, 1874, February 20

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Title: Ketubah : Kashan, Iran, 1874, February 20
Contributor: Asher ben Yosef
Berurya bat Avraham
Mashiah ben Binyamin
Yehezkel ben Yisra'el
Published / Created: 1874 February 20
Publication Place: Kashan, Iran
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 3rd of Adar 5634 (1874) at Kashan. Below the traditional Aramaic text is an additional paragraph in Hebrew with regard to supplementary financial obligations on the part of the groom. The text is surrounded by a border in the shape of a scalloped arch and two cartouches on the bottom. Above the text are the traditional lions with the rising sun in the background and above the lions are images of two peacocks. The border has a floral decoration. The predominant colors are yellow, turquoise and light brown.
Description: Bride: Berurya bat Avraham.
Bridegroom: Yehezkel ben Yisra'el.
Witnesses: Asher ben Yosef ; Mashiah ben Binyamin ; and two others.
Extent: 1 l.
43 x 35 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): Kashan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Asher ben Yosef
Berurya bat Avraham
Mashiah ben Binyamin
Yehezkel ben Yisra'el
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Iran --Kashan
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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