Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1878, October [10?]

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Title: Ketubah : Isfahan, Iran, 1878, October [10?]
Contributor: Le'ah bat Ya'akov
Menasheh ben Rahamim
Shemu'el ben Mosheh
Published / Created: 1878 October [10?]
Publication Place: Isfahan, Iran
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5th be-shabat 16th [sic, i.e. 13th?] of Tishre 5639 at Itsfahan (1878). At the top of the document there is a shiviti graphic. A shiviti was traditionally designed to be hung on a synagogue wall
Description: Bride: Le'ah bat Ya'akov.
Bridegroom: Menasheh ben Rahamim.
Scribe: Shemu'el ben Mosheh.
The date of the ketubah is probably incorrect because the 16th of Tishre 5639 is not a Thursday, and is a holiday. The names of the witnesses appear to be written by
Extent: 1 l.
100 x 76 cm.
color illustrations
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: Illustrations
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Isfahan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Le'ah bat Ya'akov
Menasheh ben Rahamim
Shemu'el ben Mosheh
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Iran --Isfahan
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

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