Ketubah : Tehran, Iran, 1870, September 29

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Title: Ketubah : Tehran, Iran, 1870, September 29
Contributor: Asher ben Baba
Ester bat Pinhas
Yitshak ben Yisra'el
Published / Created: 1870 September 29
Publication Place: Tehran, Iran
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 4th of Tishre 5631 (1870) at Tehran. Text inserted into nine registers. Below the text, several registers remain empty. There is an additional wider, decorative register above the text that contains traditional blessings for the wedding couple. This register is known in Iranian as the �sar lowh�. Above the sar lowh are three decorative registers containing acronyms, which are most likely blessings for the bride and groom. The text is enclosed in a long rectangular decorative border composed of a blue, gold, silver, and brown stylized vine motif.
Description: Bride: Ester bat Pinhas.
Bridegroom: Asher ben Baba(?).
Witness: Yitshak ben Yisra'el; and two others.
Extent: 1 l.
87 x 58 cm.
color illustrations
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Hebrew
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

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