[Marriage contract of Ḳarimah daughter of R. Natsr (Elʻazar)] : manuscript

Alternate Title:

Ḳetubah

Contributor:

Ḥalfon ben Mevorakh (witness); Yehudah ben Mosheh, ha-Ḥazan (witness)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1000s

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Amram.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Yosef ben Shelomoh, ha-Kohen, active 11th century Marriage; Ḳarimah bat Elʹazar Marriage; Ketubah; Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law); Laudatory poetry, Hebrew; Hebrew language -- Writing -- Early works to 1800; Hebrew language -- Composition and exercises -- Early works to 1800; Jewish law; Hebrew language -- Composition and exercises; Hebrew language -- Writing

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

1 folio : 2 fragments; damaged, torn, faded; folded lengthwise into two unequal halves

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

When combined, the 2 fragments form about three quarters of the document. The date is in the missing, upper right quarter. The description of Karimah's dowry includes a young black (כושיא) slave girl, inherited from her mother.; The bridegroom is Joseph ben Solomon. Issued in the court of Joseph ben & the Judge (השופט), the witnesses sign Ḥalfon ben Mevorakh, Judah ben Moses he-Ḥazan and Joseph ben [...].; Verso bears secondary inscriptions on each half, written in the opposite direction of the recto.; Left half of verso is a panegyric poem in Hebrew, in Wafir meter, monorhymed ים-. Probably in honor of a donor, as is inferred by the line לך השר וראש כל הנדיבים.; Right half of verso is another poem of the same type, in praise of the Rosh Yeshivah: הלא הוא בחיר ראשי ישיבות. Long and irregular verses, monorhymed בא-. There are many corrections, indicating that this is a draft copy. In both poems verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.; There are a number of writing exercises in the margins. One of them is possibly a date אלף תרנ״ז (i.e., 1346).; Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 341; Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 348

Collection:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library); Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)