Ketubah : Gulpayigan, Iran, 1915, June 14

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Title: Ketubah : Gulpayigan, Iran, 1915, June 14
Contributor: Yosef ben Ya'akov
Published / Created: 1915 June 14
Publication Place: Gulpayigan, Iran
Abstract: Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 2 Tamuz 5675 at Gulpadgan (1915). The document is written in semi-block letters. The calligraphy above the text of the ketubah is the phrase ""If I forget thee, O Jerusalem"" (Pslam 137:5) and an ode to the bride and groom. Verses from Isaiah 61:9-10 form a frame around the ketubah. At the bottom of the ketubah are two addenda written in semi-cursive, probably in Judeo-Persian, as well as the various signatures of the witnesses, one of them written in Persian. The ketubah is in poor condition, with some damage to the text.
Description: Bridegroom: Yosef ben [Ya']akov.
Extent: 1 l.
63 x 45 cm.
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: Autographs
Ketubahs
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Gulpayigan (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Yosef ben Ya'akov
Subject (Topic): Ketubah --Iran --Gulpayigan
Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)

Access: Public
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