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LOT 184:
Document of Ketubah-Payment. Yemen, 1834
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Document of Ketubah-Payment. Yemen, 1834
Two documents, written one under the other, attesting that the husband has paid his ex-wife her entire ketubah, and that she has no claims against him. Written and signed in Kiryat Aras in 1834. Separate signatures for each one of the documents.
The witnesses signed on the document include: Yichya ben Daoud Kapach, Yichya ben Avraham Kapach, Amran ben Yichya, Salam Nachum, Sa'id ben Sa'id Kochlani.
Kiryat Aras is apparently the settlement Kiryat Al Ras in Naft Hashad, north of Yemen - refer to M. Gavra,
Encyclopedia L'Kehillot HaYehudiyot B'Teiman Part II, pp. 532.
According to the signatures on the document before us, it is a copy that was made - as is customary - at the same time the original was written.
[1] long narrow paper leaf. 27x11 cm. Written in Judeo-Arabic on thick paper.
Fine condition. Worming perforations. Fold marks. Signs of tearing-out, and tiny tears at the sides.
