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Ketubbah

Ketubbah

Date1895
Dimensionsoverall: 22 x 17 1/2 in.; 55.88 x 44.45 cm
ClassificationsDocument
Credit LineGift of Daniel M. Friedenberg
Object number2002.A.255
Object DescriptionForm for ketubbah [marriage contract], printed lithograph from Vienna. Groom: Chaim Zeituni (zayin yud taf vav nun yud), bride might be Rivka. Some of the letters "repaired" with pen. Poor condition. Handwritten in ink on paper backing kept from deframing: From Beirut, Lebanon 1895 Haim Zaitoni ben Abraham Shlomo Zaitoni, bridegroom, Rivka bat Shlomo Mordechai Zaitoni (same name), bride (the background of the ketubah is a blank Viennese lithograph, used as a standard form.
Collections
  • Legal Documents
  • Judaica
  • Marriage Contracts (Ketubbot)
Keywords
  • Hebrew
  • Aramaic
  • Ritual
  • Weddings
  • Beirut

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