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Get : Mata de-Rav Al-Maharas, Yemen, 11 Heshvan 2243 Seleucid Era (11 October 1931).
גט : מתא דרב אלמהרס,

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Format:
Book
Manuscript
Contributor:
Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
Language:
Aramaic
Subjects (All):
Musa ben Yaʻaḳov--divorce.
Shamʻah bat Avraham--divorce.
Divorce--Yemen (Republic)--Ṣanʻāʼ--20th century.
Divorce.
Jews--Yemen (Republic)--Ṣanʻāʼ (Province)--20th century--History--Sources.
Jews.
Local Subjects:
Musa ben Yaʻaḳov--divorce.
Shamʻah bat Avraham--divorce.
Genre:
divorce records
signatures (names)
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 122 (July 20, 2020) item 185.
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 175 x 180 (131 x 145) mm.
Place of Publication:
11 Heshvan 2243 Seleucid Era (11 October 1931).
י"א חשון ב'רמ"ג למנין שטרות (תקצ"ב).
Language Note:
In Aramaic.
Summary:
This is a manuscript divorce document written for Musa ben Yaʻaḳov divorcing Shamʻah bat Avraham in the village of Rav Al-Maharas (apparently an agrarian village north of Sana'a). Written in 12 long lines in a square Yemenite Hebrew script; two signatures below text.
Notes:
Light watermark of Arabic script.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
Cited as:
UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 582.
OCLC:
1355695620

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