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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
- 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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