Ketubah

Name/Title

Ketubah

Entry/Object ID

K_1022

Description

Parchment ketubah, for wedding of Yosef son of Yom Tov Chamawi and Simchah daughter of Yitzchak Chamawi. Aleppo, Syria, 13th Nisan 5639 [April 6, 1879]. Ketubah on small, rectangular parchment sheet with upper edge cut into a triangle, as a sort of pediment over a pair of pillars. Ketubah text in Sephardic cursive text, with seven words enlarged and written in hollow square letters and colored in purple and green. Edges surrounded by verses of blessing also written in large, hollow square letters, in matching colors. Signatures of witnesses on edge of ketubah text. For a similar ketubah, see: Sabar (2022), II, no. 306 (KET 161).

Made/Created

Date made

1879

Place

* Untyped Place

Aleppo

Dimensions

Height

23 cm

Width

32.5 cm

Dimension Notes

23 cm w x 32.5 cm h

Material

ink and paint on parchment