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MATERIAL: Paper
TYPE: Ketubah
DIMENSIONS: 1. (1901) 70 X 75 cm. 2. (1920) 70 X 75 cm.
COMPONENTS: 1. (1901) Ink and color on paper. 2. (1920) Ink and color on paper.
CONDITION: 1. (1901) Fair condition. Stains, including damp stains, and many creases. Folding marks. Tears in the margins and along the folding marks, most of which are restored with adhesive tape on the back of the ketubah. 2. (1920) Fair condition. Stains, including damp spots, and many creases. Folding marks. Slight tears at the edges and along the folding marks.
LANGUAGE
Persian
ITEM ID: 5910
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Two Ketubah – Isfahan

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DATE
Century: 20th (1901-2000)

Two Ketubah made in Isfahan, Iran.

Ketubah for the marriage of the groom Akajan ben Yosef with the bride Zuleikha bet Binyamin. Isfahan (Iran), 9 Nisan 571 (29 March 1901).

Decorated with colorful illustrations, typical of Persian inscriptions from Isfahan: lions, a sun with a human face, a cypress tree, flowers and birds (the lion motif with a half-sun in the shape of a human face is one of the national symbols of Persia).
Signed witnesses: Ezra ben Avraham, Avraham ben Yaakov, Shmuel ben Moshe (the scribe).

The margins of the ketubah are decorated with glued strips of paper in light pink.

Decorated Ketubah – Isfahan, Iran, 1920

Ketubah for the marriage of the groom Menashe ben A. Meir to the bride Tuba bet A. Hezkiya. Isfahan (Iran), 13 Nisan 1920 (April 1, 1920).

Decorated with colorful illustrations, typical of Persian inscriptions from Isfahan: lions, a sun with a human face, a cypress tree, flowers and birds (the lion motif with a half-sun in the shape of a human face is one of the national symbols of Persia).
At the bottom is an addition written in Persian-Judeo followed by the signatures of the witnesses and the groom: Shmuel ben Moshe (the scribe), Yitzhak ben Avraham (?), Rabbi Shimon ben Moshe, Menashe ben Meir, Menashe ben Yitzhak, Eliyahu ben Avraham (?), Avraham Gabbay, and an additional signature in Latin letters.

The edges of the ketubah are decorated with glued strips of light-colored paper.