Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. a. 3.40

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

One leaf document

Parchment

Black (carbon based)

Calamus

No ruling can be seen

24

1128

12th Century CE

27 Sivan 1439 Seleucid (1128 CE)

Egypt, Fusṭāṭ

Judeo-Arabic

(Other)

Marriage contract (ketubba)

Recto: Marriage contract (ketubba), complete. Dated: Monday, 27 Sivan 1439 Seleucid, which is 27 May 1128 CE, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Shelomo b. ʿOvadya ha-Kohen. Bride: ʿAmāʾim bt. Berakhot/Barakāt, virgin. Marriage payments: 5 + 25 dinars. Total (with the dowry): 76 dinars + 25 silver zuzim (dirhams?). Other witnesses: ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen; Moshe ha-Melammed b. Yehuda; Yeḥezqel b. Natan; Yosef b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen; Ḥalfon b. Ghālib; and Natan b. Shemuel.

Partial

990053386510205171

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990053386510205171&SearchTxt=Heb.%20a.%203.40,AND (Date accessed: 2026-01-22)

https://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/volume_5 (Date accessed: 2026-01-22)

O. Zinger, "Women, Gender and Law: Marital Disputes According to Documents of the Cairo Geniza" (PhD diss., n.p., 2014)

Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6331/ (accessed January 22, 2026).