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On the day of the new moon of Kislimu (Kislev), Bil-barakki, son of Nani, will bring Dayana and hand her over to Hoshea. If he does not bring and hand over the woman, Bil-barakki will pay Hoshea 3…
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Gozan, Kingdom of Aram-Damascus
(Tall Ḩalaf, Syria)
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669–627 BCE
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In the month of Elul, that is Payni, year four of Darius the king, then in Elephantine the fortress, Menahem and Ananiah, two sons of Meshullam son of Shelomam, Jews of Elephantine the fortress of the…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
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420 BCE
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In the month of Tishri, that is Epeiph, year four of Darius the king, then in Elephantine the fortress, Ananiah son of Haggai, an Aramean of Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of Iddinnabu…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
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420 BCE|449 BCE
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17th–18th Century
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Jan Luyken
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1683
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from Damascus, signed on the 21st of Shevat 5466, or February 5, 1706, features a text set within an arch, and flanked on both sides and above with green and orange…
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Artist Unknown
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire
(Damascus, Syria)
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1706
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While ketubot (marriage contracts) are usually written in Aramaic, Karaite ketubot are written in Hebrew. They are often pentagonal in shape, most often with a pointed bottom. This example has a…
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Chufut-Kale, Russian Empire
(Hora Chufutkale, Ukraine)
Date:
1719
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Ioannes Aloysius Foppa de Rota
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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1692
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Anonymous
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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1648
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We, Leopold, elected Roman Emperor by the grace of God, in the name [of the House of Hapsburg], the name of our heirs and our descendants, with this letter proclaim publicly that we have graciously…
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Anonymous
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1703