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The Babatha Archive
94–132
The Babatha archive contains thirty-five papyri belonging to a wealthy Judean woman from the second century CE. Found in the Cave of Letters, these documents illustrate a woman's legal and economic autonomy in second-century Judea.
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b. Ketubbot 7b–8a
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m. Ketubbot 5:1, 8:8
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The Talmud on the Ketubah
b. Ketubbot 82b
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