Ketubah (Fustāt, Egypt)

Meshūllam ben David and Sutūt bint Ṭahōr

1102

Damaged, stained parchment with vowelless Hebrew script, larger and decorated with floral elements at the top and in an irregular arrangement at the bottom, with two large and several small holes.
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Meshūllam ben David and Sutūt bint Ṭahōr

11th Century–12th Century

Little is known about the lives of Meshūllam ben David and Sutūt bint Ṭahor, other than that they were married and lived in Fustāt (Old Cairo) in the beginning of the twelfth century. Sutūt had previously been married to a man named Yefet ibn Khiyār.

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