Martha in the Babylonian Talmud
b. Yoma 18a
Rav Asi said: A tarqaba of denari [about 2–3 quarts of gold dinar coins—Ed.] Martha bat Boethus brought to King Yannai so that he would nominate Joshua ben Gamla [her husband] to the high-priesthood.
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