Marriage Contract. Solemnizes the marriage of Ya'akov son of Yoseph, to Bibi daughter of Babai. Text written in cursive Sephardic script on paper, within multi-color hand-painted surround.

(KETHUBAH).

Djalfadjan, 27th Ellul, 1867.

Tears at folds affecting a few words. Unexamined out of frame

A rare illuminated Kethubah likely of the Mountain Jews (“Juhur”), an ancient community of Jews settled along the Eastern Caucasus, today, the Republics of Dagestan and Azerbaijan. The location of this marrage ceremony, “Djalfadjan” is not known as a center of Jewish settlement. The Mountain Jews maintained a distinct dialect similar to Judeo-Persian, their cultural influences stemmed from Persia and also Chechnya. Kethuboth from this exotic region are not included in Shalom Sabar’s masterful and comprehensive study on Kethuboth (1990). See also Israel Museum Catalogue, Mountain Jews (2001) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. CORRECTION: Due to information we have just learnt, we have revised our. catalogue-description of Lot 353 and now ascribe the Ketubah to the Persian. community of. Gulpaigan (also known as Golpayegan) which is located northwest of Isfahan. You. can visit the (still partially working) JNUL Ketubbah website for more. examples: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/ketubbot/html/Iran.htm.