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BROOKLYN MUSEUM, BEQUEST OF THEODORA WILBOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HER FATHER, CHARLES EDWIN WILBOUR, 47.218.89 (PHOTO: BROOKLYN MUSEUM, 47.218.89_SL1.JPG)

MARRIAGE CONTRACT. In this document, Anani requests Meshullam to marry his daughter Tamut. The contract, written in Aramaic on papyrus by Nathan ben Ananiah, dates to July 3, 449 B.C.E., and comes from Elephantine, Egypt.