Obj. ID: 55075
  Sacred and Ritual  Kol Sasson ve-Kol Simcha Kol Chatan ve-Kol Kallah, Mumbai (Bombay), 1920

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

A Ketubah (Hebrew: כְּתוּבָּה ; "written thing"; pl. Ketubot) is a special type of Jewish prenuptial agreement. It is considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride. The content of the Ketubah is in essence a one-way contract that formalizes the various requirements by Halacha (Jewish law) of a Jewish husband vis à vis his wife. The Jewish husband takes upon himself in the Ketubah the obligation that he will provide to his wife three major things: clothing, food and conjugal relations, and also that he will pay her a pre-specified amount of cash in the case of a divorce. Thus the content of the Ketubah essentially dictates security and protection for the woman, and her rights in the marriage.

This document is signed and then given to the bride as her property. In Italy and most of the Islamic countries in which Jews resided, such a Ketubah was often decorated, a tradition originating with the Jews in Spain. Today, generally, printed Ketubot are used.

The wedding took place in Bombay on  (1 Nisan 5670). The Ketubah is printed in silver ink for the decorative frame and with text printed in gold ink in the upper half.  The text of the Ketubah in the lower section is in a scribal hand. The decoration in the upper part is copied from Amsterdam Ketubot, even the depiction of the symbol of the Ashkenazi community in that city.