Related for Ketubot 132:10
א"ר יהודה אמר רב מעשה בבתו של נקדימון בן גוריון שפסקו לה חכמים ארבע מאות זהובים לקופה של בשמים לבו ביום אמרה להם כך תפסקו לבנותיכם וענו אחריה אמן:
Rav Judah said in the name of Rav:... It once happened that the daughter of Nakdimon b. Gorion was granted by the sages an allowance of four hundred gold coins for her perfume basket for that particular day, and she said to them, “May you grant such allowances for your own daughters!” and they answered after her: Amen.
Tosefta Ketubot
The additional food is his, but the additional rags are hers. A rich man—she goes up with him; but a poor man—she does not go down with him. A case: For the daughter of Nakdimon ben Gurion, the Hakhamim set up for her 500 golden dinars every day for her perfume fund and she was only waiting for her levir! She even made light of it and said to them: This is what you should give to your daughters! Said Rabbi Lazar bar Rabbi Tzadok: I will see in comfort if I saw (sic! correction based on Ehrfurt manuscript) her gathering barley from underneath the horses' hooves in Akko! I recited about her this verse: "If you did not know you, fairest of women!" (Shir Hashirim 1:8).
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