Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.001239

Type

Scroll

Date

ca. 1700

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

20.4 in. × 87 ft. (52 cm × 26.54 m)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

A Torah Scroll is a scroll written on parchment containing the Hebrew text of the Pentateuch for liturgical use in Jewish communities.

Script	Not yet determined
Hands-Number	2.00000000
Hands Location	Beginning to Ex. 39:3 ערת התחשים Ex. 39:18 שתי העבתת to end
Rollers	N/A
Condition	Poor
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3
Lines in Text Block	50, 57
Column heads	בי[הודה]ה[באים]ש[מר לך] בי[הודה]ה[באים]ש[מר לך] בי[הודה]ה[באים]ש[מר לך]
Song of the Sea Layout	5 Lines before, 30 lines, last two lines not poetic, except for space before last word to justify left.
Song of Moses Layout	6 lines before, 70 lines
Spacing and Layout features	Spaces between verses
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	פצוע דכה
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	ויהי
Related Objects	N/A
Unusual Letters	No
7 letter tagin	Yes
Correction techniques A	Erasures
Correction techniques B	Patches
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created around 1700, unknown location. Acquired before 2011 by Pasarel Ltd., Netanya, Israel; Purchased in 2011 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2012 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.