Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.001205

Type

Scroll

Date

1920–1930

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

19.2 in. × 122.7 ft. (49 cm × 37.4 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	1.00000000
Hands Location	Possibly a second hand on sheet beginning with Ex. 2:1 and ending with Ex. 5:8
Rollers	Carved wooden rollers, top of Genesis broker, inscription on botton of Deuteronomy "עצי-חיים מתנת שמחה בן דב דלוטניצקי תשי"ט ב' חנכה" sticker on top "משמרת סת"ם 12-ISB"
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3,4,5
Lines in Text Block	42
Column heads	בי[הודה\ימים]הש[ני השעירים]מ[ה טובו\מוצא שפתיך]ו Vavei Amudim
Song of the Sea Layout	5 lines before, 30 lines, fancy Tagin
Song of Moses Layout	5 lines before, 70 lines
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
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	N/A
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created around 1920. 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.