Collection ID
SCR.001408
Type
Scroll
Date
ca. 1900
Geography
Unknown
Language
Hebrew
Medium
Ink on Parchment
Dimensions
33 × 138 × 6 in. (83.8 × 350.5 × 15.2 cm)
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 assigned)
Hands-Number 1.00000000
Hands Location N/A
Rollers Relatively recent, disk broken top of Devarim.
Condition Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet 4,5,6,7
Lines in Text Block 42
Column heads Vavei ha-amudim
Song of the Sea Layout 5 lines before, 30 lines
Song of Moses Layout 6 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 Yes
7 letter tagin Yes
Correction techniques A N/A
Correction techniques B N/A
Correction techniques C N/A
Correction techniques D N/A

Created around 1900. 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.

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