Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.001889

Type

Scroll

Date

1950–1960

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

23.2 in. × 97.8 ft. (59 cm × 29.83 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 assigned)
Hands-Number	1.00000000
Hands Location	N/A
Rollers	plain wooden poles
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	7
Lines in Text Block	51
Column heads	בראשית, יהודה, הבאים, שמר ושמעת, מוצא שפתיך, ואעידה
Song of the Sea Layout	5 before, 30
Song of Moses Layout	4 before, 70
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	פצוע דכא
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	ויהיו
Related Objects	(not assigned)
Unusual Letters	No
7 letter tagin	Yes
Correction techniques A	Patches
Correction techniques B	Erasures
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created in the 1950s, 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.