Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.000971

Type

Scroll

Date

1700s

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

2.13 × 122.8 ft. (.65 × 37.43 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	N/A
Rollers	Wooden Rollers
Condition	Poor
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3, 4
Lines in Text Block	52
Column heads	ביהש[מר לך]מ[ה טובו]ו
Song of the Sea Layout	5 before, 30
Song of Moses Layout	6 before, 70
Spacing and Layout features	No new parasha in “Do not covet” פצוע דכה\א:ה ויהי\ו:ויהי
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	(not assigned)
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	(not assigned)
Related Objects	(not assigned)
Unusual Letters	Yes
7 letter tagin	Yes
Correction techniques A	Erasures
Correction techniques B	Patches
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created in the 1700s. Acquired before 2013 by Shmuel Charif, Jerusalem, Israel; Purchased in 2012 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2014 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.