Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.003280

Type

Scroll

Date

1700s

Geography

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

21.65 in. × 144.98 ft. (55 cm × 44.19 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	5.00000000
Hands Location	1. Beginning–Genesis 22:12; 2. Genesis 22:12–Numbers 4:11; 3. Numbers 4:10–31:12; 4. Numbers 31:12–33:51; 5. Numbers 31:51–end; additional replacement leaf, Genesis 31:51–32:22.
Rollers	N/A
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5
Lines in Text Block	54, 48, 49, 51
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	Space between verses
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	Erasures
Correction techniques B	Interlinear Additions
Correction techniques C	Patches
Correction techniques D	N/A

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