Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.003984

Type

Scroll

Date

ca. 1750

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

16.7 in. × 104.6 ft. (42.5 cm × 31.94 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	N/A
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3,4,5
Lines in Text Block	48
Column heads	starts off as vavs but then stops; בראשית, יהודה, הבאים, שני השעירים, מה טובו, ואעידה
Song of the Sea Layout	5 before, 30
Song of Moses Layout	6 before, 70
Spacing and Layout features	Exodus starts at the beginning of a column
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	Patches
Correction techniques B	Erasures
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created around 1750, unknown location. Acquired before 2013 by B. I. T. Group Limited, Jerusalem, Israel; Purchased in 2013 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2014 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.