Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.003301

Type

Scroll

Date

ca. 1800

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

17.3 in. × 83.6 ft. (44 cm × 25.5 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	2.00000000
Hands Location	1. Beginning to Ex. 37:14 ((May be same hand as MOTB.SCR.003301.2, seems to have been following same model based on column heads and number of lines) 2. Ex. 35:14-end (May be same hand as MOTB.SCR.003301.1, seems to have been following same model based on column heads and number of lines)
Rollers	Plain wooden rollers
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3,5,6,7
Lines in Text Block	51
Column heads	בי[הודה]הש[פטים]מ[וצא שפתך]ו
Song of the Sea Layout	5 lines before (last line does not go to end of column), 30 lines (last line does not go to end of column)
Song of Moses Layout	6 lines before (last line finishes halfway to end of column), 70 lines (last line does not go to end of column)
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
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	Erasures
Correction techniques B	N/A
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created around 1800, unknown location. Acquired before 2012 by Shmuel Charif, Gedera, Israel; Purchased in 2012 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2013 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.