Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.004134

Type

Scroll

Date

ca. 1780

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

20.6 in. × 89 ft. (52.5 cm × 27.12 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	Possible repair - added leaf: First Leaf possibly replaced as a repair 1
Rollers	N/A
Condition	Good
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3,4
Lines in Text Block	51
Column heads	בי[הודה]השמו
Song of the Sea Layout	5 lines before, 30
Song of Moses Layout	6 lines before, 67 lines
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	פצוע דכא
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	ויהיו
Related Objects	N/A
Unusual Letters	No
7 letter tagin	No
Correction techniques A	N/A
Correction techniques B	N/A
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created around 1780, unknown location. Acquired before 2013 by Shmuel Charif, Gedera, Israel; Purchased in 2013 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2014 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.