Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.004220

Type

Scroll

Date

1700s

Geography

Germany

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

2.49 × 96.98 ft. (.76 × 29.56 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	Good
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3, 4
Lines in Text Block	64
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: א ויהי\ו:ויהי
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	(not assigned)
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	(not assigned)
Related Objects	N/A
Unusual Letters	Yes
7 letter tagin	Yes
Correction techniques A	Erasures
Correction techniques B	N/A
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	Patches

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