Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.000713

Type

Scroll

Date

ca. 1600

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

28 in. × 107.6 ft. (72 cm × 32.8 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	Carved wooden rollers
Condition	(not assigned)
Texts Blocks per Sheet	(not assigned)
Lines in Text Block	56
Column heads	בי[הודה]הש[מר לך]מ[ה טובו]]ו
Song of the Sea Layout	5 lines before, 30 lines, fancy Tagin
Song of Moses Layout	6 lines before, 70 lines
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	פצוע דכא
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	ויהי
Related Objects	N/A
Unusual Letters	No
7 letter tagin	Yes
Correction techniques A	(not assigned)
Correction techniques B	(not assigned)
Correction techniques C	(not assigned)
Correction techniques D	(not assigned)

Created around 1600. Acquired before 2010 by Yaakov Ben-David, Jerusalem, Israel; Purchased in 2010 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2011 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.