Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.001231

Type

Scroll

Date

1900s

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

17 in. × 109.5 ft. (44 cm × 33.37 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 assigned)
Hands-Number	1.00000000
Hands Location	N/A
Rollers	Simple wodden staves with small metal caps. Cap on top of Genesis missing.
Condition	Good
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3,4,5,6
Lines in Text Block	42
Column heads	Vavei ha-amudim, בי[הודה]ה ש[מר לך, שני השעירים, שמר ושמעת]מ[ה טובו, מוצא שפתיך]ו
Song of the Sea Layout	5 lines before, 30 lines
Song of Moses Layout	6 lines before, 70 lines
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	פצוע דכה
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	ויהי
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	N/A

Created after 1900, unknown location. Acquired before 2011 by Pasarel Ltd., Netanya, Israel; Purchased in 2011 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2012 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.