Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.000566

Type

Scroll

Date

1600s - 1700s

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

2.17 × 81.36 ft. (.65 × 24.8 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	N/A
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	1, 3
Lines in Text Block	56
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	פצוע דכה\א: ה 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	Patches
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created around the 1600s–1700s. Acquired before 2009 by Jacob Kobi Greenwald, Tel Aviv, Israel; Purchased in 2009 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2011 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.