Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.000318

Type

Scroll

Date

ca. 1820

Geography

Unknown

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

26.7 in. × 107 ft. (68 cm × 32.85 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	Changes about midway
Rollers	plain wooden poles
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	3,4
Lines in Text Block	51
Column heads	בראשית, יהודה, הבאים, שני השעירם + שמר לך, מה טובו, ואעידה
Song of the Sea Layout	5 before, 30
Song of Moses Layout	7 before, 70
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 around 1820, unknown location. Acquired before 2009 by Jewish Treasures, Modiin Elite, Israel; Purchased in 2009 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2011 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.