Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.000332

Type

Scroll

Date

Late 1700s

Geography

Germany

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

2.16 × 80.31 ft. (.66 m × 24.48 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	1, 3, 4
Lines in Text Block	53
Column heads	ביהש[מר לך]מ[ה טובו] vavei amudim
Song of the Sea Layout	5 before, 30
Song of Moses Layout	6 before, 70
Spacing and Layout features	N/A
Deuteronomy 33:2 Spelling	(not assigned)
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	(not assigned)
Related Objects	N/A
Unusual Letters	No
7 letter tagin	Yes
Correction techniques A	Erasures
Correction techniques B	Patches
Correction techniques C	N/A
Correction techniques D	N/A

Created in the late 1700s. 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.