Torah Scroll

Collection ID

SCR.000602

Type

Scroll

Date

1900s

Geography

Iraq

Language

Hebrew

Medium

Ink on Parchment

Dimensions

17.72 in. × 86.29 ft. (45 cm × 26.3 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	0.00000000
Hands Location	N/A
Rollers	N/A
Condition	Fair
Texts Blocks per Sheet	4, 5
Lines in Text Block	42
Column heads	בראשית, יהודה, הבאים, שמר ושמעת, מוצא שפתיך, ואעידה
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	פצוע דכה
Genesis 9:29 Spelling	ויהי
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 1900s. Acquired before 2010 by Eli and Natanel Ben-David, Jerusalem, Israel; Purchased in 2010 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2011 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.