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Item ID | 1657 | |||
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Accession Number | 68.79.1 a-b (aa - bb) |  |
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Category | Jewish Life -- Synagogue and Communal Life | |
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Item Type | Torah Finials | |
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Title | Torah finials | |
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Creation Place | India | |
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Physical Description | Silver, repousse and engraved with Hebrew letters; hemispherical body with raised floral acanthus decoration and ridged cone shape top; flat modified hand-shaped top with partially splayed fingers with knuckles and fingernails inscribed (these are removeable and are marked with the accession numbers 68.79.1 aa and bb) ; eleven small rings around perimeter from which are suspended chains ending in three small spheres; cylindrical shafts with beaded rims. | |
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Description | Torah finials decorated with floral motifs, with hand-shaped tops engraved with the Hebrew word, שדי (shaday), written in scribe script (front), and the Hebrew letters [...] - bet - heh (reverse), and with three-beaded clappers for sound production. | |
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Medium | silver | |
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Script | Hebrew | |
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Language | Hebrew | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=1657 | |
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4709579688/ | |||
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Link to related content | https://soundcloud.com/magnes/68-79-1 |
