| OBJ | Torah finials, Greece, Ioannina, Beginning of the 20th c., JMG- 64 (81.102.2) |
Category: Ritual object |
Overview Document |
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Subject
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Ornamentation
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Custom
Torah finials
Material & Technique
Copper
Structure: raised (body), hammered (shaft)
Decoration: sawed, folded
Bonding: soldered, folded
Measurements
Height: 340 mm (general), 190 mm (shaft)
Diameter: 113 mm (general), 29 mm (shaft)
Hallmark
None
Decoration Program
Not relevant
Description
The globular Torah finial consists of a shaft, a body and an apex.
The cylindrical tapering shaft is supported by a round raised base. The globular body is divided by a narrow strip into two compressed hemispheres, from which were hung chains carrying bells (see: Condition). Two open-work coronets adorn the finial on top and bottom. The finial terminates with an undulating conical apex.
History/Provenance
The Torah finials were donated to the Jewish Museum of Greece by the Jewish community of Ioannina on 24.03.81.
Condition
The finials are in bad condition. They are crooked and partly broken. The chains and the bells are missing.
Remarks
The finial resembles the structure and general shape of another pair of finials originating in Ioannina. Cf. Sc. 526 – 66 (inv. no. 81.104). This pair also bears resemblance to the general shape of finials, documented in the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw (Muzeum zydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego W Polsce Sc. - 13; fig. 1). The finials are part of a collection of ritual objects that were brought by the Jews from Saloniki and Ioannina to Auschwitz. After the war, part of this collection was transferred to the Jewish Institute. 
Fig. 1. Torah finials, Greece, Saloniki, 20th century, Sc.-13
Bibliography
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| Type: | Original | |
| Photographer: | Date: | Negative no.: |
| Zev Radovan | 04.02 | 1012-21 |
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| Function: | Name: | Date: |
| Documenter | Irina Chernetsky | 04.02 |
| Researcher | Ariella Amar | 10.06 |
| Section Head | Ariella Amar | 02.07 |
| Editor | Judith Cardozo | 05.07 |
| IJA No.: | Not relevant |
