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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 11.2.1992

Black trefoil king, represented by gray-bearded, Ahasuerus, from the waist up, with his mirror image below, in a playing card- like manner. He is holding a red nargilah in his left hand. The nargilah is connected to a golden cup, held by the opposite hand of the mirror image. He is wearing a green patterned purple robe and fitting turban. Along the upper right corner is written, in Hebrew block, black letters: אחשורוש Along the lower left corner is written in Latine, block black letters: Ahasuerus

Name/Title
Raban, Playing Cards | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1920-1930
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Historical Origin
Unknown
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Period
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown | Isr. J-m., R. Doron
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Print on laminated paper
Material Stucture
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Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Height
8.8 cm (7)
Length
Width
6.3 cm (4.5)
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Textual Content
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Shape / Form
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Colophon
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Summary and Remarks
The IJA. nombers Ma.1032, belong to the same playing cards series. Compare also to: Ma.1013, 1007, 1008, 1011, 1010.
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Raban Remembered - Jerusalem's Forgotten Master - Yeshiva University Museum, NY, 1982
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Type
Reproduction
Documenter
| N.S.D. 2.1992, D.P. 10.1994
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Computer Reconstruction
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