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Img. ID: 197828

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 03.90
Object
Object Detail
Hallmark
Settings
Unknown
Date
1860s
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Location
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown| Tunisian, Leghorn
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Husseinite Dynasty under French Rule (1881-1956)
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
hammered (shaft), raised, cast (body, apex),
Material Decoration
chased, engraved, cast (implements)
Material Bonding
screwed, soldered, coupled
Material Inscription
engraved
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
370 mm (general), 130 mm (shaft)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
81 mm, 15 mm (shaft)
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
M | Menorah
S | Sanctuary | Sanctuary Implements
V | Vase
| seven-branched menorah
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
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
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
One hallmark is stamped on almost every part of the body:
1. Authority: quality
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program

The tower-shaped Torah finial is decorated on each of its facets with sanctuary implements.

Summary and Remarks

For similar finials see object 9700.

For similar finials, see: Sc.96-21, pp. XX. IJA 0003990 REM   L IJA Sc., Olei Luv Syn., T-a, card no.22 ##cf. IJA Sc.1718 It. Mus. On 23, 247/4 (tower shape) ##cf. IJA Sc.2169 It. Mus. ON 207, 247/12 (apex)##cf. IJA Sc.2965 It. Mus. ON 151, 247/17

Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Susan Fraiman | 03.90
Author of description
Ariella Amar | 08.11
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Ariella Amar | 08.11
Language Editor
Dvora Sax | 10.11
Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
S201477