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Img. ID: 203622

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1984
Name/Title
Tik | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1875-1900
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
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Congregation
Unknown
Location
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
sawed, carved, lathed (knobs)
Material Decoration
carved
Material Bonding
nailed, hinged, glued
Material Inscription
ink on parchment
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
860 mm (general), 700 mm (body), 160 mm (coronet)
Length
Width
360 mm (body), 100 mm (facet)
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Intact
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
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks

Sassy Maimon was the Great Rabbi and Rabbinical Judge (Dayan) in Gabes in the middle of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. He is mentioned thus in the book Shalom David, composed by David Ha-Cohen in Tunis in 1909 (p. 4; fig. 3); Maimon's son donated another Torah case in 1894 (Sc. ???).

Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The case and the Torah scroll were dedicated to one of the synagogues in Gabes, in southern Tunisia, and were transferred to Israel by Tunisian Jews who immigrated to Israel in the 1950s.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Yemimah Leben | 01.84
Author of description
Ariella Amar | 03.11
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Ariella Amar | 03.11
Language Editor
Dvora Sax | 10.11
Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
S202589