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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Feinblatt, Claudio, 1990

The wooden Torah case consists of a body and a crown.

The cylindrical body is covered with silver sheets decorated with foliate cartouches forming a rhomboid network each bearing a flower. The upper and lower borders are encircled by friezes bearing a dedicatory inscription. The body's upper border is surmounted by a lily-like crenellation.

The case is opened by two silver hook clasps. There are two pairs of hinges at the back. The inner face is covered with cotton ansd silk fabric waven in geometrical pattern. The onion-shaped crown consists of a main section, a crest and an apex.

The main section is covered with silver sheets, decorated with foliate cartouches each bearing a flower.

The undulating crest is mounted over the crown. The crest is decorated with strips of a foliate pattern alternating with plain strips. A wide ring bearing an oval pattern, encircles its centre. The crest is surmounted by a bud-shaped apex. Ten rings are fixed around the centre of the crest, carrying chains with slit, drop-shaped bells.

Two iron rimon mounts are fixed on the crown. Two gilded silver plaques bearing dedicatory inscription are attached to the crown inner face. The plaques are decorated with floral motif, and the inscription apears in arches. below them are two gilded silver strips of inscription chaised in filled letters and reads: "וזאת התורה אשר שם משה לפני##בני ישראל אלה העדת והחקים )דברים ד,מ"ד-מ"ה(" Deut. 4:44-45.

The dedicatory inscription on the body starts at the upper border. It is chaised in filled letters and reads from the front of the case: "תיק זה וס"ת)וספר תורה( שבו עשו אותו האחים היקרים## למנו')=למנוחת( אחותם הבתו')לה( טובה בת עזרא אשת סאלם נ"ע)=נוחו עדן("

"This case and the Torah Scroll (Int.) inside it is made by her dear brothers##for the repose of (Int.) their sister virgin Tova daughter of Ezra Asher Salam May she rest in Eden (Int.)

The inscription continues on the lower border, reading from the front: "על מנת בכל מקום שנירצו בעלי ס"ת)=ספר תורה( הנ"ל)=הנזכר למעלה( להוצי)א(##ולהניחוהו למקומת אחרים הרשב"י)=הרשות בידם( וביבכ"ח)=ובידי באי כוחם(" "For anywhere that the owners of this Torh would like to take##and put it in other places they and their attornys have the permission(Int.)"

The dedicatory inscription upon the inner face of the crown is written in filled letters, on six lines, and reads from the right: "וזאת## התורה אשר##שם משה לפנב')=לפני בני(##ישראל אלה החקי')ם(##והמשפטים והתו')רה(##אשר נתן ה' )דברים ד,מד-מה(" Deut. 4:44-45

Continues on the left side of the crown: 

Name/Title
Torah case | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Field documentation
Settings
Unknown
Date
1938
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Iraq
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Site
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School/Style
Unknown|
Period
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Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
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Material / Technique
Wood
Material Stucture
Silver and partially gilded silver plaques, cotton and silk fabric, beads
Material Decoration
Chaised, cast, stemped
Material Bonding
Nails, hinges, clasps
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
910 (Body) 450 (Crown)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
290 (Body) 261 (Crown)
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
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
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
P.F. | 8.1990
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
S140162