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The Book of Esther is inscribed in concentric circles, in a cursive Hebrew script. In the center, in the straight lines, the benedictions recited before the Megillah reading are penned.
| inv. 2014.01.010
The text of the Book of Esther is inscribed in a cursive Hebrew script in the concentric circles. The letters are 1-2 mm heigh but not all of them are of the same size; the smallest are the letters in the outermost circle. Also, the thickness of the letters' components is very differentiated; some of them are very thin, while others are very thick. Some letters are combined together.
The benedictions are inscribed in the center, in the straight lines and not in the circles. The diameter of the circle is ca. 65 mm. The size of the letters is very differentiated. The Tetragrammaton is abbreviated as 'ד.
In the text of the Book of Esther, the numbers of chapters in Arabic numerals are inscribed.
The Museum stores another Book of Esther written in circles - Inv. D.01.004. Three other exemplars penned in circles are stored in an Israeli collection.