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The megillah is stored in a cardboard tube which is decorated with an illustration of Queen Esther sitting on a throne while two men bow at her feet. Below them, there is a Hebrew inscription bearing the name of the artist - Zvi Malabenchik - and noting that the scroll was issued by the Sinai Tel Aviv Publishing house in 1971.
The scroll is preserved in very good condition.
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
The printed text in the scroll does not feature the scribal practices of hand-written Esther scrolls.
Each column starts with a large decorated word. Additionally, there are some words printed in larger letters than the rest of the text.
The paper sheets of the scroll are glued together.
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Another number of the scroll: 2001/0551/01, 02.
Some examples of megillat Esther illustrated with the same drawings by Zvi Livni (Malabenchik) but in a form of a Leporello book are extant too. For another copy sharing the same ornamentation see "Related objects".
The illustration depicting the triumph of Mordecai (Es. 6:11) is not represented in the images of this scroll in the Index, but it is in the scroll; for this illustration in another copy see ID 33782.
The images of the scroll are available on https://collections.jewishmuseum.cz/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/221890 (accessed on 12.11.2020).