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Img. ID: 47549

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown,

The Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body,a head and an apex.

The shaft is a tapering cylinder, encircled by a ring at its bottom and a double ring at the top. It is surmounted by a globular capital. The shaft bears a dedicatory inscription.

The body has a pear shape. It is mounted over a bowl-shaped body base and is surmounted by an angular collar to which eight rings are attached. A chain carrying flattened and slit drop shaped bell is hung on each ring.##The body is decorated by petals radiating from its base,and three bands with different geometrical pattern. Four un-similar cartouches are decorated irregularity by a flower flanked by two birds and a floral motif.

The conical shaped head is decorated with two geometrical bands in its base and a petals radiating from the apex. A flat Star of David apex is mounted over a circlet, and bears the inscription: ציון !Zion! Two dedicatory inscriptions are read from the shaft base towards the body, in one of each Rimon: באבאי בן שלום Bahabai Ben Shlom

Name/Title
Torah finials | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Field documentation
Settings
Unknown
Date
1949-1990
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
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Unknown
Community type
Congregation
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Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
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Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Colors
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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
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
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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
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Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
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Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Negative/Photo. No.
S115108