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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Bril, Yaacov, 1993

The ovoid silver rimon consists of a shaft, a body and an apex.The shaft is cylindrical and tapering upwards and it bears a ring on bottom. The body consists of two identical hemispherical parts attached together horizontally by two flattened rings adornated with geometrical patterns from which are hung six chains supporting acorn like bells. One rimon bears two dedicatory inscriptions within cartouches framed by dotted rims.Both inscriptions start with the words "A Golden Bell and a Pomegranate"(Ex.28:34), written in square filled letters and continue as follows:

"זה הרמון היקד")הקדישה(##מרים בת##דוד אשת##נינוח בבה"כ)בבית הכנסת(##של כריל##יע"א)יהי עימה אלוהים(" "פעמון##זהב##ורמון##ח"##לחודש##אדר שנת##תרנ"ה##לפ"ק"

"This Rimon (pomegranate) was dedicated by Miriam daugter of David, the wife of Ninoach to the synagogue of Kareli, may the Lord be with her." "The 8th of Adar the year(5) 755 (= 1895)"

The same Rimon bears four depictions of birds in different positions within cartouches framed by vegetal motifs. The second rimon has no inscriptions. Its decorations appear within six trapezoid frames each depicting a bird in a different position.The framing bands are decorated with dots. The apex of the second Rimon has a dotted circular base, while both of them stem out of an amphoric pattern and form a decorative lili opening upwards in a drop like shape.

Name/Title
Torah finials | Unknown
Object
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Date
1895
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Unknown (Unknown)
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Material / Technique
Silver##Structure:cut, raised, cast##Decoration: repousee, engraved, punched##Bondings:screwed, soldered.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Measurements
Height
350mm(overall), 200mm(shaft)
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Thickness
Diameter
75mm(overall), 22mm(shaft)
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Extant
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Ornamentation
Custom
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Codicology
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Hebrew Numeration
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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
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Hallmark
There are two halmarks which are stamped together or in singleness on the shaft's ring, on the shaft, on the lower and upper part of the body and on the apex.##1. The hallmark depicts the cyphers: '84' and coat of arms
within an elliptical frame. This was the city hallmark of Tiflis (Gruzyia) in the years 1887-1899.## cf. Postnikova - Losseva, p. 250, fig. 3609.
2. The hallmark depicts the cyrillic letters: 'CA'(SA). This is a hallmark of an unknown artist that worked in Tiflis and known after 1908.##cf. Postnikova- Losseva, p. 250, fig. 3641.
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History/Provenance
The finials were brought from Tiflis(private coll.?/Mus.?/Syn.?)
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
בית התפוצות, בארץ גיזת הזהב, עמ' 061, תמונה 061
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| Y.B. 1.1993
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