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

The ovoid gilded silver rimon consists of a shaft, a body and an apex. The cylindrical shaft tapers upwards and bears a ring on its bottom. The shaft is surmounted by an elongated capital composed of three sections. The lower section has the shape of a pear and is encircled by two decorative registers.Alternating crescents and dots on the concave part and foliate scrolls on the base. The central section has a compressed globular shape and is divided in two registers encircled by foliate scrolls decorations. The upper unit is plain and composed of a circlet with petals radiating from its centre. The sections are separated by rings.

The ovoid body is composed of two bowl shaped parts facing each other. A row of twelve rings, from which hang twelve chains with grooved bells, surrounds its centre. The lower part of the body is divided into three registers with foliate scrolls decorations which encircle the body. The upper part of the body bears six different depictions of birds within cartouches flanked by floral patterns. These are mounted over a band of foliate scrolls which encircles the body. The body terminates in a cut cone decorated with petals radiating downwards from the apex. The apex is in the shape of a hand in Cohanim's Benediction, in coordination with its pair, facing each other by the thumbs. Both hands bear the same dedicatory inscription in square linear letters which is read on one side of the hand and continued on the other, as follows:

"ש נכטכח נסים##יששכר ורחמים יצ"ו)ישמרהו צורו וגואלו)"

"...Nissim Issachar and Rachamim may his Rock and Redeemer protect him."

One Rimon shows a slight change on the dedicatory names. Instead of "Rachamim", there appears "Khachs"[?].

A dated inscription appears horizontally on both shafts, reading: "שנת תרנ"ג " "The year 653(1893)"

Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1893
Synagogue active dates
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
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Congregation
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Period
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Period Detail
Collection
Israel | Tel Aviv | Sc_009
| 2 (No.158)
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Gilded silver, brass##Structure:raised, cut, cast##Decoration:chased, punch, engraved##Bondings:screwed, soldered##Inscription:engraved
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
290mm(overall), 65mm(shaft)
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
65mm(overall), 25mm(shaft)
Weight
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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
none
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The finials were brought from Tiflis cprivate coll.?/Mus.?/Syn.?)
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
בית התפוצות,בארץ גיזת הזהב,עמ 851 תמונה 851
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Documenter
| Y.B. 1.1993
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Negative/Photo. No.