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Obj. ID: 11390
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   Limoni, Tbilisi, 1875-1899?

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Bril, Yaacov, 27.1.93
The tower shape silver rimon consists of a shaft, a body and an apex.The cylindrical shaft tapers upwards and bears a ring on its bottom. The tower shape body is composed of six rectangular facets and a dome.Each facet is decorated with a trefoil arch and bears an inscription.All the inscriptions start with the verse: !פעמון זהב ורמון!)שמות כ!ח:3( !A Golden Bell and a Pomegranate! (Ex.28:3)##Reading from top to bottom in five lines they include a dedicatory inscription and different verses from Deut. and Ps., as follows: !לקדושת ה!ח)החברה?(##באלקיז בת##בבא ואמה##גוותיח אישה##פינחס נ רחמים! !Dedicated to Balkiz(?)daughter of ...Pinchas Rachamim.! !כי שם יי אקרא##הבו גדל לאלהינו##הכל תנו עז##לאלהים ותנו##כבוד לתורה!)דברים לב ג;תהילים ס!ח ל!ה( (Deut.32:3;Ps.68:35). !וזאת התורה##אשר שם משה##לפני בני ישראל##תורה צוה לנו משה##מורשה קהלת יעקב!)דברים ד מד;ל!ג ד'(. (Deut.4:44;33:4). !תורת יהוה##תמימה משיבת##נפש עדות##יהוה נאמנה##מחכימת פתי!)תהילים יט ח( (Ps.19:8) !פקודי יהוה##ישרים משמחי##לב מצות יהוה##ברה מאירת##עינים יהוה עז!)תהילים יט ט( (Ps.19:9) !לעמו יתן יהוה##יברך את עמו##בשלום האל##תמים דרכו אס##יוי צמה להו!)תהילים כ!ט:11;י!ח:13 ( (Ps.29:11;18:31)##The lower and upper parts of the body bear a band decorated with stems set horizontally. The body bears two rows of loops for hanging bells:the lower bells hang between the archs and the upper from the centre of each band.They consist of a chain, a pendant, made out of a ring and an acorn-like bell. The body ends in a dome roof decorated with stems in different positions and alternating vertical bands, which continue the faceted body, decorated with triangles and dots. The apex consists of an openworked acorn-like flat bud which stems from a hemispherical base and is surmounted by a rosette[an eight spouted star?].
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late 19th century
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