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Obj. ID: 1199
Sacred and Ritual Objects
  Torah finials, Turkey, 1924

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1993

The silver finial consists of a shaft, a body, a head and an apex.

The tapering cylindrical shaft is encircled at the bottom and top by a ring. The shafts bear a dedicatory inscription in square filled linear letters which reads

On the first shaft:

"הקדש לק"ק )לקהל קדוש( בקו"ח )בקור חולים( יב"ץ )יראו בנחמת ציון( רש' יוסף מלינע"

"Dedicated to the holy congregation Bikur Holim ....................Joseph Melinah"

On the second shaft:

"הקדש מהאשה כ. איששרי"א חן ל' ה',ס'רא'##בן יצחק מלינע נפטר 8 סיון 4865 מ' ב' "

"Dedicated from the woman....................##son of Izac Melinah died in 8 of Sivan 5684 (1924)....."

A spheroid capital is mounted over the shaft, decorated with an openwork circular band composed of flowers in medallions.Four chains with rings are attached around the band.

The upside down conical-shaped body is composed of a body base and a cap, decorated with an openwork designs. The body base has concave edges and is decorated with a whorl of leaves design, enclosing lily flowers. It is topped by a dome-shaped cap which is decorated with flowers enclosed by medallions. Four chains with bells are attached to the cup`s edges.

The body is surmounted by a shaft encircled at its bottom by a ring.

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Torah finials | *Synagogue Objects | Torah finials
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