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Obj. ID: 14794
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  Torah finials, Iraq, 1883

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1989
The silver rimon consists of a shaft, a body and an apex. ##The tapering cylindrical shaft has a slant cut bottom encircled by a ring. Identical rings encircle the middle and the top of the shaft. A globular capital surmounts the shaft which bears a dedicatory inscription. The pear-shaped body has six rings attached to it, ;close to the top. Chains carrying slit drop shaped bells are from the rings. ##A bud-shaped apex surmounts the body. The dedicatory inscription is engraved on the shaft in linear letters, and reads vertically towards the bottom. ##The inscription on rimon A. reads: למנ!)=למנוחת( רחיל % בת דינה תבצ!)=תהי נשמתה צרורה?( % בה!)=בצרור החיים?( ש!)=שנת( התרמג !For the repose of (int.) Rahil the daughter of Dinah, may her soul be bound up in the bond of life, (int.)(?) the year (int.) 5643 (=1883)! The dedicatory inscription on rimon B. reads: למנ!)=למנוחת( רחיל בת רינה % תנצבה!)=תהי נשמתה צרורה בצרור החיים( ש!)=שנת( % התתרמג! !For the repose of (int.) Rahil the daughter of Rinah, may her soul be bound up in the bond of life (int.), the year (int.) 5643 (=1883).
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