Obj. ID: 23319
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah finials, Afghanistan
The globular Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body, and a head.
The cylindrical tapering shaft is decorated with winding strips of geometrical pattern. Bands of floral pattern encircle the top and bottom of the shaft. The shaft is surmounted by a globular capital decorated with a floral pattern. Six chains hang from the centre of the capital and carry flattened drop-shaped bells.
The globulr body is decorated on its bottom with a circle of leaves and is encircled by chains carrying flattened drop-shaped bells. The lower part of the body is decorated by floral and foliate patterns. Two bands encircle the centre of the body. The lower one bears a wavy line and the upper one a dedicatory inscription. The upper part of the body is decorated by diagonal bands of floral and foliate patterns. Chains hang from the centre of the body and carry flattened drop-shaped bells. The vase-shaped head is mounted over a floral disk. The vase is surmounted by a crescent-shaped seven^branched^menorah that bears an inscription: מנורה !Menorah!
The dedicatory inscription in linear letters reads:
לעילוי נשמת אחותי יוכבד בת מו )מולא( יוסף נע )נשמתו עדן( שנפטר ליום גשק )ג' שבת קודש( י!ז אלול תשכח לארץ ישראל תנצבה !
For the exaltaltion of the soul of my sister Yokheved daughter of Mullah (int.) Joseph, may his soul rest in Eden (int.), who passed away on Tuseday 17 in Elul (5)728=(10.9.1968) to Eretz Israel... ...May her soul be bound up in the bond of life!