Obj. ID: 23320
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah finials, Afghanistan, 1969
The globular Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body, and a head.
The shaft is a tapering cylinder decorated by winding strips of geometrical and foliate patterns. Bands of foliate pattern encircle the upper and lower borders of the shaft. The shaft is surmounted by a globular capital decorated by a foliate pattern. Chains hang from the centre of the capital carry flattened drop-shaped bells.
The body has a globular shape. Its bottom is decorated with a leaf circlet bearing geometrical pattern. Chains carrying flattened drop-shaped bells encircle the body's base. Paisley leaves and Stars^of^David cover the lower part of the body. Three bands encircle the body's centre. The lower band has a foliate pattern; the middle one, a wavy line; and the upper one bears a dedicatory inscription.
The upper part of the body is decorated by diagonal bands of geometrical and floral patterns. Chains encircle the centre of the body and carry flattened drop-shaped bells.
The head has the shape of a crescent and surmounted by a Star^of^David bearing an inscription:
כי מציון##תצא תורה !
For out of Zion##shall go forth the law (Is. 2:3)!
The dedicatory inscription in outline letters appears against a dotted background and reads:
לעילוי נשמת הבחור צ!ה!ל משה בר )בן רבי( בנימין נאשי שנהרג ליל ד! ש!ק )שבת קודש( כ!ח אב תשכט רתנ !
To the exaltation of the soul of the youth Z.H.L. Moses son of Rabbi (int.) Benjamin Nashi who was killed the eve of Wednesday 28 in Av (5)729=(11.8.1969)!