Obj. ID: 6608
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah finials, Israel, 1949-1990
The Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body,a head and an apex.
The shaft is a tapering cylinder, encircled by a ring at its bottom and a double ring at the top. It is surmounted by a globular capital. The shaft bears a dedicatory inscription.
The body has a pear shape. It is mounted over a bowl-shaped body base and is surmounted by an angular collar to which eight rings are attached. A chain carrying flattened and slit drop shaped bell is hung on each ring.##The body is decorated by petals radiating from its base,and three bands with different geometrical pattern. Four un-similar cartouches are decorated irregularity by a flower flanked by two birds and a floral motif.
The conical shaped head is decorated with two geometrical bands in its base and a petals radiating from the apex. A flat Star of David apex is mounted over a circlet, and bears the inscription: ציון !Zion! Two dedicatory inscriptions are read from the shaft base towards the body, in one of each Rimon: באבאי בן שלום Bahabai Ben Shlom
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