Obj. ID: 9738
Sacred and Ritual Torah case wrapper, Tunisia or Libya, 1931
The rectangular Torah case wrapper is divided horizontally into three sections. The narrow central section is blue and has an arch. It bears the Tables of Covenant with the beginning of the Decalogue. It is surmounted by a dedicatory inscription and mounted over the date inscription. The inscriptions are embroidered in filled and square letters in horizontal lines and read:
Above, in Hebrew:
Translation: Servant of the Lord Mkikets son of Maatuk Hadad and his son Mahluf, may the Lord sustain and protect him.
Bellow:
שנת תרצא
Translation: The year (5)691 (1931).!
Each of the two wider side sections is green and depicts a vase with a foliate pattern flanked by two branches forming oval medallions.
Two narrow bands divide the cloth and a wider band frames the cloth. The bands are brocading with repeating alternating crescent, five-point star (pentacle), and hamsa motives. Six loops are sewn to the wrapper's upper border. A narrow band with silver fringe surrounds the bottom half of the cloth.
