Obj. ID: 15173
Sacred and Ritual Objects  Torah finials, 1916

The globular Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body and a head.## The shaft is cylindrical and tapering and is encircled by a ring in its bottom. The shaft is decorated by a net of rhombus bearing a flower. The shaft is surmounted by a globular capital decorated with diagonal lines.##The body is globular and is decorated symmetricaly by medalloins bearing the dedicatory inscription on a foliate background. A foliate runner encircles the borders of each half of the body. The end of each half is encircled by a band bearing hearts pattern and a circle of leaves. Eight rings are attached to the center of the body. Chains hang from the rings and are carrying flattened and slit drop-shaped bells.##The head is cylindrical, expanding, mounted over a wide ring and terminates with a dome. The head is decorated as the shaft, the wide ring by diagonal lines, and the dome of the head is decorted by floral motif.##The dedicatory inscription appears in the eight medallions, two words in each one. It is engraved in outline letters, and reads:##The upper part of the body: קודש ליי' % ביה!כנ ##רשת)=?( % שלושה ##ועשרים % אייר##ה'תרע!ו !Dedicated to the Lord % synagogue##(=?) % twenty##third % Iyar##5676=(25.5.1916)! ##The lower part of the body: אשת##חיל % בחורה ##נרגס % בת##המ!)המולא( % א שלמה##נ!ע)נוחו עדן( !A virtuous##woman % the girl##(=?) % daughter of##the Mullah(int.) % A. Solomon##may he rest in Eden(int.)!