Obj. ID: 15180
Sacred and Ritual Objects  Torah finials, Afghanistan, 1900-1950?

The flat tulip-like Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft and a body. ##A. The shaft is cylindrical and is decorated by winding striped of a foliate motif. The upper and bottom borders are encircled by foliate runners. The top of the shaft is surmounted by a globular capital and a floral disk, which are decorated by floral patterns and encircled by twelve chains carrying flattened and slit drop-shaped bells. B. The body has the shape of a tulip with trefoil at its top, and is decorated in both sides. The center of one side is depicted by a Star^of^David~ which bears the word: ציון Zion##Above the Star of David appears the inscription: כתר תורה Torah^Crown ##A band bearing an inscription encricles the almond-like center.It is engraved in outline letters and reads: וזאת התורה אשר שם משה לפני בני ישראל תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה קהלת יעקב This is the Torah which Moshe placed before the children of Israel The other side of the body bears a dedicatory inscription in its almond-like center.##The both sides' borders are decorated by foliate bands.##A floral design depicts the trefoil top. Fourteen flattened and slit drop-shaped bells hang along the edge of the body. Three identical bells hang from each of the external top leaves.##The dedicatory inscription is engraved in outline letters in seven horizontal lines and reads: קודש##לעלוי נשמת## הבחור שנפטר##בתוך שנת חופתו##שמעון בן מ!ו)מולה( אליאו##יצו)ישמרהו צורו ויחיהו( גול ת'נ'צ'ב'ה' ת