Obj. ID: 19248
Sacred and Ritual Objects  Torah finials, Afghanistan, 1977

The globular Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body, and a head.

A. The shaft is cylindrical and is tapering. It is decorated by a net of rhombus bearing a flower. The upper and lower borders are encircled by an arch motif. The shaft is surmounted by a globular capital which is decorated by a floral motif in geometrical borders. Six rings are fixed around the capital and carry chains with drop-shaped bells. A round disk is mounted over the capital and is decorated by a branch.

B. The body has a globular shape and is decorated symmetrically at its lower and upper parts. The two ends of the body are decorated by circles of leaves. The main parts are decorated by a net of cartouches bearing a flower. The center of the body is encircled by three bands: the two extreme ones bear a branch with flowers, and the central one bears the dedicatory inscription. Six rings are fixed around the bottom of the body and twenty-seven rings are around the center of the body. The rings are carrying chains with drop-shaped bells.

C. The head is in the shape of a floral disk. The disk is carrying eight chains with drop-shaped bells.## The dedicatory inscription is engraved in outline letters and reads: קדש לעלוי נשמת האישה מרת שרה בת המ!ו)המולא( יהודה בצל שנפטרה ג!ש)ג' בשבוע( עשרים בשבט תשל!ז תנ!צ !Dedicated for the exaltation of the soul of the woman Mrs. Sarah, daughter of the Mullah(int.) Yehudah Bazal, who passed away on Tuesday, twenties of Tevet, (5)737 (1937), may her soul be bound up in the bond of life(int.).!