Img. ID: 332936
The thirtieth - thirty-second columns of text (sheet no. 7) are decorated with an unfinished cut-out floral pattern.
Lenght of the sheets in the scroll: 1) 450 mm, 2) 655 mm, 3) 560 mm, 4) 580 mm, 5) 555 mm, 6) 590 mm, 7) 520 mm, 8) 570 mm.
Dimensions of the selected details in the scroll:
- text panel: 33x86 mm;
- spaces between the text columns: 25 mm;
- decorations in the upper margins: 14 mm;
- decorations in the lower margins: 24 mm;
- an average letter: 2 mm;
- letter ח in Es. 1:6: 4 mm;
- spaces between the lines of the text: 2-3 mm.
The roller: ca. 235 mm (height).
The first membrane is seriously damaged, especially the upper part of it which lacks a large fragment of it and it is repaired with a piece of parchment glued underneath.
At the end of the second sheet, there is a big stain.
The Book of Esther in Hebrew
The scroll is composed of 8 sheets containing 40 columns of the text with 8 lines except for col. 34 with 11 lines divided into two half-columns.
The text is inscribed in the Hebrew square Italian script in black ink on the flesh side of parchment membranes that are of a mid-thickness but stiff.
The number of the columns per membrane: sheet no. 1 - 4, no. 2 - 6, no. 3 - 5, no. 4 - 6, nos. 5-7 - 5, no. 8 - 4.
The letter ח (Es. 1:6) is marked by its size and form (contains two parts joined with a roof). The letter ת (Es. 9:29) is enlarged and bolded. Other enlarged and diminished letters are included in col. 34.
In col. 34, all names of Haman's sons are of the same width; similarly, as the repeating words ואת are written in a column of the same width. Neither the word ish nor עשרת are elongated.
The last column in the scroll is narrowing downwards.
The ruling was probably done in two ways: drawn with a pencil (vertical lines marking the text panels and possibly vertical lines in a part of the scrolls) and marked with a stylus (a part of the scroll, e.g. on sheet no. 5).
The first and second sheets are glued, whereas all others are stitched together.
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To the right edge of the first membrane, a long strip of red fabric is stitched.
Only a part of the scroll is decorated with cut-out designs. Some parts of the scroll are undecorated, on some other fragments, sketches in pencil are visible but the pattern is not cut out, whereas in some other cases only a part of the drawing is cut out. This suggests that the copying of the text was the first stage in the production of the megillah and its ornamentation was executed after it.
No bibliography on the scroll is available.