Obj. ID: 532
Sacred and Ritual Objects Torah finials, Eretz Israel, 20th century
The rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body and an apex.
The shaft is tapering cylindrical and its bottom encircled by a ring. The shaft is surmounted by a glubolar capital. It is decorated with three rings encircled its top, centre and bottom. ## The body has a glubolar shape. Eleven rings are attached to the centre of the body. A chain carrying a glubolar bell is hung on each ring. Two bands encircled the centre of the rimon bears a dedicatory inscription. A floral motif decorates the upper and lower bands. A bud-shaped apex is mounted over the body. Four rings are attached to the lower section of the apex. A chain carrying a glubolar bell is hung on each ring. The dedicatiry inscription in outline letters reads:
" זה הרמנים הקדישו אתם קודש לה' לא ימכ)ר( / פעמן ורמן פעמן ורמן על שולי המעיל סביב" )שמות כ"ח,ל"ד(
"Those Rimonim was dedicated to the Lord not to sale / A bell and a pomegranate a bell and a pomegranate upon the robe round about" (Ex.28;34)