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Obj. ID: 6300
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  Torah case, Lybia, 1896

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 30.5.1993

The ten-faceted wooden Torah case consists of a body and a coronet.

A pair of faceted annulets encircles the upper and lower borders of the body. ten knobs for the Torah case wrapper are set between the upper borders, one on each facet.

The case opens into two halves in the middle of the front facet, while the back facet is separated from the rest of the facets and connected to them by two pairs of hinges which are situated between the upper and lower borders.

A dedicatory inscription, is written on two panels that make an ogee arche, on either side of opening. The inscriptionis written inside two zig-zag aoutlined arches. each arch bears a title that reads: !זאת ## התורה! the dedicatory inscriptionis written in outlined letters over fifteen lines and reads from right to left:

!זכה וברה##מפנינים יקרה##ליהודים היתה אורה##אספקלריה מאירה##כשמש מאירה##ווי העמודים כשורה##אשר פעל##ועשה היקר##הר' )הרב( נסים סאסי##הי!ו )ה' יחיהו ויזכהו( נגמרה ##מלאכתו ביום##ששה עשר## לחדש אדר##שנת תרו!ן##לפרט קטן!!

The inner face is plain wood. Two rectangular partitions are set at the top and bottom of each half. The lower one has two rectangular hollow handholders while the apper one is decorated with eight round holes.

Two insert holes for the staves are at the top of the case.

The ten-faceted coronet tops the body. Each facet is composed of an openworked doubled lilis and a bud.

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