Name/Title
Plaque with hymn for PurimEntry/Object ID
K_0534Tags
art around buildingDescription
See file for complete Sotheby's description. Tenu Shirah (hymn for the Purim Holiday). Recited before the reading of the Esther scroll, authored poet Japheth Benaiah. Tenu Shira derived from opening words of the first stanza: "Give song and chant, O treasured people, to God supernal, and read the scroll.
From auction listing:
This highly decorative plaque was produced for a member of the ancient Jewish community of Kurdistan, a geo-cultural region covering parts of Iran, northern Iraq, Syria, and eastern Turkey. On the holiday of Purim, before the reading of the Esther scroll, members of the Iranian Kurdish Jewish community recited a special pizmon (liturgical hymn) authored by the poet Japeth Beniah. The title of the hymn, Tenu shirah, is derived from the opening words of the first stanza: "Give song and chant, O treasures people,/to God supernal, and read the scroll." The vast majority of Jews left Kurdistan in 1950-1951, immigrating to Israel.Made/Created
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Iranian KurdistanCountry
IranContinent
AsiaRegion
Middle EastNotes
Date made: Early 20th centuryMaterial
Ink and gouache on paper