Name/Title

Torah reading plaque

Entry/Object ID

K_0671

Tags

storage

Description

Designed as Tablets of the Law, engraved with Ten Commandments surmounted with Stars of David. Above this, a three-petaled flower made from 18th-century Austo-Hungarian Maria Theresa Thaler silver coins. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on back: "Donated by Susana daughter of Kazali [of the] Hayyim Family".

Made/Created

Place

City

Amedi

* Untyped Place

Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

Continent

Asia

Region

Middle East

Notes

Date made: Early 20th century

Dimensions

Height

15 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Material

Silver, cut, soldered, and engraved