Name/Title

Torah reading plaque

Entry/Object ID

K_0672

Tags

storage

Description

Designed as Tablets of the Law, engraved with Ten Commandments, and surmounted with ornaments in silver thread and granulation with suspension hole. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on back: "This plaque is dedicated to the synagogue by Hananiyah son of Varda, 5699 [1939]...".

Made/Created

Date made

1939

Place

City

Amedi

* Untyped Place

Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

Continent

Asia

Region

Middle East

Dimensions

Height

13 cm

Width

9 cm

Material

Silver, cut, soldered, and engraved