Important Judaica
Important Judaica
Lot Closed
June 16, 06:25 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An Iraqi Silver-Mounted Wood Torah Case, 1917
of typical cylindrical form, inscribed on outer sections with Hebrew presentation inscriptions, the inner panels with further Hebrew text and dated (equivalent to) 1917
Height 35 1/2 in.
90 cm
Sotheby's New York, 13 December 2006, lot 76
The inscriptions to the interior read: “‘This is the Torah that Moses set’ [Deut. 4:44]. This tik and the Torah scroll inside it are in memory of the departed Lulu bat Farha, may she abide in Eden, wife of Elijah Sassoon Shinnakha. She died Thursday, 13 Nisan 5677 [April 5, 1917].” / “When Moses charged us with the Torah as the heritage of the congregation of Jacob” [Deut. 33:4].
The inscriptions to the exterior read: “This tik and the Torah scroll inside it are in memory of the departed Lulu bat Farha, may she abide in Eden, wife of Elijah Sassoon Shinnakha. May her soul be bound up in the Bond of Life.” / “[Given] on condition that anywhere the owners of the Torah scroll want to transport and deposit it, permission is granted…”