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Torah Reading Plaque – Tablets of the Law – Iraqi Kurdistan – Hayyim Family
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Torah Reading Plaque – Tablets of the Law – Iraqi Kurdistan – Hayyim Family
Torah reading plaque. Iraqi Kurdistan, (Amadiya [Amedi]?), [first decades of 20th century].
Silver, cut, soldered, and engraved.
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 Austro-Hungarian Maria Theresa Thaler silver coins. Engraved Hebrew dedicatory inscription on back: "Donated by Susana daughter of Kazali [of the] Hayyim Family".
Length: 15 cm. Width: 9.5 cm.
Reference: Jews of Kurdistan: Lifestyle, Tradition, and Art, pp. 254-55.
