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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Moroccan
Title:Yad; Torah pointer
Date Made:1891
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Parcel-gilt silver
Place Made:Africa; Morocco
Measurements:Overall: 10 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 27 cm x 2.9 cm x 1.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2019.1.1
Credit Line:Purchase with funds from Shelley N. Weiner Sheinkopf (Class of 1968)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Inscription: "למנוחת היקר הנכבד וחשוב מטה / ע׳׳ו מקל תפארה העלוב קצר ימים כה׳׳ר / אברהם אביקציץ כרי׳׳ץ נ׳׳ע נלב׳׳ע בה׳ / בש׳ כ׳׳ה לחדש אדר א׳ שנת תרנ׳׳א / תנצב׳׳ה"

"In memory of the dear, honorable, esteemed one, the strong rod, the lordly staff, the modest, short-lived Abraham Abecassis, may he repose in Eden. He went to his eternal rest on Thursday, 25 Adar I [5]651 [March 5, 1891]. May his soul be bound up in the bond of life."

Tags:
Judaism; anthropomorphic; biblical; text; Jewish; engravings

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