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These Torah finials from Cochin, India, were made around 1565. Elegant and simple, made from metal, their surfaces appear to be hammered, with one adorned with a Hebrew inscription. The earliest…
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Artist Unknown
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
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ca. 1565
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This Hanukkah Lamp from Poland is made from brass and would likely have been placed near the Torah ark in a synagogue. An engraved and cast eagle sits above a domed cupola, representing gratitude and…
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17th Century
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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
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Artist Unknown
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Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire
(Bolzano, Italy)
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1698/9
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Tobias Völsch
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg
(Hamburg, Germany)
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Late 17th Century
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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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17th Century
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17th Century
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1553
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Built in the seventeenth century, the Scuola Greca is a synagogue located in the area of the ghetto in which Jews were confined in 1622, in a neighborhood still known as “Evraiki” (Jews). It is the…
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Artist Unknown
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Corfu, Ottoman Empire
(Corfu, Greece)
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17th Century
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Achziv, Land of Israel
(Tel Achziv, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 8th–6th Century BCE
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The top register of this plaque from Hazor depicts a crouching winged sphinx wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The lower register shows two stylized three-tiered palmettes. The…
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB, first half of 8th century BCE