University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 76

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DS ID:

DS26036

Shelfmark:

CAJS Rar Ms 76

Title:

Samaritan Torah Scroll / ספר תורה שומרוני

Torah

Place:

Be-ʻir Shekhem

Date:

3052] le-moshav Bene Yiśraʼel Erets Kenaʻan [1913].

twentieth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Hebrew (Samaritan charachters; derived from the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet)

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Samaritan Hebrew WIKIDATA

Paleo-Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 roll (50 sheets) : paper ; 35 x 2210 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Solis-Cohen, Solomon, ǂd 1857-1948

Solomon Solis-Cohen WIKIDATA

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. roll.
Layout: Written in 148 columns of mostly 60 lines; three columns per sheet (with the exception of one sheet close to the beginning).
Script: Written in a Samaritan cursive script (typically of later hands), with some majuscule charachters, in the hand of Yaacob I ben Aaharon ben Shalma, 120th Samaritan High Priest (romanized Yaʻaḳov ben Aharon ben Shelomoh ha-Kohen).
Origin: Written in Nablus (Shekhem, also known as Sichem) in 1913.
Scroll unsupported; green paper copy of the colophon pasted to bottom of scroll at center.
Deposited by Dr. Solomon Solis Cohen to Dropsie College.

Keyword:

Samaritans

History

Twentieth century

Sources

Bible. Pentateuch

Samaritan Aramaic language

West Bank--Nablus

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924311513503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3f47h80v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania