Wooden mezzuzah with scroll
InventarnummerM2008/066
TitelWooden mezzuzah with scroll
Herstellerunknown
BeschreibungWooden Mezzuzah with hand-written scroll (klaf) inside. It is cylindrical in shape and has remnants of red paint on the outside. There are two grooves around the top and bottom ends with a small hole drilled straight through the wood at each groove. It was found on the wharf in Amsterdam in 1943 by a non-Jewish man who cleaned and polished it and kept it safe until donating it to the Museum in 2008.
EntstehungsortNetherlands
Datum circa 1920
ObjektbezeichnungMezzuzah
Format
- case length: 85.00 mm
diameter: 10.00 mm
scroll height: 55.00 mm
width: 60.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Cornelius DeRidder

