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Esther Scroll
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The scroll (megillah) of Esther is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example, from Baghdad, is hand painted, with an ornate design in which bands of flowers frame the text. It is rolled on a…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 1850

Subjects:

Crafts, Art, Holidays, Ritual object, Purim

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Folklore, Literature
Scroll featuring Hebrew text and floral motifs.
Esther
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It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the royal…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Diaspora, Women, Jewish identity, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Folklore
Relief with figures with hands bound standing next to larger figure along wall with relief of winged figure and Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian inscriptions.