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These gilt-silver finials—which bear the Hebrew calendar year of 5502 (1742)—are considered the earliest dated finials from Iraq. On top of each finial is a miniature ḥamsa, a charm in the shape of a…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Iraq)

Date:

1742

Subjects:

Ritual object, Synagogue, Baghdadi, Sephardi

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Two finials engraved with designs and Hebrew inscription, with chains hanging down from bottom and hand-shaped sculpture on top.