Top Die
Teetotum
Dreidel
71-18-2
From: United States of America (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Historic
| Object Number | 71-18-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | United States of America (uncertain) |
| Section | Historic |
| Materials | Plastic |
| Inscription Language | Hebrew Language |
| Description | Pink plastic. 4-faced successive faces bear Hebrew characters as with 71-18-1 ["Heh", "Gimel", "Mun" "Schin". Corresponding to these characters are inscriptions: "Nes" "Hiya" "Godol" "Shahm" = "A miracle has happened there." CORRIGENDUM: order of words is "Nes godol haya shahm"] The interpretation of the script (presumably upon the appearance of Hanukkah lights) shuld be discounted - the device is for random decision, not a religious symbol. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Smithsonian Institution, 1971 |
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