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Shofars

Scope note

Jewish ritual instruments dating from Biblical times, consisting of a natural ram's or ibex horn, traditionally with no mouthpiece but simply a hole bored in the narrow end of the horn.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042765

Equivalent Terms used

shofar

Created

13yrs ago

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