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Schriftrolle

scroll

noun SHRIFT-ro-le Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Usage Note

Schriftrolle is a scroll — a rolled manuscript, as used in antiquity and in Judaism (the Torah scroll, Torarolle). The famous Dead Sea finds are the Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer.

Examples

"Im Museum ist eine originalgetreue Kopie einer antiken Schriftrolle ausgestellt."

Natural Translation

The museum displays a faithful replica of an ancient scroll.

Literal Translation

In the museum is a faithful copy of an ancient scroll exhibited.

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