Cups used by the circumciser during the circumcision ceremony.
Translations
Hebrewכוסות לטקס ברית מילה
GermanBecher für die Beschneidungszeremonie
RussianБокалы для церемонии обрезания
FrenchCoupes pour la cérémonie de la circoncision
DutchBesnijdenisbekers
ItalianBicchieri per il rito della circoncisione
CzechPoháry k obřízce
HungarianKörülmetélési serlegek
SpanishCopas para la ceremonia de circuncisión
GreekΚύπελλα για την τελετή της περιτομής
PolishKubki na ceremonię obrzezania
Arabicأكواب خاصة لمراسم الختان
Yiddishברית־מילה בעכער
LadinoKopas de biri
Image information
Strasbourg, Alsace, third quarter of the 18th century. Silver. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France, depot from the Consistoire Israélite de la Moselle. Photo: mahj / Niels Forg
Made in Augsburg, Germany, used in Lengnau, Switzerland, ca. 1750. Silver chased, partially gilded and chiselled, H: 11 cm D: 5 cm. Inscriptions: Augsburg 1749-1751, Maker’s mark: JB (probably Johann Becker). Jewish Museum of Switzerland, Basel, deposit from the Museum der Kulturen Basel. Photo: Dieter Hofer
