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Dead Sea Fragment

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By Jeff A. Benner


Description: A fragment of a Dead Sea Scroll located at the Oriental Institute in Chicago.

Era: Late Semitic Script

Image Credit: Peter Koutoupis

Date of Inscription: 50 BCE to 50 CE

Location of Discovery: Dead Sea Region, Cave IV at Wadi Qumran

Date of Discovery: ?

Current Location: University of Chicago, Oriental Institute, Chicago, Il.

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Leather

Transliteration: TBD

Translation: 1. ...your soul...
2. ...your [hear]t, and in the teach[ing]...
3. ...will [re]joice upon it and...
4. ...[with] humble heart beseech Him...
5. ...and haughtiness of eyes, uncircumcised heart...
6. ...haughtiness of heart and anger, anger...

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