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11Q5

  • This scroll (a portion of the Great Psalms Scroll) is the earliest known copy of the book of Psalms and the most substantial, with 51 individual psalms.
  • Contains parts of 41 Biblical psalms, apocryphal psalms (including the Apostrophe to Zion) and prose about the psalms written by King David.
  • Palaeo-Hebrew script dating from 30 to 50 CE.
  • Each of the preserved columns contains fourteen to seventeen lines; it is clear that six to seven lines are lacking at the bottom of each column.

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