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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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