Copper Scroll

AntiquityHebrew
OriginQumran, Cave 3
Language or scriptHebrew
Holding institutionJordan Museum, Amman

Overview

A unique Dead Sea Scroll etched on thin copper sheets around 25 to 75 CE, listing 64 hiding places of gold, silver, and vessels, perhaps treasure of the Jerusalem Temple. Found in 1952, it had to be cut into strips to be opened. No cache it describes has ever been found.

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