4Q41 [SEP] material used
the scroll, as can be seen from the sewn edges on either side. The second sheet contains three complete and two damaged columns. The scroll was prepared with horizontal and vertical lines, as well as ink dots to mark the beginning of lines. The exceptionally well-preserved parchment used for 4Q41 is quite small compared to other Qumran scrolls.
Date and script.
The manuscript is dated on paleographic grounds to the early Herodian period, between 30 and 1 BC. Its script is unusually tiny and the letters waw
4Q41
4Q41 or 4QDeuteronomy (often abbreviated 4QDeut or 4QDt), also known as the All Souls Deuteronomy is a Hebrew Bible manuscript from the first century BC containing two passages from the Book of Deuteronomy. Discovered in 1952 in a cave at Qumran, near the Dead Sea, it preserves the oldest existing copy of the Ten Commandments.
Discovery.
The scroll was found in the fourth Qumran cave, which was discovered by Ta’amireh bedouin in August 1952. It was later purchased for "several thousand dollars" on the