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Manuscript

Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls

scroll
Date
c. 600 BCE
Material
Silver
Provenance
Ketef Hinnom, Jerusalem
Contents
Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24–26)
Notes
Oldest known biblical text of any kind.

Significance

The earliest surviving fragment of biblical text, predating the Dead Sea Scrolls by four centuries.

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