Copper Scroll
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copper-scroll-172-12514439
title:
Copper Scroll
text:
The Copper Scroll (3Q15) is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in Cave 3 near Khirbet Qumran, but differs significantly from the others. Whereas the other scrolls are written on parchment or papyrus, this scroll is written on metal: copper mixed with about 1 percent tin, although no metallic copper remained in the strips; the action of the centuries had been to convert the metal into brittle oxide. The so-called 'scrolls' of copper were, in reality, two separated sections of what was originally a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
First-century CE treasure scroll from the Judean desert
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Scroll
date created:
2004-12-22T00:47:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T22:03:06Z
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