Astronomical Enoch · Qumran witness · 4Q208 · 4Q Enastrᵃ · plate 814
The IAA image record links plate 814 with the 4Q208 witness.
Record reviewed 2026-11-09 ·
- Catalogue reference
- 4Q208 · 4Q Enastrᵃ · plate 814
- Institution / route
- Israel Antiquities Authority · image catalogue
- Region / collection context
- Judaean Desert
- Language
- Aramaic
- Physical form
- Scroll fragments
- Translation evidence
- Selected English excerpt located
- Access route
- Public archive route
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What the record covers
The image identifier B-371434 is a plate record. Its listed fragment image identifiers are not automatically the fragment numbers used in an edition.
Edition and translation
Jacobus 2019 accepted PDF pp. 11–12, adapting Drawnel 2011 pp. 102–104. Selected edition fragment 15; damaged days admit two placements.
The open research question
Map edition fragment 15 and the DSS-13 sample to photographs; retain the dated calibration method and competing day assignments.
Image and publication rights
Institution-hosted reading route. No image redistribution or new translation licence recorded for Babylon.
Dates and historical context
186–92 BCE · reported 1995 2σ calibration
Material evidence. DSS-13 / AA-13245, 2095 ± 20 BP. Historical calibration, not a fresh estimate; dates parchment rather than writing or composition.
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