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Caves and Contents (Cave 9)

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Caves and Contents

 

Cave 9

Caves 7, 8, 9 and 10 were discovered near the site of Qumran between February and April 1955. Cave 9 contained only a papyrus fragment.

Contents found in Cave 9:
9Q1: unclassified fragments

 

Sources

Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York: Penguin Press, 1997.

Schiffman, Lawrence and VanderKam, James. The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

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