4Q120
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The manuscript 4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLevb; AT22; VH 46; Rahlfs 802; LDAB 3452) is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus written on papyrus, found at Qumran. The Rahlfs-No. is 802. Paleographically it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
Key facts
- Manuscript.name
- 4Q120
- Manuscript.location
- Rockefeller Archeological Museum
- Manuscript.image
- File:4Q120 frg20.jpg
- Manuscript.caption
- 4Q120, fragment 20, 1st-century BCE, showing portions of verses 26 through 28 of Leviticus 4
- Manuscript.Also known as
- pap4QLXXLevb
- Manuscript.Type
- Scroll, Septuagint manuscript
- Manuscript.Date
- 1st-century BCE (Hasmonean period)
- Manuscript.Language(s)
- Koine Greek
- Manuscript.Scribe(s)
- Professional scribe
- Manuscript.Author(s)
- Unknown
- Manuscript.Material
- Papyrus
- Manuscript.Format
- Parchment on scroll
- Manuscript.Condition
- Too fragmented
- Manuscript.Script
- Uncial, scripto continua
- Manuscript.Contents
- Book of Leviticus
- Manuscript.Exemplar(s)
- Septuagint
- Manuscript.Previously kept
- Palestine Archaeological Museum
- Manuscript.Discovered
- Cave No. 4 Nahal Hever
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- Version
- God's name ΙΑŌ
- Greek text
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The manuscript 4Q120 (also pap4QLXXLevb; AT22; VH 46; Rahlfs 802; LDAB 3452) is a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) of the biblical Book of Leviticus written on papyrus, found at Qumran. The Rahlfs-No. is 802. Paleographically it dates from the first century BCE. Currently the manuscript is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
== History ==
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