Israel-06029 - Scriptorium
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The Scriptorium is the large room (above), the Dead Sea Scrolls could have been written here. In this room plastered mud brick benches and tables were discovered along with three ceramic and metal inkwells indicating that the scribes who copied the scrolls sat here when the Roman army approached Qumran in 68 A.D. The scribes placed the scrolls in clay jars and hid them in the caves of the cliffs in the area.
Qumran is an archaeological site extending over an area of 100 x 80 meters (320 x 263 ft), in the West Bank and is a National Park. It is located on a dry plateau about 1.5 kilometers (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The Hellenistic period settlement was constructed around 134-104 B.C., and was occupied most of the time until it was destroyed by the Romans in 68 A.D. approximately. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, in the sheer cliff caves. The principal excavations at Qumran were conducted by Roland de Vaux in 951-56, though several later excavations at the site have since been carried out.
Israel-06029 - Scriptorium
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The Scriptorium is the large room (above), the Dead Sea Scrolls could have been written here. In this room plastered mud brick benches and tables were discovered along with three ceramic and metal inkwells indicating that the scribes who copied the scrolls sat here when the Roman army approached Qumran in 68 A.D. The scribes placed the scrolls in clay jars and hid them in the caves of the cliffs in the area.
Qumran is an archaeological site extending over an area of 100 x 80 meters (320 x 263 ft), in the West Bank and is a National Park. It is located on a dry plateau about 1.5 kilometers (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The Hellenistic period settlement was constructed around 134-104 B.C., and was occupied most of the time until it was destroyed by the Romans in 68 A.D. approximately. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, in the sheer cliff caves. The principal excavations at Qumran were conducted by Roland de Vaux in 951-56, though several later excavations at the site have since been carried out.