Qumran Cave 11Q was discovered by Bedouin in 1956. In the cave, remains of around 30 Dead Sea Scrolls were found, a few of them in very good state of preservation (the Temple Scroll, the Psalm Scroll, the Paleo Leviticus Scroll, and the Targum Job Scroll). The cave was excavated by Roland de Vaux (Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise, Jerusalem) and Gerald L. Harding (Department of Antiquities of Jordan) in 1956; later by Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa) in 1988, and by Marcello Fidanzio and Dan Bahat (ISCAB FTL and Universita della Svizzera Italiana) in 2017. Due to Roland de Vaux's premature death, the archaeology of Cave 11Q has never been published. This volume presents the final report on the 1956, 1988 and 2017 excavations at Cave 11Q. Next to discussing the physical characteristics and stratigraphy of the cave and offering a full analysis of non-textual finds, the volume for the first time presents many tiny manuscript fragments found in storerooms during recent work. These fragments, most of which were collected during 1956 excavation, have not been known until now. The volume, therefore, offers the final report of Cave 11Q excavations as well as the editio princeps of the new fragments, followed by a reevaluation of the entire set of texts found in this famous cave.
Author(s): Jean-Baptiste Humbert, Marcello Fidanzio
Series: Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus. Series Archaeologica 8a
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: xxiv+288
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Table of contents
Body
Foreword --
Florentino García Martínez
Contributors
Abbreviations
Lists of Figures, Plates, and Tables
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Two. Appendix A
Chapter Two. Appendix B
Chapter Four
Chapter Four. Appendix A
Chapter Five A
Chapter Five B
Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight. Appendix
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
List of Plates
Chapter Three
Chapter Seven
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter Four
Chapter Five A
Chapter Five B Chapter Five B. AppendixChapter Six
Marcello Fidanzio: Introduction
Chapter One
Marcello Fidanzio (ed.): Archival Sources and First Publications on the Excavations of Cave 11Q
1. Archival Sources on Roland de Vaux's Excavation of Cave 11Q (1956)
1.1 Excavation Diary and Field Notes
1.2 Inventory
2. Preliminary Report and Other Published Texts
3. Report on Joseph Patrich's Excavations of Cave 11Q (1988, 1991)
4. Photographs
4.1 De Vaux's Album
4.2 Sabine Weiss
4.3 More Photographs in EBAF Archives
4.4 John Marco Allegro
Chapter Two Jean-Baptiste Humbert: La grotte 11Q: morphologie, investigation, mobilier et function1. Description de la grotte 11Q
2. Le déroulement de la fouille
3. Les différents mobiliers et leur contexte
4. Occupation et fonction
Appendix A
Gérard Massonnat: La grotte 11Q: cadre géologique
Appendix B
Marcello Fidanzio, Marco De Pietri, Alessandro Maifredi, and Benedetta Torrini: Notes from the 2017 Excavation of Cave 11Q
1. Entrance
2. Sediment
3. Stratigraphy
4. Current Stability Conditions of the Cave
5. The Upper Chamber
Chapter Three Jean-Baptiste Humbert, Marius Burdajewicz, and Frédéric Guyot: Description de la poterie recueillie dans la grotte 11Q1. La poterie romaine de la grotte 11Q
2. La poterie de l'époque du Fer
3. Le mobilier chalcolithique
Chapter Four
Naama Sukenik, Orit Shamir, Mireille Bélis, and Mauro Rottoli: Textiles and Strings from Cave 11Q
1. The Artefacts
2. Catalogue
Conclusions
Appendix A
Marcello Fidanzio and Naama Sukenik: Linen Textile Gr11Q75: A Scroll Wrapper from Cave 11Q
1. Description
2. Function
Appendix B Naama Sukenik, Alexander Varvak, Zohar Amar, and Iluz David: Analysis of the Blue Color from Textile Gr11Q31aChapter Five
Joan E. Taylor and Naama Sukenik: Organic Materials from Cave 11Q A. Leather, Basketry, Ropes, Wood and Seeds
1. Leather
2. Ties and Knots
3. Basketry and Ropes
4. Wood
5. Seeds and Stones
Conclusion
Joan E. Taylor: B. Gr11Q9/1 and 2
1. The Artefacts within the Cave Environment
2. Description of Artefacts
3. Radiocarbon Dating of Gr11Q9/1 and 2
4. The Nature of the Objects Gr11Q9/1 and 2
5. Related Artefact
Appendix
