SCRIBAL PRACTICES AND APPROACHE S ... - Emanuel Tov

42 Chapter 3: Writing and Writing Materials
Qumran 131 (138) 121 (128) 92 10 8
Nar 3+ 0 0 3+ 100
Wadi Ghweir 1 0 0 1 100
Murabba>at 101+ 5 5 96+ 95
Sdeir 1 0 0 1 100
H≥ever/Seiyal 166+ 0 0 166+ 100
Mishmar 3 0 0 3 100
S≥eat and Masada,
where they form a small minority.
TABLE 2 compares the papyrus texts with the leather texts found at these sites:
TABLE 2: Comparison of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and Nabatean-Aramaic Papyri and Leather Texts from
the Judean Desert (Listed from North to South)
Site Total Papyri and
Leather Texts
Papyri Leather Texts
No. Percentage
of Total
No. Percentage
of Total
Jericho 23+ 23+ 100 0 0
Qumran 930 131 (138) 14.0 800 86
Nar 3+ 3+ 100 0 0
Wadi Ghweir 1 1 100 0 0
Murabba>at 151+ 101+ 67 50 33
Sdeir 4 1 25 3 75
H≥ever/Seiyal 179 166+ 93 13 7
Mishmar 3 3 100 0 0
S≥e