SCRIBAL PRACTICES AND APPROACHE S ... - Emanuel Tov

62 Chapter 4: Technical Aspects of Scroll Writing
4QIndividual Thanksgiving A (4Q441)
4QNarrative C (4Q462)
4QapocrLam B (4Q501)
4QDibHam a (4Q504)
5QCommunity Rule (5Q11)
11QapocrPs (11Q11)
11QT a (11Q19)
11QT b (11Q20; frgs. 2 [col. I]; 8 [col. IV]; 13 [col. VII]; 28 [col. XIV])
TABLE 7 summarizes the position of guide dots in the manuscripts. In this table, texts that
presumably were written in the Qumran scribal practice are printed in boldface.
TABLE 7: The Position of Guide Dots/Strokes in the Judean Desert Scrolls
Name Position Strokes 116 Distance from Edge
of Text (cm)
BIBLICAL TEXTS
Position Relative to Letters
in Text and Dis-tance from
Edge of Sheets
1QDeut a left 0.5 level with top of letters
2QpaleoLev left diagonal 0.0–0.2 0.2 cm above top of letters;
1.5 cm
2QDeut c right 1.2 top; 0.5 cm
4QGen-Exod a 19ii left 0.0–0.2 middle; 0.7 cm
4QGen k right? 0.1 top; 1.8 cm
4QpaleoExodm I left, right (col.
II not well
visible)
diagonal 0.0–0.1 just beyond the vertical
rule, middle to top; 1.1 cm
4QLev-Numa right, left 0.3 top; 0.5 cm
4QLevb right dots, diagonal
strokes
0.1 top; 1.3 cm
4QNumb left 0.0–0.1 top; 1.1 cm
4QDeutn right dots, horizontal 0.1 cm above first top; 1.0 cm
strokes
letters in the col.
4QDeuto right 0.3–0.7 top
4QIsaa 11 ii left 0.0 top; c. 2.0 cm
4QIsaf right, left 0.3 top; 0.5 cm
4QIsag right 0.1 middle or bottom
4QIsai right 0.4 top; 0.7 cm
4QJerd left 0.0–0.1 top and middle; 1.0 cm
4QEzeka right 0.2 top; 1.2 cm
4QXIIc left 0.3 top; 0.7 cm
4QPsb right 0.4 top; 0.7 cm; illustr. 19
4QPsf left 0.0–0.1 on the vertical lines in the
margin; top; 0.8–1.2 cm
NONBIBLICAL TEXTS
1QMyst (1Q27) right 0.2 on the vert. lines, sometimes
coinciding with tops
of letters; 1.0 cm
1QHymns (1Q36) right, left 1.0 no data
2QSir (2Q18) left 0.6–1.0 top; 0.5 cm from edge
4QRP a (4Q158) 1 right horizontal 0.2 top; 0.7 cm
116 Strokes are indicated, while dots are not indicated.