APPENDIX ANCIENT HEBREW PAPYRI
Reading edition
Provisional Translation by Dr. H. Hirschfeld
FRAGMENT A
LINE
1. (relic of selah [?]).
2. Wells ... hewn ...
3. To lead ... to this ...
4. They rejoice ... they decay ...
5. In the light, or (with ח added) the path ...
6. Of the Temple ... He has put to shame ...
7. They trembled, languished, turned to Thee ...
8. With glee and holy convocation ...
9. In the assembly of holy myriads ...
10. When mountain peaks frowned (see Psalm lxviii. 16-17) ...
11. Myrrh and cinnamon ...
12. I am inundated with tribulation ...
13. ...
14. Kings ...
15. Engraved.
16. Remember and ...
17. ?
(Probably a lament on the destruction of the Temple.)
FRAGMENT B
1. ?
2. surrounding (?)
3. ?
4. path ?
5.
6. upon the earth (land ?).
FRAGMENT C
1. ? ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ... males ...
5. ... and avenge the sanctuary ...
6. Thou hast ... ? us a kingdom of priests ...
7. ... a kingdom ... ?
FRAGMENT D
1 to 5. illegible and untranslatable.
6. Joel ... ?
7. And Nehemiah. Nahor ... ? in judgement (?).
8 to 10. illegible ...
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