Copper Scroll

2. Copper Scroll 3Q15

7. Column 1 3Q15 1:1‏ בחרובא שבעמק עכור תחת 3Q15 1:2‏ המעלות הב֯יאה למזרח אמות 3Q15 1:3‏ {ארוה} ארבעין שדת כסף וכליה 3Q15 1:4‏ משקל ככרין שבעשרה KEN 3Q15 1:5‏ בנפש בנדבׄך הש֯ל֯ש֯י עשתות 3Q15 1:6‏ זהב 100. בבור הגדול שבחצר 3Q15 1:7‏ הפרסטלין {בור} בקרקעו סתום בחליא 3Q15 1:8‏ נגד הפתח העליון ככרין תשע מאת. 3Q15 1:9‏ בתל של כחלת כלי דמע בלגין ואפודת. 3Q15 1:10‏ הכל של הדמע והאצר השבעי מעסר 3Q15 1:11‏ שני מפוגל. פתחו בשולי האמא מן הצפון 3Q15 1:12‏ אמות שש עד ניקרת הטבילה XAG 3Q15 1:13‏ בשיׄא המעב֯א של מנס בירד אל סמל 3Q15 1:14‏ גבה מן הקרׄקע אמות שלוש [כ]סף {ארבעין} 3Q15 1:15‏ [[ ]][ כ]כר 40. [[ ]]

8. Column 1 translated but not deciphered 3Q15 1:1 In the ruin that is in the Valley of Achor, under 3Q15 1:2 the steps, with the entrance at the east a distance of forty 3Q15 1:3 cubits: a strongbox of silver and its vessels- 3Q15 1:4 seventeen talents by weight. KEN 3Q15 1:5 In the sepulcher, in the third course of stones: 3Q15 1:6 one hundred ingots of gold. In the big cistern that is in the courtyard 3Q15 1:7 of the peristyle, at its bottom concealed by a sealing ring, 3Q15 1:8 across from the upper opening: nine hundred talents of silver coins. 3Q15 1:9 In the mound of Kohlit: votive vessels-all of them flasks-and high-priestly garmenture. 3Q15 1:10 All the votive offerings, and what comes from the seventh treasury, are 3Q15 1:11 impure second tithe. The cache's opening is at the edge of the aqueduct, six 3Q15 1:12 cubits to the north of the immersion pool. CHAG 3Q15 1:13 In the plastered Reservoir of Manos, at the descent to the left, 3Q15 1:14 three cubits up from the bottom: silver coins 3Q15 1:15 totaling forty talents.

9. Features • Had to be cut into 23 strips • Mishnaic Hebrew style • Unusual orthography because it is chiseled • Seven sets of Greek letters • Names 64 locations including one for a duplicate of itself (which has not been found) • Difficult to decipher – perhaps an illiterate scribe?

10. Probably points to the treasure of the Second Temple • “In the cave that is next to the fountain belonging to the House of Hakkoz, dig six cubits. (There are) six bars of gold” (see 1 Chron 24:10, Ezra 2:61 – priestly family) • Estimated treasure is worth $2 Billion

11. 2 Maccabees 2 4 The same document also tells how the prophet, following a divine revelation, ordered that the tent and the ark should accompany him and how he went off to the mountain which Moses climbed to see God's inheritance. 5 When Jeremiah arrived there, he found a room in a cave in which he put the tent, the ark, and the altar of incense; then he blocked up the entrance. 6 Some of those who followed him came up intending to mark the path, but they could not find it. 7 When Jeremiah heard of this, he reproved them: "The place is to remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows them mercy. 8 Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord will be seen in the cloud, just as it appeared in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the Place might be gloriously sanctified."

12. Hunters • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQweeqmKHdQ&NR=1 – Vendyl Jones • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1y4mIv4dnk – Jim Barfield • http://www.copper-scroll-project.com/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJf7Meb4nx0 – normal person