“These fragments [Gen 13:1–3; Words from Genesis 22; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1; 1 En. 8:4–9:1] that came to Europe in the beginning of the sixties were in Lebanon with Mr. Moussa Al-Tawil for safekeeping” (statement signed by William Kando, quoted by Tigchelaar 2017, 176).
Identifications
4Q56 (Isab) frg. 20a 1–5 by Eshel and Eshel 2005
Listed by Emanuel Tov in his Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert
4Q56 (Isab) (p. 28). Tov also seems to label this fragment X20 (XIsa; p. 110)
Listed by Accordance
4Q56 f20a:1–5 in DSSB-C and DSSB-M
Collector(s)/Collection(s)
William Kando →
Lee Biondi & Bruce Ferrini † ➤ William Noah (June 2004) ➤ Aristophil Collection (after 2012) ➤ Anonymous Collector (Nov 2022)
Asking price
2003: $250,000 for 4 frgs: Gen 13:1–3; “Genesis 22”; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (William Kando)
2004: $580,000 (William Noah & James Ferrell?)
2022: € 50–60,000 for 4 frgs: “Genesis 22”; Deut 23:3–4; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (Aguttes Auction House/Aristophil Collection)
Purchase Price Dealer/Seller ➤ Collector/Buyer
2022: € 32,500 for 4 frgs: “Genesis 22”; Deut 23:3–4; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1
Aguttes Auction House/Aristophil Collection ➤ Anonymous Collector
Lines
5
Measurements in cm
? x 3.7 (?)
Edition
Eshel and Eshel 2005
Sources
Biondi, Lee. 2003. From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book: A History of the Bible. Dallas.
Eshel, Esther and Hanan Eshel. 2005. “New Fragments from Qumran: 4QGenf, 4QIsab, 4Q226, 8QGen, and XQpapEnoch.” DSD 12: 134–57.
Noah, William H. 2005. Ink & Blood: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the English Bible. Murfreesboro, ACO.
Tigchelaar, Eibert. 2012. “Notes on the Three Qumran-Type Yadin Fragments Leading to a Discussion of Identification, Attribution, Provenance, and Names.” DSD 19: 198–214.
Tigchelaar, Eibert. 2017. “A Provisional List of Unprovenanced, Twenty-First Century, Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments.” DSD 24: 173–88, see p. 183.