4Q121

4Q121 is a Septuagint manuscript written on parchment, dated to the 1st century BCE or CE. The scroll contains fragments of the biblical Book of Numbers 3:40-43; 4:5-16. It was found in Qumran in Cave 4. This fragment is also numbered 803 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint by Alfred Rahlfs. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically between 30 BCE and 68 CE.

Description

This manuscript comprises 23 fragments and three columns.

Version

The text has affinity toward Hebrew Pentateuch, which, according to Robert J. Wilkinson, may be considered a kaige recension of the Greek Scriptures.

Treatment to the God's name

P. W. Skehan claims that the "reconstruction, spacing would seem to allow either κυριος or יהוה, whereas ιαω as in pap4QLXXLevb and the abbreviation ΚϹ would be too short.”

History

The manuscript was published and described in 1992 by Patrick Skehan in Qumran cave 4.4 . The old sign of the scroll indicates that it was found in the cave 4, which is the manuscript of the LXX or Septuagint, containing the contents of the Book of Numbers.

Actual location

This manuscript is kept at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.