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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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302 THE BOOK OF GIANTS<br />

iQ23 I. Here is my transcription and restoration (I add to it a small piece,<br />

fr. 6, which is unquestionably to be placed at lines i-z <strong>of</strong> fr. i):<br />

[pxa ]fll[ ]<br />

;n ]nDT i^DKD . . . I'Tixa r'ps?*' ]^]f)Ka pnr ]^nxa ]nan<br />

nin<br />

]^]hxa ]*'B?^fi ]^nxa ]i;<br />

"pD P ^ f|is7 t» nin ^ 5 p xna<br />

] o jfa 5<br />

. • two hundred] ^asses, two hundred wild asses, two hundred [ibexes,<br />

two hundred . . . , two hundred rams <strong>of</strong>] the ^flock, two hundred he-goats,<br />

two hundred [gazelles, two hundred . . . , two hundred oryxes. (As for) the<br />

wild animals], "^<strong>of</strong> each animal, <strong>of</strong> each [bird and <strong>of</strong> each . . .] sfor a pitcher( ?)<br />

<strong>The</strong> term in line 5, if it is properly deciphered, signifies *bowl, pitcher (<strong>of</strong> wine)'.<br />

At lines 4-6 <strong>of</strong> the same fragment, iQ23 1+6, should probably be placed<br />

fragment 22:<br />

]i7 p<br />

] o [ 3<br />

Here *[...] thousand', Hne 2, refers to the fertility <strong>of</strong> the vine, or <strong>of</strong> the<br />

olive tree, or even <strong>of</strong> seeds. <strong>The</strong> giants, are mentioned on fragments<br />

9 and II <strong>of</strong> iQ23, whilst the name <strong>of</strong> Mahawai, *'ina, appears on fragment<br />

27, line 2.<br />

Without prejudice to any future verification from the original, preserved<br />

in the Archaeological Museum in Amman (Jordan), I propose here to put<br />

together fragments 9 +14+15 <strong>of</strong> iQ23, which would give the following:<br />

]![<br />

>s7nx3 nan no[<br />

^YW"?<br />

i'7t5pi na[<br />

]n •?[ ]n[ ]a ]nai[ $

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