LanguageAramaic
Earliest Date~100 BC (Late 2nd Century BC – Mid-1st Century BC)
Current LocationIsrael Museum, Jerusalem
Found LocationQumran, Cave 4
Scribal Context & DetailsAn ancient papyrus manuscript of the Book of Tobit written in Aramaic and discovered in Qumran Cave 4. It is one of the earliest physically surviving witnesses to this deuterocanonical work, confirming its ancient Semitic origin.
