Scroll of Exodus
Manuscript ID:
Sam. Ms. 3
Place:
Jerusalem
Date:
1859
Description:
Ink on paper; 23.2 x 20 cm. Insert – 50 x 32 cm.
Copyist:
Kraus
Subject:
Samaritan, Bible
English Text:
Copy of an ancient Samaritan manuscript, probably from the 11th century CE. The Original manuscript bought by Matphasayya b. Matwayya from his [unnamed] brother in the year 1149 CE.
A label mistakenly identifies the facsimile as the book of Leviticus, but it is in fact the book of Exodus.