PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TEXTS
The quality of preservation of the DSS varies greatly. Texts range from complete scrolls...
...to mostly intact...
...to large chunks...
...to medium fragments...
...to confetti.
The preservation quality of the writing also varies greatly, from good...
...to fair...
...to poor.
In some texts the ink has eaten through the fragment.
Most texts, though, are medium-sized fragments like the following.
6. THE DIVINE NAME AND THE SCROLLS