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A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been found hanging on a wall in a Montana home.

The relic, which is just about the size of a postage stamp, ended up an ocean away from Israel in unclear circumstances.

An extremely rare document from the First Temple period has been returned to Israel through an intelligence operation. Now, everyone is asking, “Who are you Ishmael?” – the addressee on the document.

The donors mother had acquired the document on a visit to Jerusalem in 1965 and hung it on her wall.

Rare Kingdom of Judah document fragment, hanging on a wall in a private home since 1965, donated to Dead Sea Scrolls collection.

"Each new document sheds further light on the literacy and the administration of the First Temple period," said Joe Uziel, Director of Israel Antiquities Authoritys Judean Desert scrolls unit.

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Antiquities Authority displayed on Wednesday a rare papyrus note in ancient Hebrew dating back...

The papyrus was eventually located in the state of Montana, where its owner explained that his mother had received it as a gift while visiting Jerusalem in 1965.

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There are only three papyri from the time of the First Temple in the collections of the Israel National Treasures.