The Copper Scroll

Authors: Five men (two of which are thought to be the Prophets Haggai and Zachariah.)
Date written: Between 520 BC to 70 AD
Location written/composed in: Judea 
Genre: A Treasure Guide

Other notes:

Translated from the Hebrew by Micheal Wise.
The Copper Scroll was made to help people find treasures that had been hidden in the area.

It reads:

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¹In the ruin that is in the Valley of Achor, under
²the steps, with the entrance at the east a distance of forty
³cubits: a strongbox of silver and its vessel -
⁴seventeen talents by weight. KEN
⁵In the sepulcher,in the third course of stones:
⁶one hundred ingots of gold. In the big cistern that is in the courtyard
⁷of the peristyle, at its bottom concealed by a sealing ring,
⁸across from the upper opening: nine hundred talents of silver coins.
⁹In the mound of Kohlit: votive vessels - all of them flasks - and high-priestly garmenture.
¹⁰All the votive offerings and what becomes from the seventh treasury are
¹¹impure second tithe. The cache's opening is at the edge of the aqueduct, six
¹²cubits to the north of the immersion pool. CHAG
¹³In the plastered Reservoir of Manos, at the descent to the left,
¹⁴three cubits up from the bottom: silver coins
¹⁵totaling forty talents.

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¹In the salt pit that is under the steps:
²forty-one talents of silver coins. HN
³In the cave of the old Washer's Chamber, on the
⁴ third terrace: sixty-five ingots of gold. THE
⁵In the burial chamber: vessels and seventy talents of silver coins.
⁶In a recess in the burial chamber: vessels and seventy talents of silver coins.
⁷In the cistern opposite the eastern gate,
⁸at a distance of nineteen cubits: in it are vessels.
⁹And in the conduit of the cistern: ten talents of silver coins. DI
¹⁰In the cistern that is under the wall on the east,
¹¹at the crag of the bedrock: six jars of silver coins.
¹²The cistern's entrance is under the big threshold.
¹³In the pool that is on the east of Kohlit, in the
¹⁴northern corner, dig down four cubits:
¹⁵twenty-two talents of silver coins.

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In the courtyard ... under the southern
²corner, dig down nine cubits: votive vessels of silver and gold,
³sprinkling basins, cups, bowls,
⁴and pitchers, numbering six hundred and nine.
⁵Under the other corner - the eastern one -
⁶dig down sixteen cubits: forty
⁷talents of silver coins. TR
⁸In the dry well that is in Milham, on its north:
⁹votive vessels, priestly clothes. Its entrance
¹⁰is under the western corner.
¹¹In the grave that is in Milham, on the
¹²northeast, three cubits under
¹³the corpse: thirteen talents of silver coins. SK

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¹In the big cistern that is in Kohlit, at a pillar
²on its north: fourteen ... talents of silver coins. SK
³In the aqueduct that comes from ... at a distance of
⁴four cubits as you enter, silver coins
totaling fifty-five.
⁵Between the two boulders on the Vale of Achor,
⁶right at the midpoint between them, dig down three
⁷cubits: two cauldrons full of silver coins.
⁸In the red dry well on the edge of the Wadi Atsla:
⁹silver coins totaling two hundred talents.
¹⁰In the dry well on the northeast of Kohlit:
¹¹silver coins totaling seventy talents.
¹²In the cairn of the Secacah Valley, dig down one
¹³cubit: twelve talents of silver coins.

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¹At the head of the aqueduct of the
²Secacah Valley, on the north, under the
³big stone, dig down
⁴three cubits: seven talents of silver coins.
⁵In the fissure that is in the Secacah, to the east of
⁶the Pool of Solomon: vessels of
⁷votive offerings, along with their inventory list.
⁸Above Solomon's Canal,
⁹sixty cubits toward the large cairn,
¹⁰dig down
¹¹three cubits: twenty-three talents of silver coins.
¹²In the grave that is in the Wadi Kepah
¹³at the point of entry as you go from Jericho to Secacah,
¹⁴dig down seven cubits: thirty-two talents of silver coins.

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¹In the cave of the pillar that has two
²openings and faces east,
at the northern opening, dig down
³three cubits : there, an urn
⁴in which is one scroll; under it,
⁵forty-two talents of silver coins.
⁶In the cave at the corner
⁷of the large cairn, the one that
⁸faces east, dig down at the opening
⁹nine cubits: twenty-one talents of silver coins.
¹⁰In the Queen's Mausoleum, on the
¹¹western side, dig down twelve
¹²cubits: twenty-seven talents of silver coins.
¹³At the cairn by the ford of the

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¹High Priest, dig down
²nine cubits: twenty-two ... talents of silver coins.
³In the aqueduct of the ...
⁴the ... northern reservoir ...
⁵having four sides,
⁶measure out from its rim twenty-four cubits:
⁷four hundred talents of silver coins.
⁸In the cave that is next to the cold-chamber belonging to
⁹the family of Hakkoz, dig down six cubits:
¹⁰six jars of silver coins.
¹¹At Dok, under the eastern corner of
¹²the guardhouse, dig down seven cubits:
¹³twenty-two talents of silver coins.
¹⁴At the mouth of the wellspring of Kobizah,
¹⁵dig down three cubits to the row of stones:
¹⁶eighty talents of silver coins; two talents of gold coins.

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¹In the aqueduct that is on the road east of the
²storehouse:
³tovise vessels and ... books.
⁴In the outer gorge, at the stone in the
⁵middle of the sheepfold: dig down seventeen
⁶cubits beneath it:
⁷seventeen talents of silver and gold coins.
⁸In the cairn at the mouth of the gorge of the Wadi Qidron,
⁹dig down three cubits: seven talents of silver coins.
¹⁰In the fallow field of the Valley of Shaveh that faces
¹¹southwest, in the burial chamber
¹²facing north, dig down
¹³twenty-four cubits: sixty-six talents of silver coins.
¹⁴In the courtyard of the Valley of Shaveh, at the burial chamber that is in it, dig down
¹⁵eleven cubits:
¹⁶seven talents of silver coins.

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¹At the dovecote that is at the edge of the Wadi Nataf, measure from the dovecote's edge
²thirteen cubits and dig down seven cubits: seven
³talents of silver coins and four stater coins.
⁴In the second estate, at the burial chamber that faces
⁵east, dig down eight
⁶and one half cubits: twenty-three and one half talents of silver coins.
⁷At the Vaults of Beth Horon, at the burial chamber facing
⁸west, in the recess, dig down sixteen cubits:
⁹twenty-two talents of silver coins
¹⁰At the Pass: silver coins totaling one mina, and consecrated Temple offering.
¹¹At the wellspring near the edge of the aqueduct,
¹²on the east over against the wellspring, dig down seven
¹³cubits: nine talents of silver coins.
¹⁴At the dry well north of the mouth of Beth
¹⁵Tamar's gorge, at the outlet of the Pele Ravine:
¹⁶all that is in it is consecrated Temple offering.
¹⁷At the dovecote that is in the Fortress of Nobah, at the border

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¹on the south, in the second roof-chamber - whose entrance descends
²from above -: nine talents of silver coins.
³In the lime-plastered cistern that had conduits drawing water from the Great
⁴Wadi, at the cistern's bottom: eleven talents of silver coins.
⁵At the reservoir of Beth Hakerem, on the left
⁶as you enter, dig down ten cubits: silver coins totaling
⁷sixty-two talents.
⁸At the tank of the Zered Gorge, at the western burial chamber - the one with
⁹a black stone for an opening - dig down two cubits:
¹⁰the hundred talents of silver coins,
¹¹gold coins, and twenty vessels containing Temple penalty fees.
¹²Under Absalom's Monument, on the western
¹³side, dig down twelve cubits:
¹⁴eighty talents of silver coins.
¹⁵At the tank of the water reserve of Rachel, under
¹⁶the trough: seventeen talents of silver coins
¹⁷In the Upper Pool,

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¹In its four corners: votive vessels, and their inventory list is next to them.
²Under the southern corner of the Stoa,
³at Zadok's grave, under the column of the small portico:
⁴ten votive vessels, and their inventory list is next to them.
⁵At the Throne - the peak of the cliff facing west -
⁶opposite Zadok's Garden, under the great
⁷closing-stone that is at the edge: gold coins and consecrated offering,
⁸At the grave that is under the Knife: forty-one talents of silver coins.
⁹At the grave of the common people - it is ritually pure -
¹⁰in it: fourteen votive vessels,
¹¹and their inventory list is next to them.
¹²At the entryway to the terrace of the western mausoleum,
¹³at the brook along the ... : vessels totaling nine hundred;

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¹five talents of gold coins; sixty talents of silver coins. Its entrance is on the west.
²Under the black stone: oil vessels. Under the threshold
³of the crypt: forty-two talents of silver coins.
⁴On Mount Gerizim, under the step of the upper ditch:
⁵one chest and all its vessels, and silver coins totaling sixty-one talents.
⁶At the mouth of the fountain of Beth Shem: silver and gold
⁷votive vessels, and silver coins. The sum total: six hundred talents.
⁸In the big pipe of the cistern, at the point where it joins the cistern:
⁹a sum total, by weight, of seventy-one talents and twenty minas.
¹⁰In the dry well that is at the north of Kohlit, with an opening on the north
¹¹and graves by its mouth: a copy of this inventory list,
¹²with explanations and measurements and full detail for each
¹³and every hidden item.