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4Q240 ( or 4QCanta) is believed to be a commentary (or pesher) on the Song of Songs, also known as 'Canticles'. Written in Hebrew, it was  found in Cave 4 at Qumran in the Judean Desert and comprises part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. From its palaeography (script) it has been identified as being early-Herodian.


== Location ==
Included in Milik's original list, but this fragment has never been located.


== See also ==
List of Hebrew Bible manuscripts
Dead Sea Scrolls
4Q106
4Q107
4Q108
4QMMT
6Q6
Tanakh at Qumran


== References ==


== External links ==
"The Dead Sea Scrolls and Why They Matter" – 4Q240 in Biblical Archaeology Review