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Fourteen small late Herodian fragments preserve Proverbs 13-15, with possible pieces from chapter 7; their readings mostly support a proto-Masoretic text while exposing how little evidence can bear on large textual claims.
A unique copper document from Qumran Cave 3 lists scores of hiding places for immense quantities of precious metal and cultic objects. Its material, language, and enigmatic geography make it evidence for late Second Temple scribal and treasure traditions, not proof that any listed treasure existed or survives.
A fifth-century BC Aramaic papyrus from Elephantine preserves part of the story and sayings of the wise courtier Ahiqar. The manuscript documents wisdom literature in the same Persian-period world as biblical Proverbs and Job while remaining a distinct, non-Yahwistic composition.
Multiple Hebrew manuscripts preserve practical and theological instruction for a learner, combining household ethics with creation, judgment, and revealed mystery.