The scrolls were found in December 1993 in a room adjoining a basilica, whose splendid floor mosaics were discovered in 1992-93. If this does refer to the banished patriarch of Antioch, it would reinforce the identification of the church as the seat of the bishop of Palaestina Tertia. ACOR is requesting the financial support of the academic community and the private sector to see that these papyri receive immediate attention. It has been determined that the inner portions of the scrolls should be largely salvageable by modern conservation and restoration techniques. However, the rolls are extremely fragile and in need of extensive conservation measures.
All donations are welcome.