The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript is a fragment of a Torah scroll, dated to the 7th century CE, containing a portion of Shemot (Book of Exodus).
The section is a crucial text that displays the unique layout of Shirat HaYam (The Song of the Sea).
Ashkar-Gilson #2 was bought in Beirut, Lebanon in 1972 by Fuad Ashkar and Albert Gilson, although it is believed that it may have come from the Cairo Genizah.
During its exhibition at the museum, the manuscript attracted the attention of two Israeli scholars, Mordechay Mishor and Edna Engel.
[7] They were discussed by Paul Sanders, who argues that the relationship between the scroll and the Aleppo Codex is remarkably strong.