# Popović 2021: Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) > Mladen Popović, Maruf A. Dhali, Lambert Schomaker, 2021. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the scribe question. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D484AC64RP8/artificial-intelligence-based-writer-identification Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating)Popović 2021 **0** # Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) Mladen Popović, Maruf A. Dhali, Lambert Schomaker, 2021. _PLOS One 16(4), e0249769_. Uses binarisation, feature extraction and dimensionality reduction on the columns of the Great Isaiah Scroll and finds a break between the first and second halves, consistent with two scribes writing very similar hands. **Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0249769](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249769)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Source for the scribe question. ## The document 28 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 28 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 6 records [The library was written by many scribes, and machine features can distinguish hands even where the script…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/answers/ANS0D484TZE3KKW/the-library-was-written-by-many-scribes-and-machine-features) Answer ANS [The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/artifacts/ART0D4850BA511P/the-great-isaiah-scroll-1qisaa) ART [Columns of 1QIsaa split into two clusters at the scroll's midpoint across several feature sets.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484V78309J/columns-of-1qisaa-split-into-two-clusters-at-the-scrolls) Evidence EVD [Writer-identification study finds two scribes in the Great Isaiah Scroll](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/events/EVT0D484MW47224/writer-identification-study-finds-two-scribes-in-the-great) EVT [Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating) The mystery article MYS [How many scribes wrote the scrolls, and can individual hands be identified?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484NVC6CE9/how-many-scribes-wrote-the-scrolls-and-can-individual-hands) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Popović, M., Dhali, M. A., & Schomaker, L. (2021). Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa). PLOS One 16(4), e0249769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249769 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249769)[Download PDF · 5.4 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/2155e4ababd5ed8d65322f3f62ec9dfaab2a824813984392c4cc01a728c19962) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D484AC64RP8 Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D484AC64RP8/artificial-intelligence-based-writer-identification/csl.json)