These were in the hands of a small international team of scholars set up in East Jerusalem (then part of Jordan) at the Palestine Archaeological Museum. No Jewish or Israeli scholars were included in this team.
Šos fragmentus pētīja neliela starptautiska zinātnieku grupa Palestīnas arheoloģijas muzejā Austrumjeruzalemē (tolaik Jordānijas teritorija), bet tajā nebija iekļauts neviens ebreju zinātnieks.