caves where the first scrolls were found across wadi from 
settlement at Qumran 

Scholars identify a Dead Sea scroll by a technical shorthand indicating the number [by sequence of discovery] of the cave in which it was found, the general area [e.g., Q for wadi Qumran] and either its catalog number or an alphabetic abbreviation of its Hebrew or English conventional title. The more important scrolls for understanding the community that produced them are:

from Qumran CAVE 1 (1Q)

• 1QIs^a - Great Isaiah Scroll.

• 1QIs^b - 2nd Isaiah Scroll.

• 1QS - Community Rule (Serek^h ha Ya^chad).

• 1QpHab - Interpretation of Habakkuk.

• 1QM - The War Rule (Serek^h ha-Milhamah).

• 1QH - Thanksgivings (Hodayot^h)

• 1QapGen - Genesis Apocryphon.

• 1QSa - Messianic Rule.

from Qumran CAVE 3 (3Q)

• 3Q15 - The Copper Scroll

Fragments from Qumran CAVE 4 (4Q)

• CD - Damascus Covenant

• 4QpIs^b (4Q165) - Interpretation (pesher) of Isaiah

• 4Qflor (4Q174) - Florilegium

• 4QTest (4Q175) - The Messianic Anthology

• 4QEnAra (4Q201) - The Book of Enoch

• 4QMMT (4Q394-398) - Some Acts of Torah

• 4Q521 - Messiah Apocalypse

Fragments from Qumran CAVE 7 (7Q)

• 7Q5 - The Book of Enoch (? Greek)

Qumran CAVE 11 (11Q)

• 11QMelch (11Q13) - Melchizedek Fragment

• 11QPs (11Q5-9) - Psalms (Tehillim)

• 11QT (11Q19-20) - Temple Scroll

[Editions used: Lohse, Eduard. Die Texte Aus Qumran. Munich: Kösel-Verlag, 1964.]

Shrine of the Book built at Jerusalem to display Isaiah ms. 
& other materials from Qumran