“... The difficulties of translating the ambiguous passage notwithstanding,49 we can make some fairly certain observations. Regarding context, a seer in the setting of a royal court tells this description of events leading up to the eschatological period (1.1–2; cf. Dan 2:26–45; 4:19–27; 5:17–31).50 With respect to the cited passage, wording in lines 5 and 9 corresponds exactly with Dan 7:27 and 7:14 respectively. As for the remaining paral- lels, the text overlaps with elements found in the second half of Daniel 7 (vv. 15–27). Here the correspondences pertain mostly to conflict lan- guage. Taken together, this evidence might provide a reasonable case for regarding Daniel 7 as a source of inspiration for 4Q246. To test the via- bility of this possibility, it is first necessary to consider some of the dif- ferences between the texts. ...”