The text, 4Q246, is written in Aramaic and, like the Messianic Apocalypse, dates from the first century BCE. This brief composition is known among scholars by various names, including the Apocryphon of Daniel or the Aramaic Apocalypse, though mostly it is referred to as the “Son of God” text, because of the figure of the “Son of God” who is mentioned in column 2.
