Description: This painted piece of pottery is dated to between 1000 and 400 BCE. The writing is incomplete but the letters resemble the Hebrew word hayah meaning to be/exist.

Era: Middle Semitic Script

Image Credit: Ben Fogle

Date of Inscription: 1000 to 400 BCE

Location of Discovery: Tell Heshbon, Jordan

Date of Discovery: ?

Current Location: ?

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Pottery

Transliteration: ?HHY?

Translation: TBD

Comments: Because only a portion of the inscription can be read a proper translation cannot be made.