Description: Archeologists working in Jerusalem discovered what they say is a 2700 year-old pottery fragment with an ancient hebrew inscription containing the name of a biblical figure.

Era: Middle Semitic Script

Image Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority

Date of Inscription: 8th Century BCE

Location of Discovery: Jerusalem, Israel

Date of Discovery: 2014

Current Location: ?

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Ceramic Bowl

Transliteration: RYHW BN BNH

Translation: []riah son of Beniah

Comments: The text fragment on the shard is similar to the name Zechariah son of Benaiah, the father of the prophet Jahaziel, whose name appears in 2 Chron 20:14.