"The rare inscription bears the name "Jerubbaal" in alphabetic script and dates from around 1,100 BCE. It was written in ink on a pottery vessel and found inside a storage pit that was dug into the ground and lined with stones....
Prof. Garfinkel and Ganor explained that "the name Jerubbaal is familiar from biblical tradition in the Book of Judges as an alternative name for the judge Gideon ben Yoash."
