3474. DRAWING FROM KUNTILLET AJRUD,AN ISRAELITE OUTPOST IN SOUTHERN NEGEV DATING FROM THE 8TH. C. B.C. THE GRAFITI FOUND ON A CERAMIC FRAGMENT REPRESENTS, ACCORDING TO SOME ARCHEOLOGISTS, YAHVEH (ON THE LEFT) AND ‘HIS CONSORT ASHERAH’ (THE SEATED FEMALE FIGURE) THIS THEORY IS BASED ON THE CONTENTS OF THE INSCRIPTION (UPPER LEFT) READING: ‘I BLESS YOU BY YAHVEH OUR GUARDIAN AND HIS ASHERAH’ RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL GRAFITY
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