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How Does a Pithos Inscription From About 800 Name Jehovah of Samaria and His Asherah?

A large jar called a pithos, dated to about 800 BCE and found down near the Sinai Peninsula, carries an inscription over a drawing of a male deity and a female deity.

The inscription asks for or thanks somebody for blessings by Adonai of Shomron, or Jehovah of Samaria, and his Asherah. Israel's god is the male figure in the drawing, and Asherah is God's wife. Bes supplies the bovine look. Beset is the other Egyptian deity whose motifs the drawing uses.

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