Deir Alla inscription

Deir Alla inscription
Drawing of the Deir 'Alla inscription
Createdc. 825 BC
Discovered1967
Jordan Valley, Balqa, Jordan
Present locationAmman, Amman Governorate, Jordan

The Deir 'Alla inscription or Balaam inscription, listed as KAI 312, has been discovered during a 1967 excavation in Deir 'Alla, Jordan. It is currently held at the Jordan Archaeological Museum in Amman. It is written in a peculiar Northwest Semitic dialect, has provoked much debate among scholars and has had a strong impact on the study of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions.

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