Gershon Galil, from the University of Haifa in Israel, says the 3,000-year-old inscription, found on the remains of a jug discovered in Jerusalem, is evidence of King Solomon’s reign. He believes the first part of the inscription indicates that it came from the 20th or 30th year that Solomon was on the throne, and the middle portion is translated as ‘inferior wine’. The ‘Ophel inscription’ is the most ancient Hebrew engraving to emerge from the archaeological digs in the area so far.