The inscription is the front of the plinth of the stele, which measures 55 x 64 x 32 cm. The text of the inscription is damaged; it has been dated to the 2nd-1st centuries BCE. The inscription reads according to Krahmalkov: {{interlinear|number=(1) {{interlinear|number=(1-2) {{interlinear|number=(2) {{interlinear|number=(2-3) {{interlinear|number=(3) {{interlinear|number=(4) The reading is hard, and
RÉS and
KAI did not read ŠMRN (Samaria), and read L’LM ’DRT ’S (the great Goddess,
Isis).
Charles Clermont-Ganneau suggested the name Binba‘al might be better restored ''Banoba'al
or Hanobal''. Scholars have connected this name to Banobali or Bariobali, a Phoenician temple slave described by
Cicero in
In Verrem. ==Gallery==