A rare 3,100-year-old pottery fragment bearing the name of the biblical judge Jerubbaal was unearthed during an archeological excavation at Horbat al-Ra'i, near Kiryat Gat in Israel. /CFP

Displayed by Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Saar Ganor, the pottery has inscriptions from the biblical period which dates back to around 1,100 BCE and are extremely rare. /CFP

The team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority and Macquarie University, Sydney, has unearthed a trove of pottery at the site, along with remains of what were once rooms. /CFP

The archaeologists have been reportedly working at the site since 2015, but records show British researchers started digging there in the 19th century. /CFP