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==Archaeology==
A series of Dutch excavations sponsored by the Netherlands Organisation for the Advancement of Pure Research began in 1960, under the auspices of the department of theology, [[University of Leiden]]. These excavations continued for five seasons until 1967.<ref>H. J. Franken, The Excavations at Deir ֝Allā in Jordan, Vetus Testamentum, vol. 10, Fasc. 4, pp. 386-393 (Oct., 1960)</ref><ref>H. J. Franken, The Excavations at Deir ֝Allā in Jordan: 2nd Season, Vetus Testamentum, vol. 11, Fasc. 4, pp. 361-372 (Oct., 1961)</ref><ref>H. J. Franken, The Excavations at Deir ʿAlla in Jordan: 3rd Season, Vetus Testamentum, vol 12, Issue: 4, pp. 378-382, 1962</ref><ref>H. J. Franken, Excavations at Deir 'Allā, Season 1964: Preliminary Report, Vetus Testamentum, vol. 14, Fasc. 4, pp. 417-422 (Oct., 1964)</ref> The excavation made its most dramatic discovery in 1967, an ink wall inscription relating a hitherto-unknown prophecy of [[Balaam]], who thereby becomes the first Old Testament prophet to be identified in an inscription.<ref>H. J. Franken and Ah J. Franken, ''Excavations at Tell Deir Alla: the Late Bronze Age Sanctuary'', David Brown, 1992, {{ISBN|90-6831-408-4}}</ref> After a long interruption, work resumed in 1976, initially under Franken, for several seasons.<ref>Ibrahim, Moawiyah et. al., Excavations at Tell Deir ʻAlla Season 1979, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, vol. 23, pp. 41-50, 1979</ref><ref>Ibrahim, M. Moawiyah et. al., Excavations at Tell Deir ʻAlla, Season 1982, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, vol. 27, pp. 577-585, 1983</ref><ref>Ibrahim, M. Moawiyah et. al., Excavations at Deir 'Alla, Season 1984, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, vol. 30, pp. 131-143, 1986</ref> After another long break, five seasons were conducted beginning in 1994.<ref>Ibrahim, M. M., and G. Van der Kooij, Excavations at Tall Dayr ‘Alla: Seasons 1987 and 1994, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, vol. 41, pp. 95-114,
At the end of the 1964 campaign, 11 [[clay tablet]]s, 3 inscribed in a [[West Semitic]] Early [[Caananite]] script, 7 bearing only dots, and one uninscribed, were discovered. The tablets were found in the destruction layer of storerooms dated by a cartouche of [[Queen Twosret]] of Egypt to around 1200 BC. Earlier objects were also found there so the tablets may well predate the destruction.<ref>H. J. Franken, Clay Tablets from Deir ʿAlla, Jordan, Vetus Testamentum, vol. 14, Fasc. 3, pp. 377-379 (Jul., 1964)</ref><ref>H. J. Franken, "The Stratigraphic Context of the Clay Tablets Found at Deir 'Alla," PEQ 96, pp. 73-7, 1964</ref><ref name=SheaTablets />
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