many articles have been written. Pride of place goes to the initial presentation by its discoverers. See Avraham Biran and Joseph Naveh, “An Aramaic Stele Fragment from Tel Dan,” IEJ 43 (1993): 81–98; the same authors prepared this major report, “ ‘David’ Found at Dan: Inscription Crowns Twenty-Seven Years of Exciting Discoveries,” BAR 20/2 (March/April, 1994): 26–39. In each case, we now have the first instance of these names (Balaam and David) found in demonstrably ancient texts outside the Bible.