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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-idUSKCN12Q1SO?rpc=401
Israel: Ancient Papyrus Supports Jewish Claim to Jerusalem
(Reuters) Jeffrey Heller and Rinat Harash - Israeli archaeologists have made public a fragment of an ancient text which they say is the earliest Hebrew reference to Jerusalem outside the Bible - evidence of the Jewish connection to the holy city. The 11 cm by 2.5 cm piece of papyrus, dated by the Israel Antiquities Authority to the 7th century BCE, was presented at a news conference in Jerusalem shortly after UNESCO adopted a resolution that Israel said denied Judaism's link to the ancient city. Two lines of ancient Hebrew script appear on the fragile artifact. It reads: "From the king's maidservant, from Na'arat, jars of wine, to Jerusalem."