). ▁ ▁Further ▁evidence ▁for ▁Ash er ah - wor ship ▁includes , ▁for ▁example , ▁an ▁ 8 th - century ▁BC ▁combination ▁of ▁icon ography ▁and ▁ins cri ptions ▁discovered ▁at ▁Kun til let ▁A j r ud ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁S ina i ▁desert ▁where ▁a ▁storage ▁jar ▁shows ▁three ▁anth rop omorphic ▁figures ▁and ▁several ▁ins cri ptions . ▁The ▁ins cri ptions ▁found ▁refer ▁not ▁only ▁to ▁Y ah we h ▁but ▁to ▁ ʾ El ▁and ▁Ba ʿ al , ▁and ▁two ▁include ▁the ▁phr ases ▁" Y ah we h ▁of ▁Sam aria ▁and ▁his ▁Ash er ah " ▁and ▁" Y ah we h ▁of ▁Tem an ▁and ▁his ▁Ash er ah ." ▁The ▁references ▁to ▁Sam aria ▁( cap ital ▁of ▁the ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Israel ) ▁and ▁Tem an ▁( in ▁Ed om ) ▁suggest ▁that ▁Y ah we h ▁had ▁a ▁temple ▁in ▁Sam aria , ▁while ▁raising ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁Y ah we h ▁and ▁K aus , ▁the ▁national ▁god ▁of ▁Ed om . ▁The ▁' ash er ah ' ▁in ▁question ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁a ▁cult ic ▁object , ▁although ▁the ▁relationship ▁of ▁this ▁object ▁( a ▁st yl ised ▁tree ▁perhaps ) ▁to ▁Y ah we h ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁god dess ▁Ash er ah , ▁cons ort ▁of ▁ ʾ El , ▁is ▁unclear . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Israel ites ▁may ▁have ▁considered ▁Ash er ah ▁as ▁the ▁cons ort ▁of ▁Ba ʿ