In the centre of the slab, a dial plate is inserted; on its left are carved three lines, running thus:
"Bezaleel Benevent
Sculptor Israelite. Isaiah xliv. 5.
Maker. I am 58 years old.
On its right, eight lines are carved, and run thus:
"1740 years of
ממשיר
A stone of stumbling.
See Isaiah viii. 14, 15.
Ps. cxix. 165. Ezek. iii. 20