Slab of white marble with a large wreath. The first temple for Yahweh on Gerizim was built during the Persian period, probably around 450 BCE, not in the time of Alexander the Great as believed by Josephus (see Yitzhak Magen, "The Dating of the First Phase of the Samaritan Temple on Mount Gerizim in Light of the Archaeological Evidence," in Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E., ed. Oded Lipschitz, Gary N. Knoppers, and Rainer Albertz [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007], 157–211; vs. Josephus, Antiquities 11.302-312, 321-325). Further structures were added in the Hellenistic period in the early second century BCE, but this temple was destroyed by John Hyrkanos I towards the end of the second century BCE (Magen, p. 193; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 13.254-258; War 1.62, although Josephus’ dating is off by about a decade). While this earlier inscription from Delos may have been written when the temple still stood, it is possible that the later inscription (see IJO I Ach 67) post-dates the destruction, in which case funds were still sent there to support the sacred rites which continued to take place on the mountain (rather than to support a functioning temple). Those who set up the inscription self-identify as Israelites whose God is worshipped on mount Gerizim (namely people that are sometimes designated "Samaritans" in some of the ancient literature).