The Siloan inscription is an ancient stone inscription that was discovered in the Shiloh tunnel in Jerusalem. It is written in Hebrew and describes the construction of the tunnel. The inscription dates to the 8th century BC, and is considered one of the best known examples of Hebrew writing. The text of the inscription describes how two teams of workers, one starting at each end of the tunnel, worked together to dig the tunnel and meet in the middle. The address is now displayed in Istanbul.

.. the tunnel … and this is the story of the tunnel while …the axes were against each other and while three cubits were left to (cut?) … the voice of a man …called to his counterpart, (for) there was ZADA in the rock, on the right … and on the day of the tunnel (being finished) the stonecutters struck each man towards his counterpart, ax against ax and flowed water from the source to the pool for 1,200 cubits. and cubits was the height over the head of the stonecutters …